Training Support Division

1. Training Support Division Empowerment motivating people to make sustainable change Emily Spry emilyspry@gmail.com International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations

2. Empowerment • session objectives • to have fun and leave feeling energised • to recognise sources of power that I have • to understand what empowerment is • to understand why it is important for change • to have some ideas about how to empower people

3. Villagers You live in the village of Toot, where you were born. There are about 100 people in Toot. Families live together, in small huts. Work: The women and children grow crops and most of the men look after the goats, which they can sometimes sell. There is a school where children go up to 10 years old. Women cannot read or do simple sums, although some men can. Power: There is a Chief in the village. When you have an important decision to make, like marriage or buying or selling property, you ask the village chief what to do. In families, the men decide what everyone else does. Problems: Every year, there is a dry season when there is little water and little food. When there is no food and water, the men go away to find work in the town.

4. Villagers Health and disease: Everyone believes that diseases happen when the gods are angry. Children often die when they are young and many women die in childbirth A man who has many children is admired, so women have many children When people get sick they can’t work. There is a clinic in the next village where people can buy medicines People usually go to the traditional healer (“witch doctor”) in the village, when they are sick.

5. Power What gives us power?

6. Empowerment

7. empowerment: patient-centred medicine

8. empowerment: facilitating learning

9. empowerment: peer education www.actionaid.org

10. empowerment: primary health care COMPREHENSIVE RURAL HEALTH PROJECTwww.jamkhed.org

11. empowerment: Paolo Freire

12. Empowerment it's too hard it's too dangerous people are lazy, stupid, corrupt, selfish... you can't really change things

13. Empowerment correcting inequality sustainable change efficient use of small resources maximising human potential

14. 2. facilitate the group to... ..say what their problems are ..say what their strengths are How to empower a group 1. be critical of your own power and that of other leaders 3. make them feel good!

15. What makes a good group facilitator? 1. be yourself 2. love and trust your group 3. empathize with your group and tell them you do

16. Why does it go wrong? you have to trust people you have to compromise on your agenda "creeping bureaucracy" people don't believe in democracy power feels very nice!

17. What you must remember it's all about the people Someone is not worth less just because they know less

18. Three Secret Weapons... Number 1: the great art of asking questions… Number 2: the great art of keeping quiet (even when you know the answer) Number 3: the great art of seeing the future in someone’s eyes….

19. Now, Empower your villagers! Openly discuss your role with the group What are their concerns? In 30 years time, what will you want a song about the village to say? What can you contribute towards this? What would you like to do first? how can I help you?

20. Empowerment • session objectives • to have fun and leave feeling energised • to recognise sources of power that I have • to understand what empowerment is • to understand why it is important for change • to have some ideas about how to empower people

21. Goto the people… Go to the people live with them learn from them love them Start with what they know Build with what they have But of the best leaders When the job is done The task accomplished The all people will say We have done it ourselves. - Lao Isu, China 700 B. C.