Training of Trainers Programme – Jakarta, Indonesia

We are pleased to announce that the fifth Training of Trainers programme took place from 12th to 22nd November 2007. 25 participants attended the programme. Out of this group 22 attended from various islands of Indonesia whilst two were from Timor Leste and one from Lao. Most of them were professionals in mental health with a diversity of roles such as social workers, counsellors, programme managers, project officers, psychiatry students, representing INGOs, NGOs, CBOs, Universities, Government service, etc.

The programme was conducted in association with Pulih Foundation in Indonesia – Centre for trauma recovery and psychosocial intervention.

Some of the comments offered by the participants on the overall assessment of the programme:

“The explanations are detailed, effective and efficient methods and easy to understand”.

“The 12-month follow up will be very helpful and useful”.

“Overall this is the best training I ever had”.

“I hope I could implement everything that I got from this training in to my everyday work, and also share it with my co-workers”.



All of them readily shared their experiences during the ten days of the programme giving their best and it was also a tremendous experience for all of us. All of us will agree that we gained knowledge and experience during these days for implementing psychosocial care programmes and we are glad to state that all have now prepared plans for psychosocial interventions in their own communities.