Stepping Stones Training of Trainers

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Dear Forum Members

TITLE : Announcement of Annual Stepping Stones TOT by ActionAid and CYDA.

ActionAid and CYDA is pleased to announce the 2009 SS TOT in English to be held

from 3rd to 13 November 2009 at Ecumenical Christian Centre, Bangalore, India.

Working with communities on the issues of gender, sexuality and HIV and AIDS

requires constant innovation and participatory approach. Stepping Stones offers

a unique opportunity to explore these aspects and equips participants with

better skills to deal with them. Participants from diverse backgrounds who have

undergone this training have reported at as `a life changing experience'.

Personal, family and community changes as a result of Stepping Stones have been

documented in many countries including India.

About Stepping Stones:

• Stepping Stones is a unique training methodology which can be applied

with all sections of population irrespective of gender, sexuality, language,

culture or education. The training aims to equip the participants with skills in

the areas of communication relationship, gender, sexuality, reproductive health

and HIV and AIDS.

• The training provides an opportunity to look into the very core and

essence of individual behaviour, social/community attitudes and their impact on

relationships and lives of people. It also provides a platform to voice opinion

and share experiences to arrive at multiple solutions borne out of varying

perspectives for the issue at hand.

• Stepping Stones uses a participatory approach which believes in

fission-fusion methodology, where women & men discuss sensitive issues

separately in peer groups and then learn from each other through fusion. This

has been proved to be very effective both in building perspective as well as

encouraging sustainable behavior change.

• The TOT will give the participants an opportunity to learn about HIV

and AIDS and related issues through special sessions by technical resource

persons.

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

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

ActionAid International. Today it is being applied in about 90 countries.

Those who are interested please contact Mr. Mathew Mattam- CYDA email

cyda@... Tel: +919373308126 / +919423180160 and Mr. ,

ActionAid email williamvi@... / williamwvi@... Tel: +919880206318

/ +918025586682, +918025586284

The attached documents will give you more insights into why you should take

advantage of this opportunity to register for the stepping stones national

training.

Also log on to www.cydaindia.org or www.actionaidindia.org for more details.

Thank you and warm regards,

P.