Fashion Bug conducts motivation and career guidance programmes for students, parents
Fashion Bug recently conducted five motivational and career guidance programmes in Weligama, Kirinda, Dickwella, Bolana and Hambantota under their ‘Sisu Dirimaga’ initiative.
The facilitators for these events were prominent motivational speaker and senior lecturer Ismail A. Azeez and Learning & Development Manager at Fashion Bug Sufar Shafeeq.
The need for moulding future citizens of Sri Lanka into responsible young leaders of the next generation was identified by the Sisu Dirimaga Initiative.
This objective resulted in conducting of threehour motivational sessions targeting the emerging youth, especially the GCE Ordinary Level and Advanced Level students in schools.
The programmes were enriched with personal motivation, techniques to face exams as well as career guidance and also guidance of their parents in reshaping their future.
The student training programs were conducted in five leading schools in Southern province: Arafa Central College-weligama, Muslim Maha Vidyalayakirinda, Minhath National School- Dickwella, Iqra Muslim Maha Vidyalaya - Bolana, and Al Akbar Muslim Maha Vidyalaya in Hambantota. The principals of these five schools were greatly instrumental in making the programmes a success.
Fashion Bug Director and Sisu Dirimaga Founder Shabier Subian said,“at Fashion Bug our goal is to empower every sector of our nation through our CSR initiatives and especially through the Sisu Dirimaga platform. Therefore it is our mission to supplement our youth with access to personal development and career development training programmes. We believe our efforts will result in empowering future citizens of Sri Lanka with opportunity and especially with the ability to choose the right path for their chosen careers.”
The training programme was conducted using unique and diverse techniques and methods including short lectures, self-reflection, NLP techniques / self talk / visualization, self-assessment and psycho-metric tools, video presentations/case studies and group counseling techniques.
Fashion Bug invests over Rs.20 million each year on deserving CSR projects which are conducted across the island. These programs do not limit to a specific area but range across diverse platforms including sports, health, public services and beyond. The company has also developed its own scholarship program as part of its signature CSR initiatives.