A BIT ABOUT US

Institute of Building Basic Life Skills (IBBLS) is a national Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) for young men and women in Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) education in public and private school through grade 12. IBBLS offers intra-curricular resources and opportunities for students to pursue careers that support families. Since 2017, IBBLS members have been making a difference in their families, careers, and communities by addressing important personal, work, and societal issues through Family and Consumer Sciences education.

The work of IBBLS helps students and teachers focus on a variety of youth concerns, including parenting, family relationships, substance abuse, peer pressure, sustainability, nutrition and fitness, teen violence, and career preparation in four specific Career Pathways. Involvement in IBBLS offers members the opportunity to expand their leadership potential and develop skills for life—planning, goal setting, problem solving, decision making, and interpersonal communication—necessary in the home and workplace.

WHAT WE DO

MISSION

To promote personal growth and leadership development through Family and Consumer Sciences education.

To create a positive change focusing on the challenges that's facing our community and members develop skills for life through character development

creative and critical thinking, interpersonal communications,

practical knowledge, and career preparation.

TAGLINE

The Ultimate Leadership Experience

PURPOSES

1. To provide opportunities for personal development and preparation for adult life

2. To strengthen the function of the family as a basic unit of society

3. To promote Islamic culture through cooperative action in the home and community

4. To encourage individual and group involvement in helping achieve global cooperation and harmony

5. To promote greater understanding between youth and adults

6. To provide opportunities for making decisions and for assuming responsibilities

7. To prepare for the multiple roles of men and women in today's society

8. To promote Family and Consumer Sciences and related occupations.

WHO WE ARE

We are the Family, Career and Community Leaders of Somaliland.

We face the future with warm courage and high hope. For we have the clear consciousness of seeking old and precious values. For we are the builders of homes, homes for Somaliland's future, homes where living will be the expression of everything that is good and fair, homes where truth and love and security and faith will be realities, not dreams.