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One of my previous experiences was being a facilitator at various types of camps

of which involved mainly students as their participants. Having said that, such

role had brought me to various parts in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, up north to

Pera dan to the east in Pahang. !here were leadership, motivational, co"

curricular camps, and the one that # had created my own when # was as ed to

was $%na Soleh& camp. %nd every time # would to go for such camp, # would

bring this new" ind"of"spirit feeling 'of course, depending on what type of camp

and role # was acting as( to wor with the ids.

One of the memories # had was still fresh in my mind when # )rst *oined the team

'of facilitators from +K and #P- #nst. Profesional -aitulmal/( was the camp held

for the heavy smo ers among form 0 students around 1omba dan Hulu Langat

2istricts. #f # remember them correctly, there were 345 participants who were

mainly alays, some were 6hinese and #ndians. Some of this ids smo ed two

boxes of cigarettes per day 'one of them was a little lady # should say(, some

averagely a box per day and so on. 7eedless to say, # was 8uite agitated and

worried as it was my )rst experience dealing with such ids, there were

bombardment of speculations and thoughts in my head.

y friends and # came on the second day 'probably as trials as we stayed thereonly for a day( and we were given short brie)ng of what needed to be done. %fter

a while the students were divided into smaller groups, and each of us was to ta e

one group for an internal ice"brea ing session and a brief tal about smo ing.

!hese ids were very active and # seemed to get the good ones 'not really,

maybe a little(. So # was thin ing, how would # get through these ids9 #

introduced myself )rst and then as ed them to introduce themselves to one

another, and # put up a little game, of which they would be tested about other&s

biodata, with this, # could get them involved and concentrated.

:hat really happened was # too down all the walls of di;erences between me

and them, bridged the gap, put away the pre*udices, and accepted them as who

they were, ids of our future generation. :hat happened all day was mainly on

the concepts # put above. % teacher inspires their students, motivates their

students, build their students& self"esteems, and guide them to success. # also

gave them the chance to spea , for them to prove and deem themselves worthy,

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for them themselves, for the school, for the family, and for whatever they

wanted of. 1uess how it turned out9

# rec oned when you treated others as humans, giving them their rights to be

respected, despite the $thing& they were into, they would honour you the same.

%s # was saying that we came on the second day, the )rst day didn&t go very well

with the earlier facilitators as they were treating the ids li e savages, and

convicts while they themselves blew the same smo e they were trying to curb.

!here were very much memories for only a day of facilitating, and # couldn&t write

them all. %s night had covered the earth with its blan et, we ought to leave.

Some of the ids were crying that we had to leave, some were begging for us to

stay until tomorrow. s? up until today, # still eep in touch with one the participants, and he had

stopped smo ing. He had health di@culties now, yet he is still strong. Aor that #

love him due to %llah.