○ Full year leadership curriculum (teaching the youth skills that are transferable into their everyday life)
○ Building significant connections in the community of Montreal
○ Mentoring
○ Humanitarian trip opportunity
○ Volunteer work
Our yearly curriculum consists of bi-weekly group meetings from October to June covering topics such as leadership, human rights, social advocacy, and volunteering. In addition, throughout the year, the youth will get the opportunity to organize and lead fundraising events; with the profits going towards the cost of the group’s humanitarian trip to the Dominican Republic at the end of June.
The need for this program is vital. Other programs that run on a similar philosophy to Future World Leaders have been found to create lasting benefits for the youth involved:
○ Many report having greater motivation and more goals for their future.
○ 85% are more likely to be involved in volunteering in their communities after a trip
○ 95% of youth that participate in leadership/humanitarian programs like this one “report feeling a strong sense of responsibility for the well-being of people in developing countries when they return home” (metowe.com)
We want youth in care to also have access to this kind of rich and inspiring experience!
By completing our program the participating youth will:
○ Have learned leadership skills that are transferable into their everyday life
○ Have gained leadership experience by organizing and participating in fundraising events
○ Have acquired travel experience
○ Have increased cultural knowledge from a different country
○ Have made positive connections in the community
○ Have a stronger sense of compassion
○ Continue to stay involved in either the FWL program (through our youth mentor program) or other community initiatives
○ Be able to describe how this program has impacted them and made a positive difference in their current lives
○ Be able to describe how this experience will help them achieve their personal life goals