Today we are in the process of conducting our 2nd workshop in Zambia. There are about 30 people in attendance. Unlike the workshop at Bauleni, we are flying through our material and had to add additional material for the afternoon.
As mentioned yesterday, Sister Agnes has the organization down to a science. Besides getting everything set up, we watched her actually cooking what ended up being an excellent lunch of fried chicken and other tasty morsels.
It’s pretty hot as well and we are sweltering in the classroom; but, we would be hot anywhere today. It’s pretty amazing how attentive people can continue to be in the face of this heat.
Beth covered collaboration and networking this afternoon within the context of person centered planning. She really did an amazing job. She asked for someone in the group to volunteer someone they knew with a disability. It worked really well to apply the principles to real life situations.
One of the big highlights for the group was listening to Lori pronounce the names of
the participants as we handed out the certificates. They were given a choice of having someone from the group do it or for Lori to do it and Lori was elected unanimously! She really did a good job despite a few snickers here and there.The end of the workshop today marks the end of our official work on this trip in Zambia.
2 comments:
That's hilarious. Poor Lori, but sounds like a great time! Thanks for sharing on this blog and the photos! It's great to be connected!
Certificates in Zambia provides instant credibility to ones status so I can really understand the importance of the Certificates. It will also help most of them receive additional funds for their salaries or incentives that they work for. Amazing and I love the pics of the elephants...never tiring seeing them whether they cross the road or a river!
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