Fulfilling The Promise

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say ing tha t the pas t � months have been moments o f t ru th , woven in them have been numerous ach ievements and l ea rn ing po in t s

t o base ou r dec i s s i ons and inves tments . We a re and have de l i ve red s to r i e s o f Impac t eve ry day ,

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Emmanue l Wa i swa MCVP GCDP ICX ( A IESEC In Uganda )

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ou r IMPACT - Ou r P rom i se A f r i ca I n MEIn t r oduc i ng NPS Even t s , P ro j ec t s /Oppo r t un i t i e s

We Are Touching Lives unleashing Impact - Our Promise

iNTERVIEW WITH Michael eberspacher , 25 ( Germany )

My name is Michael, 25 years old from Germany and I was workingin a nursery and primary school, cal led Kireka C parents, in a slum area in Kampala, Uganda, for 6 weeks as a teacher and as an advisor.Next to my math lessons I gave daily, I also took care of the kids in the break, did some physical training with them, sang, danced and laughed with them. I real ly loved my job in the school and especial lythe children. It was amazing and a lot of fun although and maybebecause of the reason that the conditions in the school were notcomparable to anything I’ve seen before in Europe.

Tel l Me About Yourself and work

What Do You Mean?I mean seeing the kids in the school and the people in generalin this area, struggling for food, their huts without access torunning , hot water, even sometimes without access to electricity, without anything luxurious. Reduced on a minimum level. Reduced just on essential things. Nothing more! But sti l l the kids and in general the people were so satisfied with their situation. That was the most impressive thing I ever experienced. I mean nobody is

dissatisfied or is greedy. You can see smiling, friendly, warmhearted people in every corner, at every single place, everywhere you are! People, who live at the border of the poverty level, but sti l l they invite you for lunch. People, who are needy, but sti l l they want to help even more needy people. Kids, who haven’t a real playground,but sti l l they create one and they have fun with the things which arearound them.

What Would You Recommend About Your Exchange? Cultural exposure In my opinion the most challenging and also most impressive part was the cultural difference between Uganda and Germany. This is really worth to experience and more than recommendable!

Peop l e , who l i ve a t t he bo rde r o f t he pove r ty l eve l , bu t s t i l l t hey i nv i t e you f o r l unch .needy, bu t s t i l l t hey wan t t o he l p even more needy peop l e . K i d s ,

who havn ʼ t a r ea l p l ayg round , bu t s t i l l t hey c rea te one and they have f un w i th the th i ngs wh i ch a re

a round them.

Afr ica in Me is the o f f i c ia l reg iona l brand ing campaign for ACP, that a ims to showcaseAfr i can cont inent to the wor ld to make AIESEC in Af r i ca the f i rs t cho ice dest inat ion for AIESEC’s in ternat iona l exper iences g loba l ly,by prov id ing h ighqua l i ty GIP and GCDPExper iences. In other

words, Is an opportun i ty to embraceAfr i ca wi th heart w ide open and a hands on at t i tude! Af r i ca in Me is based around an on l ineporta l , www.afr i ca inme.org, as we l l asa set o f exper iences

des igned to enr ich the vo lunteer or pro fess iona l exper iences wi th AIESEC in Af r i ca wi th a set o f exc i t ing act iv i t ies . Through A iM young peop le wi l l be ab leto exp lore the Afr i can cu l ture as we l l as document the exper iences for the i r or ig in countr iesand c i t ies , through af r i ca inme.org

africa in ME

Promote Africa as first Choice destination for AIESEC Internships in the Network Create and Showcase a multi dimensional Image of African Continent through stories

of Youth Contribution to Impact SocietyCreate quality standards for reception to provide Unique experiences to young People

in Africa

PURPOSE OF AIM M

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IMPLEMENTATION IN LCs: Select Africa in Me_ Responsible in your LC Provide your  EPs with database of

contacts of local artists, singer, musicians, cooking places..Collect stories and videos from your EPs and upload them on YouTube named as: AfricainMe,

