Note
Due to the current global health crisis from the outbreak of the Covid-19 virus, Compass Education unfortunately will not run CYCLe camp this year. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at team@compasseducation.org
About CYCLe
Sustainable Development is key to ensuring prosperity for ourselves and our future generations. What exactly does this mean though and how can today’s youth prepare to lead for a flourishing future?
Compass Youth Camp for Leaders (CYCLe) is a youth camp facilitated and led by Compass Youth Leaders. You will learn from first-hand experiences of your peers who have put this knowledge and skills to practice in their own schools. If you enjoy it, you can apply to come back next year and be a Compass Facilitator and Leader!
What makes CYCLe unique and different from the other camps?
- Designed and led by Youth for Youth;
- Built on the foundations of Systems Thinking and Sustainability;
- Promotes student leadership skills and student agency;
- Exploration into Issues surrounding sustainable development;
- Application of innovative approaches, tools and techniques for impactful community service planning;
- Supports youth to becoming an effective leaders and change-makers in their schools and communities;
- Supports youth to becoming a confident and skilled trainer/facilitator on Sustainability;
CYCLe 2020 Details
When: June 28 – July 5, 2020 (arrive on June 28 and depart on July 5)
Where: Traidhos Three-Generation Community for Learning, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Camp Fee: Single Registration $1,100/person or Group Registration $1,000/person
Note: Fee is inclusive of accommodation, meals, group accident insurance, airport and local transport during camp, and excluding fare to and from Chiang Mai
Camp Facilitators: CYCLe team of facilitators consists of Compass Youth Leaders who have already completed our Compass Education Youth Empowerment training and have significant experiences in using and facilitating the Sustainability Compass and Systems Thinking tools.
Who can attend: Youth aged 14-18 years old
Note: Due to camp’s age restriction, applicants must be at least 14 years old and no older than 18 years old by June 1, 2020.
Registration
In order to be considered for this year’s camp, please fill out the online application form and submit by May 17. Applicants who get through the selection process will be sent a confirmation of attendance via email after May 17.
Scholarships are available through a rigorous selection process!
If you are interested, please indicate it on the application form and submit by March 31.
If you can’t access the Apply Now button or GoogleForm, click here to download CYCLe 2020 application form and submit the completed form via email to team@compasseducation.org.
Camp Experience
Campers will gain the tools, skills and language to be a more effective
leader and change-maker in your school and community through the following experiences:
The Camp will consist of four different parts:
WORKSHOPS
There will be an array of highly interactive, collaborative workshops that will be led by our amazing team of Compass Youth Leaders – a mixture of alumni from previous camps and students that have experience of using and teaching the Compass tools in their school. Participants will come away with the ability to use the Compass tools for their own club, class and community projects when they return home.
LOCAL CASE STUDIES
The camp includes excursions to local NGOs working in social and environmental issues around Chiang Mai and also gives participants the opportunity to meet and talk with inspirational people about their own experience working to address local and global issues and to hear their personal story of how they became involved in their work.
LEADERSHIP TRAINING
As well as training participants to have useful knowledge and skills that could be the start of a path towards becoming a leader for sustainable action, there will be a series of fun and challenging team building activities that are designed to test leadership and teamwork ability – allowing participants to gain feedback and to identify and practice in aspects of leadership that they would like to develop in.
APPLICATION OF LEARNING
As part of CYCLe, participants are given time to reflect on their learning and plan how they can apply it to their lives at home. They will also be challenged to teach some of the tools learned during the camp to a small group of volunteers, which will give them the chance to see whether they might be interested in returning in a future year as a Compass Youth Leader!
CYCLe Team
Coming soon
Video and Photo Gallery
Click here to read Nestor’s – one of last year’s campers – story about his CYCLe experience.
What did facilitators and participants feel about CYC 2017? Check it out on our series of “CYC Views” here!
Watch this CYC video by Norito, CYC 2017 Media Facilitator