TIPS: ACTIVITIES WITH PARENTS

Why don’t you organise a workshop for the parents together with the children in your group? The children could choose a topic that they would like their parents to learn about and organise a session together, including their favourite games and energizers. They could for example organise a workshop on children’s rights for their parents, and use it to discuss how they respect children’s rights as a family.

Developing Competencies

By developing your competencies, such as being a good communicator, creative thinking, being able to react to participants’ needs, you are also improving as a group helper, which means that you will be able to provide more for your group. Having a broad skill set is important for your work. Competencies are not something you are born with but rather something you can learn and train, and that mostly happens through experience

IN PRACTICE: TRAININGS OF TRAINERS

IFM-SEI regularly organises seminars for group helpers from our member organisations on specific topics, e.g. peace education or climate change. Sharing experiences is often the most valued element of these actixvities. Realising that they are not alone with their challenges both from society and inside their organisations, and that others around the world are working towards the same social changes, can be a real boost for their confidence and motivation as volunteers.