You might be wondering what does the title mean? what does "Icyumweru cya gatatu" mean? Well it means "third week" in Kinyarwanda. So the title is “third week experience at TaskForce”. But why mix different languages? Why don't I just use English and make life easy? But to a Kinyarwanda only speaking person they might be wondering what does "at TaskForce"? They may also ask the same "why not use Kinyarwanda and make life easy?". This is the dilemma that arises when you communicate with people from different cultures. Which brings in the take of this week at TaskForce: Culture Awareness.
Cultural awareness is the understanding that our own culture differs from one individual and group to the next, and specifically from our target language.
What I learnt this week was the importance of self awareness being aware of who you are, and how your culture influences the way we interact and how we behave. Which is different from the way others are. And always be willing to learn other people's culture and respect it.
The biggest challenge this week was the Friday presentation. We had to come up with something special and working as a big team with different ideas was a bit challenge.
The way we worked on it was to chose a leader among ourselves. Making sure everyone has their ideas considered and making compromises where necessary. None was entitled to their opinion. The culture awareness and communication skills really helped a lot in that. And we were happy with the final presentation we made.
As a conclusion, differences and similarities can co-exist. We should always appreciate other people's culture. We can always find differences but we should focus on the similarities. I am really learning a lot of useful and interesting things at Taskforce. Can't wait for what's coming up next. Thank you for your time. See you on the next one.
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