Grassroots Leadership Training Programme

Co-ordinated and run by Wongsanit Ashram.

GLT South East Asia

This project seeks to bring together community leaders from neighbouring Asian countries to discuss current social problems and to empower them to develop sustainable solutions at a grassroots level. In the long run we also hope to influence the decision-makers at the policy level both nationally and regionally. Some of the objectives of GLT South East Asia are:

• To develop a vision for a sustainable future which includes ecology, gender, social justice, democracy, and spiritual values.
  Discussions are held concerning gender issues and the sex industry, the plight of the poor in big cities, and HIV/AIDS prevention, among other things.
  
  
• To engage in a discussion about the negative impacts of consumerism, modernisation, and globalization.
  Issues of environmental and social destruction are raised and concepts of 'deep ecology' are taught. Communities involved in alternative education and sustainable development serve as case-studies. Organic agricultural practices are discussed.
  
  
• To provide the skills and knowledge necessary for NGO work: needs assessment, project planning and proposal writing, financial management, and human resource management.

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