Inner Islands NRA animators acquire new skills through training camp
24-August-2013
A group of animators from the Inner Islands involved in activities for the youths in the Neighbourhood Recreational Activities (NRA) movement at community level, this week followed a training camp to equip them with new skills.
NRA animators from Grand Anse and Baie Ste Anne Praslin and La Digue, representatives from the NRA Parents Animators Association, Programme Development & Special Events Division staff from the Ministry of Social Affairs, Community Development and Sports all came together for the week-long camp which was held at the National Sports Council facilities on La Digue.
The training included various presentations and discussions on family values, substance abuse and its impacts, social ills and also different practical activities and group work.
It was aimed at empowering the animators to work with children during holidays and after school hours.
Various leaders from Mahé led the training and among them were Desirée Hermitte, a principal counsellor from the Ministry of Education; Robert Moumou, chairperson of the Family Council and director of Mont Royale; Françis Accouche, Scouts executive coordinator and Jean-Claude Matombe from the National Council for Children, among others.
Launching the training on Monday, Sylvanne Lemiel, the director general for Programme Development & Special Events, commended the initiative of the animators who have been requesting for more skills to better help them handle the youths and organise appropriate programmes and activities for them.
“There is a need for such training to continuously arm the animators with skills for them to better manage new challenges and demands of today’s young people,” said Mrs Lemiel.
Animators on Mahé are also expected to benefit from the training before the end of the year.
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