Stepping Stones Training of Trainers in Bangalore

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3rd International Stepping Stones Training of Trainers

5th to 15th  Dec 2008. ECC, Bangalore , INDIA

We invite application from for the 3rd International Stepping Stones training of

trainers organized by CYDA in association with Action Aid India .

So far CYDA trained around 240 people from different walks of lives; including

HIV/AIDS activists, Doctors, Coordinators of State AIDS Control Societies,

International, national and state level NGOs trainers, and counselors from world

over. Since 2004 CYDA has organized 10 training of trainers in   Marathi,

Hindi and in English in India before initiating training at international level.

Stepping Stones is a module developed by Strategies of Hope, a UK based

organisation, Written by Dr. Alice Welbourne with support and input from Action

Aid International.  Today it is being used by many organizations from African

and Asia Pacific regions.

 

Stepping Stones aims to equip the participants with communication skills,

relationship skills, HIV/ AIDS, Gender, Sexuality and Reproductive Health

Rights. It has been specifically adapted for social and cultural activists and

gives practical hands on experience as one has to undergo the workshop as a

participant, which helps to gain an insight of this process and its applications

in different social and cultural contexts.

This workshop would be highly interactive, with intense focus on each

participant. It is for this reason that we would like to restrict the number of

participants to around 30 i.e. 2 (one Male and one Female) participants from

each organisations taking into account future training options in their

respective organisations.

 

Working with communities requires constant innovation and an abiding commitment

towards democratic processes. The goal is to facilitate information exchange in

a participatory manner, which would ultimately empower the people one chooses to

work with. The methodology adopted ought to be adaptable and interactive and

should incorporate creative elements within it.

 

Stepping Stones provides an opportunity to look into the very core and essence

of individual, social/community issue and at the same time also provides a

platform to voice their opinion. Further it helps to arrive at multiple

solutions borne out of varying perspectives for the issue at hand. The Stepping

Stones methodology can be used with any age and gender group.

 

Stepping Stones is a methodology, which originally was developed to address the

core issue of HIV/AIDS in Buwenda village, Uganda (Africa ). But later in the

course of its work module evolved addressing many more issues e.g. communication

skills, relationship skills, Sexuality etc.

It is a participatory, adult learning programme rather than lectures. It is full

of group activities rather than seminars. Stepping Stones believes in

fission-fusion methodology, where women & men discuss separately and then learn

from each other through fusion. (For information refer to

www.steppingstonesfeedback.org )

 

Objectives:

 

Building capacities of the participants through participatory training on

Gender, HIV /AIDS, Sexuality, Reproductive Health Rights.

 

Provide training and capacity building of the key people who are influencing

masses on the issues of Gender, Reproductive Health, Sexuality and rights of the

young people.

 

Participants Profile:

Individuals/ organisational representatives who are training Peer Educators and

community leaders can benefit immensely.

 

Two participants (one male and female) from each organisation will be

preferable, as it will help in the organisational processes after the training.

 

Individuals with some background of group work would benefit immensely from the

workshop but this is not absolutely necessary.

 

Organisations who want develop skills among their trainers on Gender, Sexuality

and HIV/AIDS related issues.

 

Those who want develop tools for community mobilization.

 

Dates for the workshop: 5th to15th December 2008.

Number of participants: 30-36

Language: English

 

Participation fees:  Each participant will be charged $400. Fee is inclusive of

boarding/lodging,

P.S. The registration will be closed once we receive 30-36 participants.

Please register your name/names of participants to reserve your seats. Ideally 4

persons need to be trained (two males and two females) per organisation for

future training needs).

 

We hope that your organization can send or recommend participants to this

training. We are looking forward to your participation.

Mathew Mattam

Centre For Youth Development And Activities

4, Vasanttara, Near Hotel, Surya, Off. Ghole Road ,

Deccan, Pune- 411004. Maharashtra , INDIA Tele: 020-25533168

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