Team, Conflict and Change: all in a day at Our Chalet

Another bright and sunny day dawned at Our Chalet! We had chance to enjoy the beauty of the grounds

this time Igloo building. We set off with our shovels and plastic boxes ready for a teamwork session.

After an hour and half we had discovered different roles in a team environment – and had a go at most of them too – we also had three lovely igloos (oh, and not forgetting the planning teams’ effort making it four.) The experience of snow makes for a more memorable experience especially when it comes to the technicalities of the igloo roof.

The key lessons we learnt were: role of team members, communication skills, the importance of team work and the most important being that a team can do more than an individual.

After lunch, we had a session about different conflicts: using role play to demonstrate them. We learnt that conflict should not just be seen as negative but it is an opportunity to change in a positive way. Linking to the earlier session we had a discussion in teams, each of us took a different role during the debate.  Each role had different values regarding the topic and this gave us an opportunity to put the conflict management theory into practice.

Our final session of the day was change management. We discussed different types of change (Political, Economical, Social, Technological and Environmental) and the impact they have on girls and young women. We discovered the importance of change our perspective regarding different situations so that we can see the whole picture.

Water update was disappointing today, after decreasing the amount used for the past 2 days it was an increase. We are back up to 115 litres per person..... We must do better for the rest of the week. 

Happy St Patrick’s Day to all the Irish out there.

HSS - role play HSS Igloo

The travelling Ants: Catt (UK), Jutta (Finland), Sophie (Canada), Caro (Costa Rica) and Sasha (Belarus)
All updates from Our Chalet and Sangam can be found here.

Previous updates from Our Chalet:
Day 1 - March 14
Day 2 - March 15
Day 3 - March 16