Ashanta Osborne-Moses's Posts - Community life competence2024-03-28T17:15:07ZAshanta Osborne-Moseshttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/AshantaOsborneMoseshttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2523248000?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://aidscompetence.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=0xg8o8e9qcz96&xn_auth=no"What's the Weather Inside?"tag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2010-02-11:2028109:BlogPost:172492010-02-11T13:52:47.000ZAshanta Osborne-Moseshttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/AshantaOsborneMoses
<font size="4"><font size="3">My work day did not begin standing in a circle with familiar friendly faces sharing "what the weather is like inside" as has been the ritual of the last few days. But apart from the circle and the friendly faces...I found myself going through this process as I sat in my Office. <br></br><br></br>What a great way to start your day! Identifying your "weather" helps you to acclimatise your mind for the day ahead, it also helps you to consciously change your weather conditions…</font></font>
<font size="4"><font size="3">My work day did not begin standing in a circle with familiar friendly faces sharing "what the weather is like inside" as has been the ritual of the last few days. But apart from the circle and the friendly faces...I found myself going through this process as I sat in my Office. <br/><br/>What a great way to start your day! Identifying your "weather" helps you to acclimatise your mind for the day ahead, it also helps you to consciously change your weather conditions if you so desire. <br/><br/>Though the weather identified in me was hot and sunny (and my colleagues would tell you that this is not a good thing for me as I am a rain loving person); having stopped to identify it removes the internal barrier those challenges represent, now I can focus on the external barriers. <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/></font></font><div id="refHTML"></div>SALT in action - Peer Educator's trainingtag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2010-02-06:2028109:BlogPost:169442010-02-06T01:44:55.000ZAshanta Osborne-Moseshttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/AshantaOsborneMoses
Today I began a training for 15 new Peer Educators within our HIV and AIDS education and awareness programme. And already, I note the difference this process has made in the very way I approach the training, the language I am using, and more importantly - how I view and interact with the potential PEs.<br></br><br></br>It occurred to me....that this is an excellent way of spreading the SALT message: Lets teach our YOUTH. Who better to make this investment in? We have seen and acknowledged what a…
Today I began a training for 15 new Peer Educators within our HIV and AIDS education and awareness programme. And already, I note the difference this process has made in the very way I approach the training, the language I am using, and more importantly - how I view and interact with the potential PEs.<br/><br/>It occurred to me....that this is an excellent way of spreading the SALT message: Lets teach our YOUTH. Who better to make this investment in? We have seen and acknowledged what a challenge it is to change the adults - who are set in their ways....consider the Youth; who are such an integral part of our today...and certainly our leaders of tomorrow. <br/><br/>YOUTH are the Agents of Change!<br/><div id="refHTML"></div>