aidha
the world's micro-business school

Our Mentors

Mentors at aidha undertake the training that equips them to facilitate a class of 15 students in their journey of learning. Mentors facilitate aidha’s courses and encourage  students to reach their dreams. Currently we have over 180 trained mentors who commit from 4.5 to 9 months of their time and their dedication transforms the lives of their students , their families and communities back home. This creates a multiplier effect. Here is what some of our mentors say:

	Arun Kelshiker. Facilitating an aidha course is an extremely rewarding experience. I’ve met really special people and shared in communicating high level business concepts with classes who are keen to learn and enjoy challenging themselves. Students in these courses give up a large part of their one free day to come and take classes. This allows mentors to really make active and material contributions to making this class time as special an experience as possible for all the students. It’s the one time during the week that both mentors and students can become immersed in fresh subject material and new idea thinking which is outside of the normal routine of day to day activities. This really helps to challenge and look beyond the next week or month and to be decidedly active on how one’s future takes form and shape. Concrete plans, changes, decisions and businesses all come to fruition during aidha courses.
	Ellen Goel. My experience in teaching a computer workshop at aidha was wonderful! I have never taught Foreign Domestic Workers before. I did not even know one of them personally and I was quite nervous during my first class. This immediately changed when my students came into the class with a big smile in their faces, a “hello ma’am” on their lips and a curious, knowledge-awaiting look in their eyes. I knew the girls want to be here, they want to learn and I would love to explain them something about computers. They are so appreciating and grateful – I can learn a lot from them! Being a mentor for computer workshops means much more than simply being an instructor. Some students come in without any knowledge and are quite shy about it. Then as they learn more over the program, they see a practically new world equipping themselves with new skills and connecting with their loved ones more frequently while the cost is hugely cut down. Witnessing the kind of changes that are brought to the students while they learn the things that I have taken for granted (which are in fact privileges) has been a life changing and humbling experience for me.
	Yina Song. Being a mentor for computer workshops means much more than simply being an instructor. Some students come in without any knowledge and are quite shy about it. Then as they learn more over the program, they see a practically new world equipping themselves with new skills and connecting with their loved ones more frequently while the cost is hugely cut down. Witnessing the kind of changes that are brought to the students while they learn the things that I have taken for granted (which are in fact privileges) has been a life changing and humbling experience for me.