This is the final zoom-out of Jasparc 2012.
Day 1 –
30/3/2012:
We made new friends and had a fun time catching up with our CISV buddies. The
chit-chat session on the bus made the long journey seem sooo short. Of course
there were sleeping beauties on our bus too.
After the Philippines’ traditional games came the opening
ceremony and the welcoming party, with an amazing Rockeoke session put up by
everyone. The night closed with a great dance party.
Day 2 –
31/3/2012:
The day started out with a short quiz about CISV, APJB and
IJB and a talk about the different characters that are required in a leader.
There was a sharing session of the JBs from different countries: we talked
about the annual happenings of our JBs, as well as the difficult issues
encountered by each of the JBs. By the end of this session, all JBs had their
own goals set for the year ahead.
Setting the goals for IJB was one of the most memorable
activities at Jasparc. We started by jotting down all our thoughts about JB,
then we compiled them into categories and summarized each category with one
sentence. Several merging and separating, and voila`, we’ve come up with new
goals for our International Junior Branch!
Day 3 –
1/4/2012 April Fool’s day:
Recruitment session: “The cup with holes” was a symbol of JBs
unable to retain their members. In this session we discussed ways to retain our
current members. We made incredible presentations on how to get other people of
different age groups to join CISV.
Day 4 - 2/4/2012:
JB had joined sessions with Mosaic and Chapter development,
in which we worked on how JB Mosaic and Chapter development can help one
another. We also had a pair of parallel sessions, one on how to plan activity,
and one on how to plan and conduct a neighborhood workshop.
Election for APJB team was the most unforgettable event of
the whole Jasparc. 5 candidates who accepted nomination were Dhvani, Sam, Elle,
Mint and Sofia. They first answered 3 questions (first one was “Who was the
tallest person in Jasparc?” =D ), and then moved on to a second round of
questions and open forum after dinner.
Congratulations to Sam and Sofia, our two new APJB team
members!!!
Despite being a long and tedious
process, the election was indeed successful; it proved that we are not immature
and not only about fun as often perceived by others. A quote from Kendra after
the election: “I never see JB this serious before. This election has changed my
whole perception of JB!”
Day 5 –
3/4/2012 - The last day:
We had a talk on how to start a movement while learning more
about sustainable development and ways to achieve it. All JBs then thought of
specific ways and concrete action plans to follow up their pledges made during
Earth hour session.
During the evaluation of Jasparc, all of us wrote down our
opinions on the 12 issues came up during Jasparc 2012, which were compiled by
our APJB team. This was definitely a good way for everyone to contribute their
point of views, especially for those people who were too shy to speak up. We
then spent our entire afternoon working on the issues raised. Eventually we’ve
come up with official goals for IJB to send to EJB, new procedure for next
year’s nomination and election process, and concrete plans for communication
within our APJB.