Good Deed Mailbox

Good treatment

Summary

This activity runs in parallel with longer learning processes. It invites participants to make gestures of good treatment among themselves and explore the feelings around it.

Materials

A box, paper, pencils/pens

Procedure

1. Distribute paper cards among the participants and ask them to come up with tasks that represent good treatment and write them down. (e.g.

“Tell a friend what you appreciate about them” or “Go to someone you usually do not speak much with and ask them how their day is going”). 2. Collect all papers and put them together in a box – preferably decorated in a nice way. Place the box in the learning room, somewhere easily accessible for participants. Instruct the participants to frequently pass by the box (e.g. during breaks), pick a paper and implement the good deed task they have picked. 3. Make sure you remind the participants from time to time of the box and the activity. Depending on the duration of the learning process, you can encourage them to do it once per day or a couple of times per day. 4. At the end of the learning process, make sure to take time and discuss the activity with the participants, following the proposed debriefing questions.

Debriefing questions

• How do you feel about the activity? • Was it easy to perform the task? What were the easy and the more difficult tasks? Why? • How did you feel after performing a task that represents good treatment for someone else? • How did you feel after someone else treated you well? • How can we continue making gestures of good treatment in the group and beyond?