The primary purpose of The Human Touch project is to hold workshops geared towards the personnel of local hospitals, orphanages, rural schools, volunteer and rehabilitation centers, etc. as well as those social groups they assist. The workshops are designed to encourage, motivate and challenge those who sacrificially labor in these institutions & offer supplementary assistance to those under their care.

Such institutions provide services for the handicapped and underprivileged, yet many of them lack the appropriate resources to carry out their jobs, and their employees often work under very difficult & sometimes stressful circumstances.

Through a series of dynamic and practical seminars, discussions and workshops, The Human Touch counselors assist, inspire and instruct the participants, motivating them to establish concrete methods to overcome the difficulties surrounding interpersonal communication as well as equipping them to better cope with the complex environment they live and labor in.

Furthermore, The Human Touch provides reading and audiovisual material that stimulates individual and collective reflection. Together with the workshops, these teaching aids constitute a handbook of information for working positive behavioral changes over an extended period of time.

The workshops are held under de direction of a minimum of two instructors, for groups comprising a maximum of 30 participants at a time. In some cases, they will require the participation of two or more assistants and a sound technician.

The presentations include a variety of teaching aids such as video clips, PowerPoint animated slides and overhead projections, as well as motivational games, music, skits, white board activities, real life testimonies, story telling, behavioral tests, etc.

a. Keys to Good Communication

• The Magic of Forgiveness
• Humility: A Forgotten virtue
• How to Overcome Sensitivity
• Shyness Conquered

b. Secrets to Success in Human Relations

• The Importance of Listening
• Constructive Criticism
• Comparing with Others?
• Controlling Anger

c. How to achieve positive changes

• Self-esteem and Self-awareness
• Personality Development
• Acknowledging Self-improvement

d. “Serve one another in love”

• Learning to Serve
• Enthusiasm and Inspiration

• The Argument Against
• Arguments
• Honesty: Basic Ingredient in Life

• Controlling Anger
• An Outstanding Virtue: A Sense of Humor
• Don’t Just “get along”!

• How to face your fears
• Strategies to Achieve Lasting Behavioral Changes
• Personal Commitment to Change

• Indifference: Sworn Enemy to Service
• Vision & Goals

In other to fulfill the goals outlined above, and due to the fact that in many cases the institutions and social groups we assist are located in remote areas and do not have adequate equipment in order for us to hold the workshops, we request the following:

a. 2 Portable Teaching Aids Kits – each kit contains:

° Multimedia projector ° Projection screen ° Large whiteboard ° CD/tape player

° 2 wireless microphones ° 3 Wireless clip-on microphones ° Basic sound system ° Laptop Computer

b. Operational Costs & Project Support (for 1 year)

c. 1 Mobile Unit

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ESTIMATED COST OF PROJECT REQUEST (for 1 year)*
( *Budget cash flow sheet available upon request)
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