TRAINING OF COMMUNITY-BASED FACILITATORS IN THE PFR PROGRAM AND VSLA METHODOLOGY.

 

PFR training discussion group

It was in March 2021 that the community-based facilitators were trained in the Parenting for Respectability program (PFR) program that contains 12-16 sessions designed to help parents acquire skills they need to prevent child abuse and to reduce partner violence. The meeting was attended by 21 people (10 M, 11F) from the selected villages of Kibiito.

“The PFR modules are bonding and attachment, positive discipline, Gender socialization, spousal relationships and father involvement that are taught in sessions where some sessions are taught men and women mixed and others single-sex, “ said the project officer as she was training. Participants shared their experiences in their homes and this helped more in the learning and understanding of the PFR modules. It was after this training that the community-Based facilitators started training the parents in Kasaali A, Kasaali B, Kagoma b, Kagoma C, and Kahogo about parenting for respectability.

After a baseline survey conducted in Kibiito town council, it was found out that the main cause of violence in homes is poverty. RIC-NET introduced the VSLA methodology to fight this poverty through the parents saving and borrowing money to help them to meet the needs of their children thus preventing violence against the children.

Roleplay during the PFR training

The VSLA methodology was introduced to the community-based facilitators to train their group members so that there is saving and lending of money at the lowest rates and so increasing the levels of household income. Different members shared their experiences in the VSLA and other saving groups they are in and this helped other members in learning through examples. It was later advised that the VSLAs in different villages should start after the PFR modules are completed so that they can start saving with a specific aim of providing for their children’s needs.

VSLA training on how to divide a record book

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