Stones Into Schools – Educating Girls in Central Asia

After the first learning event on body language, and the second one on kinesiology, the third learning session was organized by Dynamic NLP Group on the book called Stones Into Schools on 25th July 2014.

The book was presented by Swagata Sinha Roy, who was picked by previous event participants as the next speaker. She prepared handouts, materials and photo albums to be shared with the event participants.

The book was authored by Greg Mortenson, who had also wrote the book Three Cups of Tea which discusses promoting peace by education. In his latter book, he details the work of Central Asian Institute (CAI) to build schools to educate girls in Northern Afghanistan and areas around it.

Roy first talked about the book Three Cups of Tea and some background information. Then she outlined the book Stones Into Schools and showed various photos and articles about CAI, and the political and economic challenges faced in the area.

Roy presented everything very enthusiastically. In fact, her husband was involved in contributing to the institute! We also discussed how the rest of us could help, and how the lessons learned can be applied in our country.

Roy presenting passionately about education

Roy presenting passionately about education

After her 1-hour sharing, everyone got an opportunity to share some useful knowledge in the group. Eric Lim was chosen as the next speaker for his interesting sharing on the book called Marketing 3.0 by Philip Kotler.

At the end of the session, Roy graciously gave away 3 tea packs to each participant, signifying the 3 cups of tea discussed – The first time you share tea, you are a stranger. The second time you take tea, you are an honored guest. The third time you share a cup of tea, you become family!

Learn with Dynamic NLP Group #3 – Stones Into Schools – Photo album

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