Training of field volunteers on lifesaving practices, child care and protection and communication skills – The Capital Secretariat, Bani Al Hareth Directorate
The Yemeni NGOs Coalition for Child Rights Care held a training course, with the support of UNICEF, for field volunteers on lifesaving practices, childcare and protection and communication skills in Bani Al Hareth Directorate, Capital Secretariat, from 28 to 30 January 2018. Forty male and female volunteers from 40 targeted neighborhoods in the districts of the Directorate.
The training session aimed to provide the trainees with key communication skills, as a cornerstone of the success of field outreach work, where the trainees will work in the targeted areas and neighborhoods, as well as to develop their knowledge and change their attitudes to adopt lifesaving attitudes, practices, and behaviors, childcare and protection in Yemen. The training session also aimed at equipping them with information on cholera and diphtheria and methods of treatment and prevention. The items of the session also taught the trainees the best ways to conduct effective dialogue, interactive activities and built confidence with individuals, families, and groups in society.
The training included presentation of the outcomes of the community Outreach Project for Behavioral and Social Change in its first stage, identification of problems and causes of their emergence, and explanation of the current stage of the project and accompanying activities for field outreach. The trainees were also trained on submitting reports, and were given the necessary media materials for field outreach.
At the end of the training, 80 young men and women from the 40 targeted districts were called to the training site for distribution to trainees, who will train them on the ground and participate in field outreach.
The trainees were trained by Mr. Borkan Al Aghbari and Dr. Ahmed Al Siwari from the Health Education Office. The training session was facilitated by Mr. Nabil Al Jidairi and Mr. Khaled Omar.
The training was attended by Ms. Amal Al Saqal, YNGOC Coordinator in the Capital Secretariat, as well as Mr. Abdo Salah Al Harazi, General Coordinator of YNGOC, who gave a closing statement to the trainees. He stressed the importance of the role of volunteers in spreading awareness on lifesaving messages and praised them for undertaking their responsibility towards the country, which will contribute to alleviating the suffering of society as a result of the aggression. After that, he distributed the participation certificates to them.