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September 05, 2011
First Leadership Training of Family Member of Persons with Disabilities– Joint Training for Lady Health Workers and Primary School Teachers – Pakistan
August 15-20, 2011
A STAR (Abbottabad Social participation Through Awareness Raising) Project in Pakistan has conducted four leadership training programs for persons with disabilities and their family members. However, the participation rate of family members has been significantly low, which has achieved no formation of family group so far. To improve the situation, a leadership training of family members was planned and conducted on Aug. 15–20, 2011, for six days. This training targeted not only family members of persons with disabilities living in six Union Councils in the region of Abbottabad, but also Lady Health Workers and Govt. Primary School Teachers as local resources. The program of the training was as follows:
Day One
- A STAR Project Briefing
- Objective of the Training
- What is Disability?
Day Two
- Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Disability-related Law and Policy
Day Three
- Seven Habits
- Role Model of Family Members
Day Four
- Role Model of Persons with Disabilities
Day Five
- Disability Model
- Social Participation of Persons with Disabilities and Role of Family Members
Day Six
- Action Plan
- Review
Ms. Nuzhat and Ms. Aftab Alam, who are former participants in the Leadership Training Courses in 2009 and 2010 respectively, acted as Facilitator in this event. Both of them work as staff members of the STAR project while having separate means of earning income – Mr. Alam works for Pakistan International Airlines while Ms. Nuzhat works for the Pakistani government. On completion of training in Japan, each of them designed a project on empowering persons with disabilities in Pakistan: Mr. Alam planned to transmit leadership skills and knowledge to community leaders and their families, and Mr. Nuzhat focused on women with physical/intellectual disabilities who would learn embroidery skills as vocational training.
Posted by jicafriends at September 5, 2011 02:31 PM