How do the Morning Workshops Work?
The sessions are facilitated collaboratively by TP volunteers and Fijian Youth in small groups and are delivered to the rest of the group involved in the project (18-35 year olds). There is a trained and qualified facilitator in every leadership team for a Public Health project who will be able to offer guidance and advise with their expertise.
Logistics
Time commitment – 2 hours per day, Monday – Friday for the duration of the project
Numbers – 1 project
- Team of 18-22 International Participants on the TP Team
- 3-4 TP leaders
- x20 Fijian Fijian Youth
x20 Youth are given $20 each day to attend the session as standard with any youth programme in Fiji (as they may be giving up time at the farm/fishing/households/daily life to attend). This is to be organised with the Turaga ni Koro who with the leaders, will arrange a register for those attending each day/week and make those payments weekly.
Background
The session aims are designed by our partners Diabetes Fiji who have sent through topics to be covered in their respective fields, activity plans and desired outcomes of the sessions. These activities and discussions delivered in rural communities align with their own objectives as experts in the field and support wider goals as addressed in the Fiji’s National Development Plan.
These initial plans have been formatted and compressed by Think Pacific to help guide our team and community youth to deliver the sessions, whilst also giving freedom to them to tailor the activities / languaging of the session according to their judgement of the particular community’s response.
Delivery
Volunteers will be able to choose which sessions they would be most interested in facilitating during team briefing. Youth will have the opportunity to decide during prep-visits , before the TP enter the village. There is a trained facilitator in every leadership team on a Mental Health Project who will be able to offer guidance and advise with their expertise.
The groups will then be displayed the workshop topics and plans during their briefing and can allocate themselves to deliver certain sessions in small groups (after discussion with leaders), allowing creative space for their own activity ideas as long as the core activities and themes are upheld.
Within the village, Sunday afternoon will be a crucial planning time for the sessions in the week coming.
Think Pacific Leaders support delivery of the programme where fit.
Resources and Evaluation
All resources for the workshops provided by Think Pacific, including a project box with a large variety of stationary and workshop based materials.
Oversight
TP Leaders will oversee:
- Delivery Groups Selection
- Signing off on weekly agenda and activities
- Communication with Village and Youth Group.
- Liaising with management for reflections
- Assisting with delivery
Monitoring and Evaluation
Monitoring and Evaluation efforts continue post-project in every community we visit. This ensures long-term sustainability with further funding opportunities and highlighting scholarship opportunities post-project delivery for young people. There is a reflection period for the team to reflect on delivery and after the entire delivery period, we will then feedback to our partners through impact reports.