I would firstly like to humbly express my gratitude to the Mater Dolorosa Catholic Church for making this very helpful programme for the youth and to my mentor for the consistency and great work that they put into our mentor-mentee sessions. My experience in this mentorship programme was one of the best experiences I had in 2024.
My mentor made the programme to be the best, fun and comforting experience. We were able to establish a safe and open bond with each other thus making the mentor-mentee sessions to be as beneficial as possible because I could share problems, I was having trouble with, have general conversations, get to know each other and even share achievements I got through their help and useful advice.
Seeing that I was in my first year at university during this period, I learnt a number of important things and skills such as time management, mental health management and many more which I carried throughout the whole year. I even received help with school assignments and study tips. On top of everything, the meeting dates were flexible and we both planned on times we felt comfortable and considered best to meet up and have our meeting, which I found to be another nice quality of the sessions.
Therefore for these reasons and other various positive benefits and impacts, I kindly encourage my fellow youth to consider and take part in this mentorship programme.