22nd January 2012 is the day Leadership Village witnessed a rare and unique event.
Like the bright lightning in the far horizon, it was brief, but breathtaking and so powerful as to leave everlasting memories to each and every one who were present in the tiny office of AFRC India, from where the project Leadership Village was born.
When Rabigh TOASTMASTERS area Governor TM Abdullah M Niaz and his team were received with flowers by the leaders of Leadership Village, a new relationship was formed. Earlier this year, TM Rajendran presented Leadership Village in the Rabigh TOASTMASTERS leadership club. His daughter Pooja is one of the leaders of Leadership Village project and the proud father was inspired to leadership through his daughter.
TM.Rajendran presents Leadership Village in Rabigh TOASTMASTERS
Leadership Village caught the attention of everyone and TM Niaz expressed his wish to visit Kerala, and especially to Wayanad, to meet the children and trainers . To welcome the visitors chidren early morning itself arrived AFRC and beautified the centre with balloons, flowers and colourful ribbons. They eagerly waited for the visitors and with open hearts and extended hands welcomed the dignified personalities. When the children received the guests they were not pressing rose flowers, but the heart beats of a bunch of passionate and innocent children.
The visitors came with loads of gifts and hearts filled with true love and compassion. Even though AFRC is based in a small institute and Leadership Village was born and sustained out of struggles and sacrifices, the visitors never considered the centre as a small one. They very happily shared their joy of being with everyone behind Leadership Village.
Laila Saein, co-founder of Leadership Village shared the visiotrs about the story of Leadership Village, how during the summer vacation children and trainers of her institute attended the online leadership training organised by Mr.Sangeeth Varghese from Bangalore. She said those were the days without internet and computers at the centre, but still a thirst for knowledge made all of them close their centre to visit the neighboring cafes to attend the Leadlab sessions of LeadCap. Thus born the starting point of the Leadership Village saga, she said.
TM Niaz told the children and thier parents how happy he was to be in Wayanad! Very proudly he told everyone that it was in Rabigh, his town, not in Kerala that the world`s first Malayalam TOASTMASTERS was formed. In Rabigh, a lot of Malaylees are behind him and they always push him to visit Kearala. He said all of us possess unique fingerprints and he wishes to leave his fingerprints in Kerala. For a person like TM Niaz, this is an easy task. He has already left deep and indelible fingerprints on the hearts of everyone he met in Wayanad, with his love, care and passion for true leadership.
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