Child Centered Counselling Approaches for Children Workshop , July 15th - July 18th 2008

Workshop - Day one

We had 7 participants coming from the World Vision Projects, 3 participants from Positive Women's network sponsored by World Vision, 2 participants from Child Haven and 1 from Hopers Foundation.

With such an interesting mix of participants the session went off very well. The resource person for the day was Mr Eric Miller, Professor - Image Animation College and the Founder of the World Storytelling Institute. You can read more about the World Storytelling Institute on the following website - www.storytellinginstitute.org

By the end of the day participants practiced their skills of telling stories to children.

Participants List

S.No	Name of the Participant	Name of the Organization	Contact number/ Email ID
1.	Ezekiel	World Vision India Bangalore OVC Project, No.815, IVth B cross First Block , HRBR Lay Out Kalyan Nagar Bangalore – 43	ezekiel.wvi@gmail.com/ 09886290410
2.	Clement	World Vision India , 16 VOC Main road Kodambakkam Chennai - 24	clement_timothy@wvi.org/ 9840970780
3.	Julian	World Vision India Bangalore OVC Project, No.815, IVth B cross First Block , HRBR Lay Out Kalyan Nagar Bangalore – 43	julianiwvi@aol.com/ 09731056507
4.	Lydia	World Vision India Bangalore OVC Project, No.815, IVth B cross First Block , HRBR Lay Out Kalyan Nagar Bangalore – 43	lydia_msw@rediffmail.com/ 09900861784
5.	Rechal	World Vision India, ADP Bellary, Vidhya Giri Colony Club Road Bellary – 4	rechal77@rediffmail.com
6.	Varun	World Vision India, GHAP Postal Colony , Third Line Guntur Andhar Pradesh	veedhi27@gmail.com/ 09908055891
7.	Ramesh	World Vision India, GHAP Postal Colony , Third Line Guntur Andhar Pradesh	nancygrace_2@yahoo.co.in/ 09949606627
8.	Bailey	Child Heaven International(India) Kaliayam poodi village Kancheepuram District	044-27292921
9.	Padmanaban	Child Heaven International(India) Kaliayam poodi village Kancheepuram District	044-27292921
10.	Mohan Babu	Hopers Foundation No.67, Thiruvengadam Street Perambur Chennai-11	morganrhymes@yahoo.com junkiesunion@gmail.com 9962278606
11.	Meena	Positive Women Network , Santhosh Seruvar Maiyam Melatheru Melur Madurai Dist	09751580853
12.	Mekala.J	No.6, 5th Cross Street Rajalakshmi Nagar Velacherry Chennai - 42	mekala_wv@yahoo.co.in/ 09444479591
13.	Sumathi.Y	Positive Women Network, Metu Theru, Ishwarya Golden Flats Iyanavaram Chennai	09381172952

LGBTQ Peer-Counselling Training Initiative, July 13 2008

The Shakti Center's LGBTQ Peer-Counselling Training Initiative - 13 July 2008

The session was held in the Center for Counselling office on Radhakrinshnan Salai, Mylapore. This session was the fourth in the series focussing on peer-counselling issues related to transgender women. Many transgender women participated in the session. Issues regarding the need for counselling were discussed. Everyone in the group shared there personal experiences, there was a lot of emotional ventilation among the group.

Sankari from Center for Counselling facilitated the session.

Some of the Issues that transgender women face was discussed. For example:

• Feeling rejected ( family / self)
• Livelihood options
• Marriage / Relationships
• Peer Pressure
• SRS – Surgery
• Gender related questions
• Health

We felt by the end of the day, that places where transgender women could go for counselling or services that empowered them was very limited. Center for Counselling offered their services to transgender women who would like to seek counselling services. Sankari our full time counsellor and counselling trainer is available as a counsellor along with Magdalene Jeyarathnam.