OVERSEAS

Community-building courses through exposure programmes

Dive into different perspectives and dialogues with experts, hands-on activities and reflections.

Our Themes

Environmental Stewardship

by Biosphere Foundation

Bali, Indonesia

Live in the middle of a remote national park that straddles the forest and the ocean, and gain a hands-on education from the resident scientists and local experts in what it means to be a globally-aware steward of the environment - all while hiking in monsoon forests and mangroves, to snorkelling off a sacred island off Bali.

Education for Empowerment

by BEAM Foundation

Chiang Mai, Thailand

Gain a deeper understanding of the migrant and ethic minority communities’ situation in northern Thailand by witnessing the different lived experiences of the youth in Chiang Mai, while also being empowered to share the skills and knowledge gained from our own education system with the BEAM students.

What to expect

Engage in hands-on exposure programmes

  • Engage deeply with challenges most pertinent to today’s world

  • Broaden perspectives through engagement with diverse stakeholders, from community partners to experts

  • Apply your learning by analysing the applicability of local interventions in our home communities

Serve in skills-based service programmes

  • Hone unique skill sets

  • Leverage your knowledge to collaborate directly with community partners and help them achieve their mission and vision.

  • Learn from local experts even as we contribute.

The Skillseed Difference

At Skillseed, we are both practitioners and trainers in social innovation and community engagement.

All our frameworks are grounded in lived experiences and guided by research. In our training, we candidly share cases of failures and successes, as well as best practices we have gleaned from our global community partners.

Our learning journeys and equipping programmes are deeply informed by insights gleaned from a decade of field work, consultancies and equipping conducted in collaboration with local and global partners. In short, we share what we have learned from the ground in our equipping programmes; in turn, our work with communities improves through new insights gained through our craft as trainers.

The 6-stage Skillseed Framework™
for Catalysing Change

1. Community-centric assets mapping

Via ABCD, Skillseed co-maps community assets and curates them into cohesive learning journeys.

2. Skills equipping

Connect students' passions with the purpose of their project in their host country with hands-on training and upskilling, all under the guidance of experts and/or practitioners.

3. Experiential learning

Through engagements with our local community, explore concepts on Design Thinking, Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD), and Dignity

4. Data analysis & impact assessment

Learn outcome-based course evaluation and holistic impact assessment via feedback from community partners and related stakeholders

5. Mentoring & nurturing growth

Participants are connected to social impact organisations with opportunities for them to contribute their skills and passions

6. Result

Outstanding future leaders with ability, grit & heart to catalyze real change in their communities, and beyond

Testimonials

We discovered many unique aspects of Bali’s culture, sustainability efforts, and local way of life, which broadened my understanding of the world. The program not only deepened my knowledge of sustainable tourism but also gave me a new perspective on how different communities balance tradition, development, and environmental responsibility.

— Student participant,
SMU Pathfinders 2024

It has ignited a passion for the environment in me. I am now much more interested, and can better appreciate nature than I could before the trip. I am also definitely trying to be more environmentally friendly in terms of the things I do every day.

— Janet Liu Yan Yi, student from Dalton Academy, Beijing, China

This was absolutely as close to perfect of an experiential learning trip we could have had.

— Nils Olson,
Vice Dean of the Affiliated High School of Peking University

Have something in mind?

To match your learning objectives, we can adapt our offerings based on our existing programmes. Just drop us a message and let’s have a chat!