Black lives matter
Black lives Matter and me! Since the death of George Floyd and the worldwide Black Lives Matter protests, I have been reflecting on how I feel as a black woman. I want to talk about my experiences as a way releasing my emotions, reclaim who I am and move on with my life. It is […]
Let’s talk about Mental Health,
The last three months have really concentrated my mind on my health and wellbeing. This period of lockdown, imposed upon us by an unseen virus gave me time to slow down from the routine, to stop and have some space for reflection. The Coronavirus pandemic has affected us in different ways. Some of us have […]
L’art comme moyen d’expression
Depuis les anciens temps, l’Art a toujours existé, il a célébré la vie, la mort,
l’amour et la haine. Il a aussi traduit les victoires et les défaites de peuples
anciens.
TAKING THE PRESENT-MOMENT PLUNGE
Whether we are living in confinement or living our usual day to day life, are we taking the present-moment plunge? Are we here and now in our thoughts and acts or letting our thoughts overwhelming us all the time? It is very easy and tempting to go with the flow and be overwhelmed by social […]
Travel with Purpose Program
Based on our years of delivering experiential learning opportunities we have developed a program called Travel with purpose. This program is done in a different country each year, where participants from all over the world can join. It is a journey of personal transformation where you live or work with local communities who are bringing […]
PREVENTING VIOLENT EXTREMISM – Facilitating Dialogue
FEBRUARY 2019 / DECEMBER 2019 Out of the box supported in 2019 the facilitation of 9 sectoral workshop “Strengthening Resilience project SR2” around Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE) in Lebanon under the Lebanon national PVE strategy. Each PVE sectoral workshop brought key actors of the network into an inclusive consultative process focused on key national objectives. […]
Travel with Purpose Program
Based on our years of delivering experiential learning opportunities we have developed a program called Travel with purpose. This program is done in a different country each year, where participants from all over the world can join. It is a journey of personal transformation where you live or work with local communities who are bringing real […]
Black Panther
Movie reviews are not typically the topics for an Out of the Box blog, but a recent viewing of Black Panther raised many issues we encounter in our work with Out of the Box . For those of you who have not yet seen the movie, Black Panther is the latest in the Marvel super […]
World Water Day
World Water Day, on 22 March every year, is about focusing attention on the importance of water. The theme for World Water Day 2018 was ‘Nature for Water’ – exploring nature-based solutions to the water challenges we face in the 21st century. World Water Day celebrated its 25th birthday in 2018. On one hand, you […]
Commission for the Status of Women
The Commission of the Status of Women takes place each March at the UN headquarters in New York. This year is the 62nd meeting of CSW with a theme of “Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls”. This infographic from UN Women sets out some of the […]
International Women’s Day 2018
March 8th each and every year marks International Women’s Day (IWD). Some have asked why women still need their own day in 2018, while others argue we should be thinking about women for 365 days a year. OTB started when a group of women from across the world came together to focus on change. Over […]
SDGs
In September 2015, world leaders adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development which encompassed the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – also known by many as the Global Goals. These goals built on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which were in place from 2000 to 2015 – thought with some important changes to enhance the likelihood […]
To the corners of Africa..
One of the real privileges we have at Out of the Box is working with those who are truly working at the grassroots level to bring sustainable change. One of our recent assignments was to work on behalf of Misean Cara, a faith-based missionary movement granting funds to international development projects around the world. The […]
Travel with purpose China January 14 – 21 2018
15 participants came together and took part of the travel with purpose in Beijing this January. This trip was all about personal transformation. We discovered a diverse culture and were exposed to creativity and innovation through the Chinese art (man made ice sculptures, Chinese opera, Chinese acrobatics…) An international night was done also where […]
16 days of activism
This year, the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence campaign is even more poignant. There is more attention on the harassment, abuse and violence against women than ever before in the 16 year history of this campaign. Unfortunately, it has taken the public outing of a range of Hollywood figures, politicians and other high […]
Team Building Day – PU-AMI
On January 14, 2015 Out of the box organized one full day of a team – building training with a combination of outdoor and indoor activities for the 208 employees of PU-AMI in Lebanon. The day started by a welcome speech from Nadine El Achy the managing director of Out Of the box and Jean Bernard […]
THE OUT OF THE BOX DELEGATION AT THE SKOLL WORLD FORUM
There are moments when you are in the right place, at the right time. Oxford, is one of those places when this week, it hosts the Skoll World Forum – a gathering of over 1,000 social entrepreneurs who come together to share ideas, build connections and think about how to change the world for the […]
WORKSHOP SUMMARY – ORBIS
Out of the Box facilitated a workshop on Cross Sector Partnership for Orbis International in Cape Town, South Africa. Orbis works to stop preventable blindness, fully aware of the impact that sight has to an individual, their family, and the community where they live. Orbis believes that vision is key to a healthy, productive life; […]
THE PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE TRAINING ON BUILDING EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIPS FOR DEVELOPMENT
The Partnership Initiative training on Building Effective Partnerships for Development covered discussions from who are partners, what does partnership mean to the partnering cycle. The training involved a whole mix of case studies and role play and with a group of 10 was extremely interactive. We had the chance to look at building partnerships and […]
TRAVEL WITH PURPOSE TO INDIA TRAINING
Day 1: Grow out of your box at Sangam Day 1 was about all the participants getting to know each other and their own self, strength, weaknesses, boundaries and aspirations. They went through a Gallery of inspiring people who made changes in their lives and the lives of others such as Ghandi, Nelson Mandela, Martin […]
OTB PARTNERSHIP SUMMIT SUMMARY
On day one of the OTB Partnership Summit we deepened our understanding about the importance of cross sector partnerships in bringing about sustainable change.