Alumni

The program allowed me to develop my public speaking skills. At the same time, teamwork helped us work in a coordinated and timely manner, showing the rest of the teams that Gagauzia is a well developed autonomy that needs only a few improvements.

Challenger was for me, first of all, an opportunity to broaden my horizons and acquire new useful knowledge and acquaintances. Such knowledge and experience cannot be obtained anywhere else but at the Challenger School of Critical Thinking. I experienced a lot of emotions from each round of debates, discovered some previously hidden qualities in me, enjoyed pleasant communication and had a boost of energy. I also acquired the ability to think critically, as well as to correctly develop my arguments and correctly build a speech, all of these having a very positive effect on my professional activity. The very concept of uniting ethnic minorities at Challanger was brilliant. We managed to identify the issues of each minority in Moldova and even offer possible solutions to them. It was a wonderful period of my life, full of emotions, which will cause pleasant nostalgia for a long time.

Challenger is a great opportunity to take the first step towards changing your community. The program allows you to develop skills of public speaking, developing and planning your own projects, as well as carrying out effective debates. For me, Challenger was a great opportunity to work in a team of like-minded people. Due to the program, I learned how to simply and clearly present my project to people.

I am pleased to say that I am a graduate of the Challenger RU program. The whole program was a great experience for me and a platform for meeting extraordinary people. Being in this favorable environment, I was able to improve my skills in various areas: teamwork, writing project proposals, developing and conducting surveys, analyzing statistics, etc. I want to specifically outline the excellent debate format - even though I had previous experience in this area, I embraced this format with great pleasure and passion. Everything was great and very interesting!

It was a very interesting, useful and exciting experience. Each stage of the program, without exception, was very useful for my professional and personal development. The structure of an argument, the development of strategies, the "problem tree", the ability to carry out and develop surveys, and of course the art of debating were thoroughly and at the same time clearly explained by Challenger mentors. It was, without exaggeration, a very useful time for me, due to the knowledge gained and the pleasant and friendly Challenger team, as well as the guys who participated in the program with me. It was more than worth it!

Challenger is a truly unique program for Moldova. It helps young people develop skills that are lacking in our society - the ability to form and reasonably convey their point of view to others.

I’m glad that I was able to participate in the Challenger program, it was a wonderful experience for me. In this project, I was lucky to acquire essential skills for myself: how to debate, how to develop arguments, how to develop and analyze strategies. But the most important thing was getting to know wonderful people both among the participants and among the organizers. Thank you for the opportunity to be a part of very interesting projects!