- Date: 3 – 12 November 2015
- Location: Gambia
- Language:
- English
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In our western civilised world we are educated to remain nestled within our comfort zones. We sacrifice an enormous part of our aliveness on the altar of so-called security. Because of this we don’t have access to the unlimited possibilities life offers us in every moment. Drilled and domesticated from childhood on, we have yet to experience our inherent power and potential. Gambia – A box expanding journey could be a personal step for you to make a radical change.
Are you ready to embark on a challenging adventure? Do you want to know, what you truly need to be alive, creative and connected to yourself and the world? Would you like to discover, who you really could be, beyond your habits and routines? You may find more possibilities than you ever imagined at the edges of your comfort zone.
By joining this journey, you embark consciously and in full self-responsibility to the edge of your well-
known and comfortable
world. You will discover a new self in a foreign environment, supported by a group of like-minded people. Due to the mixture of training and experiences taking place within a foreign culture, you have the opportunity to go through a deep transformation process, in a consciously and safely held space. We use the powerful and practical tools of Possibility Management with the intention to provide in every moment what is needed for every single participant as well as for the group as a whole to make the next evolutionary step.
The purpose …
On this journey we provide a consciously held space where many different possibilities arise. It is an
invitation ..
– for personal inner growth and transformation for every single participant no matter from which cultural context they come from
– to meet the locals and to discover their culture
– for an intensive exchange between cultures
– to learn or to intensify the application of the tools and the context of Possibility Management
– to heal old wounds – both personal or global
The contents …
This journey contains a mixture of training sessions, experiencing people and culture as well as free time.
– Common sitting and Yoga/gymnastics in the morning
– Possibility Management training sessions
– Personal initiation processes and group initiation processes
– Activities to discover the foreign culture
– Depending on the circumstances, there will be the opportunity to spend a day with residents.
– Regularly sharing about experiences, adventures and insights.
– Free time
… and much more …
Why Gambia?
Gambia is a small country in Western Africa – and to a lot of people it is completely unknown. Although it is small, it is the home of many different ethnic groups and people speak over 20 different languages, of which “Mandinka”, “Fulbe” and “Wolof” are the predominant ones. The official language is English, which is used nearly everywhere.
Gambia, like many African countries, experienced a long history of colonisation. Geographically
Gambia is completely surrounded by the neighbouring country Senegal, apart from the access to the Atlantic coast. The prevailing religion is the Islam.
In other words: Gambia offers a lot of possibilities to have box expanding experiences in a foreign culture.
In addition, it is home of wonderful Sandele Eco-Retreat, where we will stay and have our training sessions.
Sandele Eco-Retreat
Sandele Eco-Retreat http://www.sandele.com and Learning Centre is an example of responsible and sensitive tourism with a positive
effect on the village of Kartong. “Sandele” (pronounced San-day-le) is derived from two Mandinka words. “Sine” means “now” and “Dehli” means “be still”. Often when rocking her baby to sleep, a mother will whisper the words “Sineedehleh”, “Now be still”.
Lodges and the Guest Rooms have compost toilets and a constructed wetlands system that minimizes the use of, and purifies, the water flowing from the toilets, showers, hand basins and rainwater. Every step that its founders Geri Mitchell and Maurice Phillips from England did, was agreed with the local Village Development Committee.
The “Co” in E-co stands for “Community” with a commitment to hire at least 70% of staff from the
local village, purchase locally where possible and donate part of the proceeds from the room revenue to the Village Development Fund. Being member of the Global Ecovillage Network Sandele organized an Ecovillage Design Education course in 2014 with 32 participants, 24 of them from the village Kartong.
Logistical Information:
If you are interested in participating, just ask for the detailed logistics letter with all the important information about the journey and the general conditions of participation. Here is a little summary of the most important logistical information:
The organised journey will take place from November 3 to 12, 2015 We start at the 03.11.2015 at 18:00 h with dinner, an introduction and a group check-in. We end at the 12.11.2015 at 14:00 h after a final group sharing and lunch. Each participants is responsible for their travel to and back from the training location. We will gladly support you with the booking of your flight and transfer.
Costs of the journey:
1. You are responsible for organizing your flight to Gambia and the journey to Sandele Eco-Retreat.
At need we support you gladly with your booking. If you book your flight early enough you have to calculate about 700 to 800 Euros for a flight from Germany to Banjul. Sandele is offering a transfer from Banjul airport for about 20 to 25 British Pounds.
2. For 9 nights with full board, beginning with dinner on November 3, 2015 until lunch on the November 12, 2015 you have to calculate about 500 to 700 Euro depending on the room category.
3. Concerning the training fee we have decided to stick to the principles of gift economy and offerthe training on donation basis. For your orientation: The training fee for a Possibility Management Training of 4 to 5 days is normally 600 Euros (20 % reduction for the 2nd person of a couple, 50 % reduction for students).
However, this time we will do it differently:
When you decide to participate, think about the value of the training part for you personally. After doing this, transfer this amount of money as down payment and like that register for your participation. At the end of the journey, after absolving the training, there will be a second opportunity to donate. If there is a surplus in the end, we will donate it to Sandele and the Global Ecovillage Network, Africa.
4. For travel costs, tips and other things you should calculate about 100 Euros in addition.
Any questions?
Do you have additional questions or are you interested in participating? Then just get in contact with:
Patrizia:[email protected], +49 171 9230220
Georg: [email protected], +41 61 831 48 50
Klaus: [email protected], +49 1523 8998 414
