Report of Training of trainers course of Naz Foundation International

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Hi,

Pasted below is a report on the recently concluded TOT course at Lucknow

conducted by NFI. This is for your information.

Regards

Aditya

Training of MSM Trainers

an NFI Regional Office Programme

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The NFI Regional Liaison Office in Lucknow, India hosted a Training of Trainers

Course (Ist Phase) between 14th - 23rd February, 2002 for potential MSM trainers

and consultants. The second phase training programme will be held in September.

21 participants from Bangladesh, India, Myanmar and Vietnam, took part in this

training programme. The 9 day intensive workshop took participants through the

first part of the NFI Handbook for developing MSM sexual health CBOs.

These training programmes enable NFI to expand its technical capacity and human

resources, allowing a faster implementation process for developing new MSM

sexual health CBOs in the region, beyond the 18 projects already developed with

NFI technical assistance.

The required person specification of the recruited potential trainers and

consultants were:

a. must be from the MSM networks

b. literate in both his own language and English

c. good reporting skills in both languages

d. good communication skills

e. good working knowledge of MSM and the sociocultural contexts in which they

exist

f. reasonable working knowledge of HIV/AIDS

g. an ability to make people feel at ease and comfortable

h. an ability to easily and comfortably be able to discuss male to male sex

behaviours openly

i. a reasonable knowledge of the male and female body, as well psychosexual

issues of concern for MSM

j. a proven commitment to the issues

j previous experience in training and conducting workshops (but not necessarily

on HIV/AIDS) would be preferred

k. experience of working in an NGO environment

l. experience of working with MSM

Process of using these trainers

Participants who have been deemed to have successfully completed the training of

trainers programme will be selected to be a part of the Regional Trainers and

Consultants Network for Naz Foundation International's South Asia MSM programme

implementation.

Course Outline

Course length

1st Course: 9 days

The course took the participants through the Naz Foundation International

Handbook for developing MSM CBOs and its effective use. These courses are highly

participatory and experiential.

Course One: Conducting a Situational Asessment Among MSM

Participants actively participated in presenting materials as part of their

training. Each participant also had a range of materials to read prior to the

training courses.

Day One Setting the context

Naz Foundation International and its work

outline of the course, its purpose

using the Handbook

exploring sex, sexualities and behaviours within a South Asian context

i.e. defining sex

exploring different sexual behaviours and their meanings, social values, and

attitudes and contexts

sexual messages from surroundings

cultural and social expectations

labelling, identities, gender and sexual stereotypes

stigmatisation, denial and invisibility in South Asia

Day Two The sexual body

knowing your own body

mapping your own body

discussions on sexual organs

nomenclature and terminology, including slang

knowing a womanís body

mapping your own body

discussions on sexual organs

nomenclature and terminology, including slang

the language of sex and behaviour

the practice of MSM sex in a South Asian context

Day Three Males who have sex with males

an exploration of personal sexual histories

the framework of South Asian MSM experience

desire or semen discharge?

exploring MSM desires, identities, and behaviours

localised structures of male to male sex

exploring your own city

exploring culture, religion and history

female partners

Day Four Sexual health: part one

what is sexual health?

what are STIs? - get treated

HIV and AIDS - information and facts

HIV/STDs and transmission

spreading the virus

who is vulnerable?

Day Five Sexual health: part two

what are risk behaviours?

personal risk analysis

practising safer sex

condoms and lubricant

myths about condoms

condom care

negotiating condom use

Day Six Developing a situational/needs assessment

what is a situational/needs assessment

what information needs to be collected

methods of information collection

questionnaire

focus group discussion

observation analysis

in-depth interviews

secondary-stakeholders - who are they

ethical issues

conducting the analysis

Day Seven Sharing the knowledge

personal and social impact of STD/HIV infection

changing sexual practices

sharing information

developing peer intervention programme

where do we go from here?

Day Eight Assessing training skills

how to use a manual

constructing the workshop

methods of communication

including: explicitness

ethical issues

workshop behaviours

humour

language (English v vernacular)

evaluation of workshops

outcomes

Day Nine The Way Ahead

Review of course and materials

Developing the NFI work programme

evaluation through

a. discussion

b. questionnaires

what next?

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