Case Study

B’ ( Lebanon - From participation to facilitation).

B heard about us from a local primary school. One of her children was in Year 6 and she was beginning to experience the challenge that the teenage years can bring. She wasn’t sure what to do so when she saw we were running a course for parents of teenagers she lept at the chance to participate.This is what she had to say about the course. “My first impression was that even though the group was big there was no judgement at all. It was so informative and I learnt so much from it. It made me look at my own behaviour and reflect on what I was doing. It was very eye opening.  I began to see changes at home, I became more of aware of how I listened to my children and my home felt a bit more peaceful”

B got so much out of the course that she began to look out for other courses we were running. She has now done courses on managing anger, helping support her childrens safely online, workshops on child mental health as well as a course for parents of special needs children. 

Having participated in the parenting courses so enthusiastically and having demonstrated an ability to communicate and listen effectively B struck us as an ideal candidate to help facilitate the further sessions so we asked her and to our delight she agreed. B says that facilitating makes her feel part of the community, where she was given something, now she is able to give something back. She says she still enjoys meeting new people and learning from them too. 

B was also accessing our boxing session before she went back to work. She says “it was fun and it was the only exercise I was doing! It really helped being able to take my daughter as I wouldn’t have been able to do it otherwise. 

B is also passionate about our ‘Kids in the Kitchen’ programme. 

She says “ Kids in the Kitchen came at just the right time. After the pandemic we needed more food, we were feeling isolated, it brought us back to life, helped us feel human again. Suddenly I felt part of something, I have made good friends here. The food gets us together but it's about much more than food.  It's a space to talk freely to other women. In Ramadan people who were fasting came to lunch even if they weren’t eating, we came to chat, we can share our problems.