Do you want to know what is feels like to join the Bridges by Mentors program in Howest? Check out this amazing video created by our international mentors. You’ll see them jump into a real scavenger hunt in the city of Kortrijk, where they need to discover all the hidden gems from this lovely city in the Western part of Flanders, Belgium. After they had some drinks in the international hub that is the Irish Pub in Kortrijk.
During their lovely time in Kortrijk, they also joined 6 hours of intensive mentoring training sessions to become a real mentor. They learned from each other, shared knowledge, and deep-dived into the world of Bridges by Mentors in order to become a mentor of their own. Although some of them already had knowledge about mentoring, you felt that it was great to blend in with students with a little less knowledge about the subject.
Of course, to blend in with the local culture, we didn’t only go on a scavenger hunt, we also made some great Belgian waffles (and ate them) from scratch, but after finishing our mentoring training program, we did different activities with local organizations like the refugee center, Groep Intro, freinetschool ‘t Vier and so one. Our mentors really blended in with the locals, taught their culture and languages to the local youth and got rewarded with so much fun, recognition, and friendship.