One of three connected Project Sinxay tracks
Sinxay Mentor
Sisters and brothers who walk alongside
Programme overview
Experienced young people at the provincial level, trained in advocacy and mentorship, who give guidance and technical support to youth-led advocacy projects in their own communities.
Why this track exists
Sinxay Mentor exists because youth advocacy needs support that lasts past the end of a training. Experienced young people who have already been through the programme stay close to newer advocates, coaching, troubleshooting and keeping momentum going when a project stalls, in a relationship modelled on sisters and brothers rather than a formal instructor and student.
Who participates
Young people with prior programme experience, at provincial level
Programme journey
Sinxay Mentor
- 1
Recruitment and preparation
Experienced young people are identified at provincial level and prepared for a mentoring role.
- 2
Cascade training
Mentors are trained so they can in turn train and support others in their province.
- 3
Peer-to-peer mentoring
Mentoring runs as a sisters-and-brothers relationship rather than a top-down instruction.
- 4
Coaching youth advocates
Mentors give practical guidance to youth advocates running their own initiatives.
- 5
Troubleshooting and motivation
Mentors help unblock stalled projects and keep momentum through difficult stretches.
- 6
Community implementation
Support continues while projects are put into practice at community level.
Activities
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Explore the activity gallerySkills developed
Communication
Explaining a problem and a solution clearly to the audience that needs to hear it — students at a radio programme, vendors at a market stall, or a village training session.
Leadership
Guiding a team — or, for a Sinxay Mentor, a younger cohort of advocates — through the parts of a project that stall, without taking the work away from them.
Networking
Finding the shop, the media page or the donor that can carry a youth project further than the team can reach alone — as Eco Rice Straw did with two partner shops.
Teamwork
Getting a small team — often five or six young people from the same school or district — to actually finish what they start together.
Collaboration
Working alongside people outside the team's own age group — temple committees, market vendors, district officials, university lab staff — toward one shared result.
Illustrative skill map based on documented programme activities; not a participant performance ranking.
Stories
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Available statistics
Data currently being compiled
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Related reports
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Part of the wider Sinxay ecosystem
Sinxay Mentor is one of three connected Project Sinxay tracks. Explore the others, or see how all three fit together.