Table 1 Summary of the contents of each NAMWEZA Training Session
Session 1 | An introductory session: which include welcoming the participants, setting ground rules participants sharing life stories and group lived values, the story of the 5th province, whom do you hear calling your name and an introduction of appreciative inquiry in communication, how to spot abilities of others, dreaming positively for future, and how to be wise |
Session 2 | Titled Love relationship and emotions: include more training to use appreciative inquiry in communication, exploring values of love and how to view emotions from self and others (anger, sadness), as an invitation and a communication instead of an attack, and how to communicate back |
Session 3 | Titled Valuing others and self: include sharing experiences that influence life, how we value ourselves, how we value our own words and imagined negotiation |
Session 4 | Titled Happiness, safer sexual relationships, healthy living; include drawing a map of safer and happy living, appreciative inquiry, following direction education and discussions on HIV transmission and prevention myths and facts about HIV, following directions, positive networking and condom use |
Session 5 | Titled Developing assertiveness skills; revisions and role plays on appreciative inquiry, ability spotting, exploring hopes and fear, taking control during communications by using proper posture, eye contact and voice tones, I see, I feel, I want, putting things into practice drawing bodies as roadmap for sexually learning |
Session 6 | Titled Deepening and expanding assertiveness skills: More revision and role plays on appreciative inquiry, ability spotting, wider assertive skills building including manipulative how to manage an ambiguous situation, pushing the line during communication and entrepreneurial future |
Session 7 | Titled Disclosure 1; of an HIV positive status; confidentiality, appreciative inquiry, good care giver, human rights, telling and listening, how to become a good listener |
Session 8 | Titled Disclosure 2; challenges and positive possibilities, taking care of self, how to tell family and close relatives, sexual partners, supporting each other and spiders web |
Session 9 | Titled Visualizing; targets on focusing the participants to explore, reflect skills and resources in them and others, and create a microeconomic plan. This involve visualizing and drawing hoped for community/work, Appreciative inquiry exploring income generating skills including how to access and manage microfinances |
Session 10 | Titled The future; This is the final session that focuses on what has been learned during the all the other sessions by revisiting the tree of life and future possibilities for advocacy. Participants revisit and add on the previously tree of live adding their abilities and building on dreams and creating action plans for the future, mental gifts, tree of abilities and how to move in the community |