W W W. R E ACH A H A N D.O RG
JANUARY 2018
W EEK
O NE
INTRODUCTION Our
5th
Peer
Educators’
Academy came with the New Year, ready to train fresh change agents
who
will
empower
their peers all through 2018. These engaging, relentless and thoughtful young people (as we expected them to be) are full of
DAY ONE
enthusiasm to learn. This first
The lead facilitator Amon Mulyowa set the pace,
so that discipline within the class is emphasized
week was for introductions of
tasking the participants to form 5 uniquely
without losing the fun. As day one came to an
participants and the course,
named groups, that would be sub families during
end, Maureen Andinda, RAHU’s Monitoring,
setting
The
the academy. They are Auntentico, The Hive,
Learning & Evaluation Manager gave opening
catch was in the, introduction
Sober Serenade, Portal Elites and The Elites.
remarks, telling the participants about RAHU,
of social inclusion for young
They even came up with slogans and anthems
objectives and expectations of a peer educator
people with disabilities. Here’s
that they would identify with (bingo)!
and how to be a role model. Participants were
expectations.
how week one rolled out.
told to give feedback on today’s class whether The participants then nominated and voted for
positive or negative. The day was summed up,
their class representatives. Class rules were set
with the peers full of optimism for day two.
Other values of effective communication like active listening, understanding body language and knowing your audience were discussed. When it comes to persons with disabilities, the need for an interpreter, audibility, empathy, trust and sensitivity was emphasized by Eric the facilitator for the session. He raised issues on ignorance of proper language to address PWDs and illustrated that PWDs can also communicate effectively just like any other person if given the right tools.
DAY TWO
Communications skills are a must have for any behaviour change agent, and that’s why Day 2 met a very eager class. The sessions rotated around behavioral change and its stages. Feedback from of the previous day was collected (this process is casually known as ‘Kalombolombo’) because that’s one sure way of making any day better. Through a fun exercise, we learnt how messages can be altered due to the many channels they go through, with emphasis on how to handle such channels to ensure effective communication. This can be achieved through being clear, choosing the right channel to communicate their message and being sensitive to the kind of society/people they are delivering the message to.
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DAY THREE
Friday, the dance day finally came! Day
between youth and adults which hinder
3 is here! We started off with a hilarious
youth participating with adults on an equal
kalombolombo, backtracking the previous
platform.
day’s events. Eric Wakoko, our second session facilitator The
first
session
meaningful
youth
engaged our participants in understanding
participation and empowerment (MYP) was
that inclusion is making everyone part
led by our very own Sexual Reproductive
of a process despite of their state. An
Health Rights (SRHR) Alliance youth country
illustration was adopted that exposed the
coordinator Olga Namukuza. To understand
discrimination PWDs face in society and
this session, she introduced a game where
concluded that we must minimize on the
the peer educators introduced their names
impairment and maximise on the skill.
with an adjective to describe themselves and asked them to share the experience
The day was wrapped up in groovy
behind these adjectives. This was to show
style, jiggling to hit bangers with moves
that MYP starts with an inner process before
choreographed by Tasha, an ‘Old Girl’ of
it goes to community, country & globe. As
the academy. If you think week one was fun,
peer educators we need to take charge of
look forward to week two, because it is all
our lives in order to be agents of change.
this and more!
She tried to bridge the misconceptions
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