Journey Towards a Meaningful Life (JTML) is a series of three interactive workshops for youth offered by ERDC since January 2022.
The purpose of this program is to help young participants build confidence, realize their potential and talents, and face the challenges they encounter in their daily lives and find solutions to them.
Know Yourself & Your Destination
Workshop highlights:
– How can you find the purpose of your life?
– How can you better understand yourself and recognize your self-worth?
– What is the vision of a meaningful career?
Decision Making & Problem-Solving
Workshop highlights:
– Covers the practical aspects of decision-making and conflict resolution
– Factors that influence them and the preparation required before taking a decision
– The root causes of conflicts and ways to resolve them
Explore Your Learning Potential
Workshop highlights:
– How can youth explore their strengths, aspirations, and potentials
– Practical aspects of the process of exploring one’s own potentials
– The attitude required to become a lifelong learner
Methodology
Open-Ended Discussions
Group Activities
Videos
Role Plays
Writing Excercises
Games
Workshop Facilitators
Syed Sahal
Journey Towards a Meaningful Life (JTML) is led by a team of dedicated and competent mentors, under the leadership of Syed Sahal.
Mr. Sahal is a qualified Industrial and Manufacturing Engineer from NEDUET and a former school teacher. With a particular interest in Science and Mathematics, he began his professional life as a teacher and is now associated with ERDC as a mentor. Syed Sahal has graduated from the 43rd Batch of Parents’ and Teachers’ Certificate with Holistic Parenting as a major.
His interests include reading books on various subjects, from poetry to science, and trying ideas to make his lifestyle closer to nature. Through traveling and other experiences, he has concluded that learning is a lifelong journey that begins when one chooses to leave their comfort zone.
Marwah Ashraf
Workshop Leader (Girls)
Marwah Ashraf is a Graduate of BS in Computational Finance from NEDUET and holds a Post-
Graduate Diploma in Islamic Banking and Finance but having a keen interest in observing life and understanding humans, she opted to do PTCC in the 48th Batch.
Her liking to understand children led her to teach students at her home. Marwah is a lifelong learner who likes spending time with her family, traveling, and reading books.
Sometimes she tries to share her thoughts with fellow humans through writing to mend relationships with people and our Creator. How our eating habits and what we eat affect us is the area she wants to study in detail.
Muhammad Kashif Sangani
Workshop Leader (Boys)
Muhammad Kashif Sangani is a PTCC graduate from the 53rd Batch. His roles include being a son, husband, father, and brother. He is a student of Dars e Nizami and has taught Arabic Grammar, Physics, & Chemistry to O’level students. His interests include reading books, especially on Islam, education, and Modernity. He is interested in Iqbal’s poetry and loves playing football. He initiated an online platform named “International Islamic Academy” where various online courses like Arabic Grammar, Seerah, and Islamic studies for kids and teens are offered.
Participants’ Experience
Sarah Wasif
“My journey with JTML has been very fruitful as it shows the youth a paradigm to follow, which has helped me become more focused and conscious of myself and everything around me. It has made me realize how easily we give in to temptation and allow others to influence us. This, in turn, has reduced my time on social media apps and has reverted my interest from fictional books to non-fiction books.”
Aan e Umar
“My learning journey with JTML has gone very well, Alhamdulillah. JTML has helped me a lot in my life problems. I used to lose my temper very easily but now I am able to control myself. I am also more responsible and humble now. I am thankful to my mentors for helping me in this process.”
Baseera
“I wanted to see what the hype was all about and I was not disappointed at all! I think the mentors were really great, and the three hours of the workshop went by so quickly because it was so engaging. I especially loved going into the breakout rooms and having open discussions with my peers. By the end of the program I felt like I knew every single person in the group! What makes JTML different from other courses is that we’re not taught what to think, but how to think.”
Umaima
“This workshop was extremely helpful. I especially found the discussions very interesting, which were quite profound and deep. I was forced to dig deeper into my own thinking and my own thought process to figure out what was being discussed and where I’m supposed to apply these. The difficult concepts were explained very well so that we could understand them thoroughly. Overall, this workshop was amazing and I hope ERDC arranges more such workshops in the future.”
Upcoming Workshops
Explore your Learning Potential
Day & Date: Sat & Sun, Oct 26 & 27, 2024
Timings: 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM PKT
Charges: PKR 8000/- per participant,
includes workshop material, refreshments & certificate.
(10% sibling discount available)
Venue: ERDC Village, Pind Sangrial (Near Sector D-12), Islamabad
Know Yourself & Your Destination
Day & Date: Sat & Sun, Nov 16 & 17, 2024
Timings: 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM (PKT)
Charges: PKR 8000/- per participant,
includes workshop material and e-certificate.
(10% sibling discount available)
Venue: ERDC Village, Pind Sangrial (Near Sector D-12), Islamabad
Decision-Making & Problem Solving
Day & Date: Sat & Sun, Nov 23 & 24, 2024
Timings: 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM (PKT)
Charges: PKR 8000/- per participant,
includes workshop material and e-certificate.
(10% sibling discount available)
Venue: ERDC Village, Pind Sangrial (Near Sector D-12), Islamabad
