The Craziness unleashed

ACLC MEMBERS 

Leave your timidity behind your back, wear your sport outfit, bring your snacks and refreshments and Sidi Bousaid is the direction. The session of November 30^th 2014 was an outdoor more precisely in the park of Sidi Bousaid. It all started with a spectacular mindset. First we had to choose a nickname that reflects our personalities and dreams. The creativity was there as usual and each nickname had a story and what is the point of any untold story. “I am the Master Mind one member said” call me Geek” one other member said while some other members chose to keep their First names as they best suit them.

What came next is even funnier, more entertaining but most of all very useful  as we believe outdoor sessions are not just for fun. The mindset riddles aclc calls it. Listen carefully to every single word of the riddle, think cooperatively with your partner and go beyond your imagination that is our way and that is how we do things in aclc.

Inside the park, the craziness was literally unleashed and waiting for us along with the fun and the great lessons.we were all divided into groups of similar numbers to perform the Scavenger Hunt challenge. Each group had a list of the most unexpected missions no one could have speculated. It all required courage, public speaking and lot of imagination. One group had to give some “free of charges” aerobic dance class to strangers and perform “Mission impossible” in front of a store while another team had to help a server in his job washing dishes, another team however had to collect a bag full of trash and take a picture with a whole family and the list goes on full of unexpected missions and the aim was to master public speaking which we almost learned in fact and we have erased words like “shy, I can not...” from our dictionaries.

Great efforts have been made while we were trying to convince these strangers we have never seen before who are we and what are we trying to do, thoughts, plans even laughs and videos were shared in an unforgettable experience in which we were all winners and we have all learned the true meaning of public speaking in a real world experiences.

Explaining the tasks

After the competition was finished, no time for rest, we were all gathered in the feedback circle to share our retaliations and how were our experiences during the scavenger hunt challenge. It was a great opportunity to learn some useful tips and practice body language. In fact we were asked to express our opinions and feedback concerning the previous activity without saying any single word just using our body language and even the smallest details actually matter and here we would all like to thank all our club members one by one for their great effort indeed and especially Hiba who made an extraordinary effort to surpass her timidity  and successfully unleashed her inner potential “Now we can hear your voice Hiba”.

Hiba an ACLC member

Last but not least, a thick thread and a circle of trust were everything we needed to live an unforgettable moment. We were asked by our mentors to meditate for two minutes in order to go inside our deepest pain, our saddest memories and let them all out.

The circle was formed and the thread moved from one member to another. Each thread tells a story and each story was shared with lot of emotions and have found great listeners and very open minded family willing to support even with words. Some of us shared even their untold stories the ones hidden inside their deepest secrets and extremely important to mention  that one of us summoned an outstanding courage to tell us how she was sexually harassed but the relief she felt after talking about it and the support she found were beyond any description but the question is again raised “when are we going to stand all unite against this cruelty and crime” ?

Eventually, we left Sidi Bousaid with lots of nice memories and precious lessons no one could have learned in one day.  

Omar Mzoughi helping someone Scavanger Hunt

PS : this article is written by Omar Mzoughi is an ACLC member and a future leader