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With the guidance of the Talent Scouts, the program
has been narrowed down to 12 meetings.

Activity/meeting 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Sign agreement ■
Find your intelligences (test) ■ ■ ■
24 questions ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
Strength of Character (test) ■ ■
Strength of Character (map) ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

Resources in your network ■ ■
Letter of appreciation ■ ■ ■
Success story ■ ■
Identification of values ■ ■
Diet, exercise and sleep ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
Good deeds (task) ■ ■ ■ ■
Positive experiences ■ ■ ■
Identify you Learning Styles (test) ■ ■ ■ ■
Select school/education ■ ■ ■ ■

Letter to the foundation ■ ■

»Timothy introduced me to Dennis with whom we had breakfast. mentors are trained in the program prior to their participation
He told me all about his plans for starting a foundation, which and receive a certificate as proof that they are trained to fulfill
he was to launch during the “fight for your neighbor” event and the role of mentors.
that he wanted me to be a part of it together with John Senteu.«

Shortly after their enrollment, John was accepted at the Kenya Mentoring and guidance
Institute of Management and Benta to the Kenya Association of
Professional Counselors. They have both risen to the occasion Throughout the twelve meetings, the mentor represent an adult
and keep thriving in their positions as students. go-to-person with whom mentees may speak openly concerning
personal challenges and plans for the future. As mentors and
mentees familiarize themselves with one another, they can begin
A successful mentoring program to explore mentees’ personal skills and strengths. Through the
appliance of online tests, mentors establish mentees’ learning
While economic support, education and personal guidance were styles, skills and strengths of character. Test results are regularly
focal points during the first year, the Foundation team proceeded applied and discussed during the meetings.
to work on the development of a mentoring program tailored
to accommodate talented young peoples’ needs for self-belief Bringing mentee’s practical and personal abilities out in the
and a better future. open is key to improve mentees’ self-image, self-knowledge
and self-belief. Once mentees realize that, in fact, they possess
The mentoring program was designed in collaboration with the valuable, personal abilities and talents, the mentor will step in
Danish non-profit organization, Talent Scouts, with an objective to help prepare him/her for educational readiness. Mentors will
to train mentors and equip them with the necessary tools to help thus encourage and support mentees in engaging in educational
build self-confidence among the mentees enrolled. As such, all and community activities, which narrows down the purpose

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