Participants role-playing during Wanni training.

Funded by IFSP, Sewalanka Vavuniya Psychosocial Staff held three one-day-workshops in Tamil for all 64 Sewalanka Vavuniya North field staff and volunteers from 27-29 January 04. The training provided an introduction to a holistic-based development approach and sensitise staff to beneficiaries’ psychosocial needs – mental, physical, environment and social needs. The workshop focused on communication skills and identified and explored pressing issues through improvised drama – issues included unemployment, alcoholism, domestic violence, emotional insecurity, lack of community cooperation and memories of shelling. The day ended with relaxation exercises. The participants said they found the workshop extremely useful and requested more advanced training.