The Bena Association for Orphan Care in Sharqia concluded yesterday the initiative to develop young leaders for orphans who benefit from its services.
21 male and female students participated in the program, which lasted for seven weeks and aimed to introduce students to the art of public speaking, standing in front of the public, and participation in the “Toastmasters” Club.
The program concluded yesterday on the Asharqia Chamber stage, where the winners of the first seven places were honored with sums of money, and cash prizes were also approved for the rest of the participants for their efforts.
The General Director of the Association, Abdullah Al-Khalidi, explained that the initiative is part of the Association’s initiatives aimed at developing sons and daughters, refining their talents, developing their abilities, and empowering them. Al-Khalidi indicated that the Association decided to open a Toastmasters Club due to the extreme importance of public speaking for their future. It was also decided to enable orphans and their families to participate in it, as well as the Association’s male and female employees.
It is noteworthy that the initiative included a number of workshops, such as the writing and presentation workshop.Its topics included how to choose the appropriate topic for the sermon and how to choose sentences to convey the idea to the audience appropriately, a workshop on body language that dealt with how to use body expressions in the sermon and identifying the parts of the body used during communication, a listening and listening workshop that discussed the importance of listening and listening and the difference between them and identifying obstacles to good listening, a tone of voice workshop that included learning about the quality of the voice and controlling its tone, and a workshop to impress your audience that dealt with identifying the basic style and learning about the learning ladder.