Camp Tobago — Quick Summary

A one-day leadership programme for SEA level students.

• Youth participate in peer-team challenges focused on real issues: Tourism, Environment, Public Safety.

• Students network with local leaders and decision-makers — giving them a voice and bridging generations.

• The camp fosters responsibility, teamwork, self-confidence and Leadership.

• All content and facilitation organized to ensure safety, guidance, mentorship.

Who this page is for: Teachers, principals, leadership partners, potential sponsors/funders, and parents who want to assess Camp Tobago’s purpose, structure and credibility.

— Scroll below for full programme information —

Camp Tobago: About Our Day

MORNING MORNING…

Welcome Campers!

Arrival. Name Tags. Snacks. Meet your Counsellor and Team Building Facilitator. Receive your Leadership Packet.

Team Building Leadership Challenges

The day's activities will be structured similarly to the Model United Nations programme but instead of solving global problems together, we'll work on solving three major challenges on Tobago:

• Tourism

• Environment

• Public Safety

The thirty campers will be divided into three teams of ten. Each group will draw straws. Short straw gets first pick of subject challenge etc. and campers are divided into:

• Team Tourism

• Team Environment

• Team Public Safety

Team-Building Leadership Challenge: After reading through materials in their Leadership Packets, each Camp Counsellor will work with their group to formulate their analysis and develop a group presentation, which will occur before lunch. Prompts will Include:

What ideas does your team have for how to tackle the challenge if they were in charge? What policies would they keep? What would they change? What are the top three things their team recommends that are needed in Tobago to make life better in this challenge topic?‍ ‍

The entire camp then reconvenes before lunch to make their Team Presentations to the entire Camp followed by a facilitated discussion to simulate how policy is developed and executed successfully.

LUNCH & LISTEN

Psalm 8:2/ Matthew 21:16 “Out of the mouth of babes…”

All the members of the THA and Tobago’s two MPs will be invited to join us for lunch. Our guests will be escorted to lunch tables where they are encouraged to interact with our campers and hear and listen about the challenges our future leaders have discussed earlier and the ideas they have for improving Tobago.

AFTERNOON SESSIONS

Networking with Leadership Partners

In the afternoon, we will welcome our Camp Tobago Leadership Partners to Camp Tobago. We are extremely grateful for the many outstanding and accomplished women and men, who have agreed to participate in Camp Tobago. Some of our role models are well-known nationally and locally. Every one of our role models is well-known and well-respected in their respective field. And everyone who has committed to speaking with our youth is very excited to be a part of Camp Tobago!

CAMP TOBAGO FINALE - TO BE ANNOUNCED

We have an agreement from one of Trinidad & Tobago’s most celebrated musical artists to join us at the end of the day to talk about how he overcame challenges throughout his life to become an internationally recognized musical icon.