Es Sense aCtiv8 joy

ePic Moments Untold Africa

The EP can organise Games and Sports

for children in the community and then

take photos and videos to be shared

ePIC Moments requires EPs to tell the story behind the

picture of their choice, bringing it to life and sharing it

with the people back home. All local committees of AIESEC

in Africa, and around the world, will also use the images

for promotion of Africa as the first choice destination for

AIESEC internships and also to better portray what Africa truly

is, breaking stereotypes and helping us build a new story;

“Sensing the essence of Africa”

African arts in their different formats (crafts, music, dance and story-telling)

give us and will give you a sense of our genuine African life style while also

giving you the opportunity to experience and appreciate our cultural heritage.

The EPs will then organize an event to experience and learnfrom them and

their craft as a way to dignify life. All videos will beused to showcase EPs

experience and what they have learned from the artist that chosen.

What a better way to have fun, learn, have a great time and become

a promoter of our Africa, YOUR Africa!

This activity require EPs to volunteer at an NGO or

shadow an influential community leader for at least

a day. During this day, EP’s role will be to act as a

reporter of what this person and organizations do

and how they contribute to the building of a better

Africa. We expect EPs to create a short video documentary

as output, so that we can together get this stories out in the open

and >start portraying a different face of Africa.

A b o u t N P S Net Promoter ScoreAIESEC’s commitment to creating high-quality, impactfulexperiences motivates a constant drive for us to continueto improve our operations. This year, to empower a more dynamic response to feedback, AI began to test the useof Net Promoter Score to evaluate programme participant satisfaction. The Net Promoter Score is a customer loyaltymetric that can be used to gauge the loyalty of an organisation’s customer relationships. It is based on a simple question based on a scale of 0-10, “How likely areyou to recommend this experience?” Pilots are currently underway in a nmuber of entities including Uganda .

Why?•Why customer care is relevant?People living na ELD Programme want to be satis�ed with the experience. Caring about them will help us identifydelivery bottlenecks making us more fast-responding towards our “customer” needs.•Why we do fire-fighting?Credibility is about people trusting on our organization. To be trusted by whoever lives an AIESEC ELD Programme, we must take care of any problems that must appear, this is called �re-�ghting. By “extinguishing” this �re, we can eliminate possible detractors.Must-Read: Quality Promise Wiki

NPS is based on the fundamental that organization’s customers can be divided into three categories: Promoters, Passives, and Detractors.

HOW DOES IT WORK? AI is partnering with CG ( Customer Guage) for an IT system, all participants in all programs ( Matched, realised and Completed) are sent a survey to assess how their experience was with one of the ELD Programs ( GCDP, TLP,TMP,GIP) Every Pilot Country / Entity has a country Login and then the MC is suppossed to create the Local Chapter Logins.

Events and Opportunities http://www.myaiesec.net/content/viewwiki.do?contentid=10243466

ACP Projects For a chance to Participate in one of Our ACP Projects and any other ICX Opportunities, Please follow this link

AIESEC Uganda National Projects 2012 - 2013

Africa In Me Local Chapter Coordinator ( AIESEC Uganda )This is a team member position for any one who wants to coordinate the implementation of AIM main activities in Local Chapters , Please contact us on: impact256.ug@aiesec.net

Are you from the region? Kenya , Tanzania ,

Rwanda and Ethopia

This is your chance for Regional Citizenship

through the IRC Campaign.

Contact your OGX responsible in your country for

ICX opportunities in the region, As Uganda we

have a number of Projects as detailed in the

booklet you will �nd through the link given above.

IMPACT 256COMMUNITY

GENDER CHILDREN

WOMEN

LEADERSHIP �N�I���M�NT

ECONOMIC GROWTHYOUTH

HIV / AIDS

EDUCATION

CONTACT US:

impact256.ug@aiesec.net

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