Choice Makufa, Senior Technical Advisor, Pact Eswatini I could not believe my eyes when I read the instructions from the facilitator of the HIV Prevention Ambassador Trainers’ Workshop: “Please read the entire training package and toolkit before the training begins.” I looked at the manual and saw it was 206 pages. Did I truly have …
Interviewee: Dominica Dhakwa, Project Director, DREAMS Zimbabwe, FHI 360Interviewer: Aubrey Weber, Technical Officer, Science Facilitation, FHI 360 As a project director, do you see value in virtual trainings? Yes, there is value in virtual trainings. The current COVID-19 environment requires that projects remain agile or stop providing intended services completely. Beyond responding to COVID-19, virtual …
Casey Bishopp, Technical Officer, Science Facilitation, FHI 360 When my colleagues and I realized more than 60 people representing Zimbabwe Health Interventions and FHI 360 Zimbabwe had signed up for the next iteration of our five-day HIV Prevention Ambassador Trainers’ Workshop, we were a little bewildered. How would we guarantee these sessions didn’t feel like …
Lisa Moreau, Learning & Capacity Development Consultant, FHI 360 In preparing for the virtual HIV Prevention Ambassador Trainers’ Workshop, we understood that we would not only be shifting away from in-person learning due to the global COVID-19 pandemic but also shifting away from the one-and-done approach to training events that is often the default in our …
Definate Nhamo, Senior Programs Manager, Pangaea Zimbabwe AIDS Trust (PZAT) In 2004, my experience as a trainer began. I started off as a life skills and comprehensive sexuality education trainer. Over time, I trained groups in financial literacy, economic livelihoods, HIV prevention, and advocacy, to name a few. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, I had always …
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Aubrey Weber, Technical Officer, Research Utilization, FHI 360 In 2020, the global COVID-19 pandemic demanded a shift in how we think about and deliver technical assistance. As members of the FHI 360- and Jhpiego-led Collaborative for HIV Prevention Options to Control the Epidemic (CHOICE) team, we asked ourselves two questions: How might we continue to …
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