Aloha!

Welcome to our home! 

We are the delegates of Guided Independent Study Travel (GIST) 2014, part of the Asia Pacific Leadership Program at East-West Center, Hawai'i. In this website, you can find our notes from the field as we conduct research and explore cultures, languages and historical areas in Asia. 

We are humbled and excited to be in this journey. 

Mahalo,
GISTers 2014

The GISTers 2014

PictureAnnalie Edday, Philippines

Anne will immerse in green and cultural schools in SouthEast Asia and learn on their best practices and challenges as she wants to build the Philippine Blaan School in 2016.

For more information about Anne and her advocacy, please check:
http://anneddayquest.wix.com/annalie-edday
 PictureKartika Anindya, Indonesia




For her GIST, Tika will explore group learning methods and different modalities of conducting constructive and reflective dialogues about leadership. She will be collecting stories and insights about "what is possible" about leadership in Asia, and looking into elements of positive communication. 
http://gist2014.weebly.com/tika.html
 PictureKaing Menghun, Cambodia
Menghun is interested in looking at how the ASEAN Integration in 2015 will have an impact on Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand and Malaysia. She is interested in learning about how they are preparing for the upcoming opportunities and challenges. 
http://gist2014.weebly.com/menghun.html
 PictureHla Hla Win, Myanmar
A researcher, educator with entrepreneurship spirit, Hla Hla plans to explore the region for higher educational opportunities in both private and public sectors. 
http://gist2014.weebly.com/hla-hla.html

GIST Launch in Yangon, Myanmar
January 23, as the sun set  in Myanmar - the golden land, Nina Dutra, APLP Senior Program Officer warmly welcomed the four participants of the Group-Independent Study Travel (GIST) 2014. This year's participants are all empowered young ladies from Southeast Asia.

Getting into GIST Business

Though tired from their long flights, the GISTers immediately get back to business as soon as they arrived in Inya Lake Hotel where Nina met them for dinner meeting. With their lovely smiles, they faced the start of their adaptive challenges.
The GISTers are having their group discussions in different parts of Inya Lake Hotel as they mull over on their respective fieldwork and research in the next 4 months. On serious note, they knew achieving their goals require careful planning and hard-work.
In the middle of the day, the GISTers take a a walk to reflect on their motivation sources, and how they win over their kryptonite and get over the writer's block episodes.
Asia Pacific Leadership Program - GIST 2014