Day 1 - Peer Education

Training days have begun!

With a day to acclimatise we were ready to start our first day of training.

Our four days of trainings in Lima are based around peer education. Our aims for the programme are to:

1. To encourage members of GSP to think about peer education, what is involved 

and how it could be integrated into their organisation. 

2. Begin to develop skills which would enable them to become a Peer Educator or 

Mentor. 

So day one was based around introducing the participants to what peer education is. They experienced a Peer education session; the UKs new 'Think resilient' programme which was launched earlier this year. The participants thought about emotions which they experienced and filled a bucket with water for every emotion they experienced which of course quickly over filled! How to cope with these emotions were discussed and the water removed showing that we can cope with our emotions and they don't need to become too much. The other peer education activities also went down well getting them to think and reflect on their own emotions.

Once they had experienced the style of a peer education session we got them to think about what peer education is. The classic peer education training activities of peer education is and isn't was a big hit. Defining a peer took a bit of time but we are confident they now have a clear understanding of it. This all forms the basis for them learning about being a Peer Educator or Mentor.

The rest of the day was filled with thinking about our own leadership experience and development and team building activities.  We finished the day with a campfire where we shared some songs from the UK including "CHICKEN"!

We prepared for day 2 and drifted off to sleep...!