The primary purpose of The Human Touch project is to hold workshops geared towards the personnel of local hospitals, orphanages, rural schools, volunteer and rehabilitation centers, etc. as well as those social groups they assist. The workshops are designed to encourage, motivate and challenge those who sacrificially labor in these institutions and offer supplementary assistance to those under their care.
Such institutions provide services for the handicapped and underprivileged, yet many of them lack the appropriate resources to carry out their jobs, and their employees often work under very difficult and stressful circumstances.
Through a series of dynamic and practical seminars, discussions and workshops, The Human Touch counselors assist, inspire and instruct the participants, motivating them to establish concrete methods to overcome the difficulties surrounding interpersonal communication as well as equipping them to better cope with the complex environment they live and labor in.
Furthermore, The Human Touch provides reading and audiovisual material that stimulates individual and collective reflection. Together with the workshops, these teaching aids constitute a handbook of information for working positive behavioral changes over an extended period of time.
The workshops are held under the direction of a minimum of two instructors, for groups comprising a maximum of 30 participants at a time. In some cases, they will require the participation of two or more assistants and a sound technician.
The presentations include a variety of teaching aids such as video clips, PowerPoint animated slides and overhead projections, as well as motivational games, music, skits, white board activities, real life testimonies, story telling, behavioral tests, etc.
Some of the themes are:
- Keys to Good Communication
- Secrets to Success in Human Relations
- How to achieve positive changes
- “Serve one another in love”
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