Ubuntu Workshop
Ubuntu is defined as the essence of being human; stressing
the importance of peace and interconnectedness meaning that humans cannot live
in isolation.
Through LoveLife, a group of us had a day to experience a
term foreign to us – Ubuntu. Although we had never heard of it before, we
quickly had the opportunity to experience Ubuntu and apply it in everyday
situations; as humans who cannot live in isolation, how would we share our
abilities to be generous to one another and create peace rather than
segregation? Through the use of different scenarios, such as how Ubuntu is
around us, we explored aspects of Ubuntu in daily life through our personal
selves; what places did we feel Ubuntu? How could we try to apply that, and
what could we do in order to do so?
During this experience, I mostly enjoyed learning something
new. I believe that positivity should be spread, and through the teaching of
Ubuntu we were able to share the importance of that value amongst us and apply
it to real life situations. Of course, the values of Ubuntu were not forced
upon us. LoveLife had organised a full day session for those who wished to
attend in order to discover the skills surrounding coaching, and the core value
behind it was Ubuntu.
Rukiyah, who is a senior member of the Desmond Tutu
Foundation, along with Jasmine, one of LoveLife’s main facilitators, shared her
experiences of peace building and ensured that those values and ideas of the
sharing of positivity were delivered to us with coherence, making it easy for
us to apply Ubuntu to everyday situations.
To sum up, the experience of learning about Ubuntu was a
great way to work closely with one another, despite most of us at LoveLife
being from different backgrounds, and having the opportunity to find out that
we all share similar values.
By Reiss
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