The UNESCO Collective Healing Circles (CHCs) Capacity-Building for Facilitators is designed to support and nurture experienced facilitators who have interest in hosting UNESCO CHCs in local communities impacted by the histories transatlantic slavery, colonialism and the genocide of indigenous people, and the continued legacies of injustice.
The capacity building programme will enable local partners to host safe, courageous and caring spaces for CHCs and support local facilitators to play a significant role in co-creating and offering contextualised and tailored CHCs to meet the community’s needs.
“The connections, the possibility of going beyond, finding strength in each other and expanding the lenses through the content. I felt this unique atmosphere that brought the body, the senses and the spirit together in a reunion of inspiring beings that broke up the limits of the screen. The content was extremely helpful and the facilitation brought so much clarity and expansion.” —– participant, Brazil
Spaces for collaborative reflection will be integrated to accompany the CHCs, and to draw upon the programme’s impact and practices. It will also provide opportunities for facilitators to share experiences and learn from each other. Ultimately, this will contribute to the establishment of a global community of CHC practice and offer insights and recommendations for more communities to embark on collective healing journeys.
All facilitators will be provided with programme handbooks and ongoing mentoring. Stipends are available to cover the costs of hosting collective healing circles.
“For me, this training represents a new angle of work for my community, my country and more broadly, humanity. It is a new way of living and being in the world. A deep appreciation for the participants, organizers, designers, and translators of this CHC capacity building.” —— participant, Martinique
Below is a short introduction to the UNESCO CHC Facilitators Capacity Building, including:
- background
- theoretical underpinnings
- community contexts
- innovative features
- CHC processes and modules
- CHC capacity building facilitators mentors
- outcomes
The first cohort of CHC facilitators have completed their pilots in Africa, Europe and Latin America. As a professional development programme, the CHC capacity building participants suggest that:
“We feel more prepared to work on supporting new facilitators and accompanying them in the circles. We feel that we can continue the programme. We have the tools of the job, the primer, the documents, the training itself, we have more direction.” —— Participant, Colombia
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