The Journey of Life Trainer's Manual: Facilitator's Guide

The Journey of Life (JOL) series helps communities to support both caregivers and children in need. With individual and community resources often stretched to the breaking point by HIV and AIDS, war, violence and natural disasters, people need the information and skills to be able to plan a course of action. The Journey of Life encourages reflection, dialogue and action among children, caregivers and concerned members of the community.

The Journey of Life series is for all people who interact with children. This includes caregivers, parents, classmates, friends, religious and traditional leaders; and various professionals such as police, teachers, nurses and doctors. Rather than train a select group of counsellors or community workers, the Journey of Life involves all those who have an impact on the daily lives of children.

The Journey of Life series contains a Trainer’s Manual that includes the following workshops: a) Facilitation skills b) Awareness workshop: the journey of life c) Action workshop: community parenting, supporting grieving children and lessons from life: teaching life skills to our children. The purpose of the facilitation skills workshop is to train the trainers on the best methods to impart the knowledge they gain.