KIGALI- RWANDA
HUYE DISTRICT
REPORT OF COMMUNITY RESILIENCY MODEL TRAININGS AT
UNIVERSTY OF RWANDA, COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, PHARMACY AND
HEALTH SCIENCES
From 25th 26th , 27th September and 3rd October 2016.
Presented by
SAMUEL HABIMANA
Email: [email protected]
On 4th October 2016
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Rwanda Resilience and Grounding organization acknowledges the following persons and
institutions that contribute on the implementation of these trainings.
We first thank Mrs. Elaine Miller Karas, executive director of Trauma Resource Institute (TRI)
who inaugurates CRM skills trainings, financial support, and her emotional supports for
extending CRM skills in Rwanda community.
We also thank University of Rwanda, Head of Department of clinical psychology, Dr
SEBATUKURA Simeon who his advice and will to contribute in these trainings.
We appreciate CRM skills trainers from RRGO, Mr. Ernest RUKINGA and Mrs UWASE
Roselyne who offer their time and effort in order to extend CRM skills in Rwanda community
specifically in students from University of Rwanda.
I also thank my mother Mrs Phelomene NYIRANDEGE who supports us to buy some materials
we used as booklets, water and certificates fees. God bless her.
To all contribute, God bless you!!
Samuel Habimana
Executive director of RRGO
1. Introduction
Community Resiliency model is set of six skills used to decrease and prevent trauma and second
trauma. They are different areas CRM has been used for helping the community to have quality
of mental health(Miller-Karas, 2015).
CRM skills trainings help the trainees to have basic knowledge on CRM skills and also to
decrease trauma symptoms and stress management. Training is kind of class teaching which
gives knowledge and improves skills on the different subject.
Rwanda Resilience and Grounding organization with partnership with department of clinical
psychology, University of Rwanda organizes CRM skills trainings on the students who are ready
to join academic internship from November, 2016 –January 2017.
These trainings help trainees having basic knowledge on CRM skills, knowledge of helping the
client to overcome trauma and stress.
2. Objective of training
2.1. The main objective of the training
The main objective of the training is to give the students who are ready to join internship in
different institution to have basic knowledge on CRM skills in order to help them to prevent
trauma and other psychosocial problems.
2.2. The specific objective of the training.
 To extend Community Resiliency Model in Rwandan community.
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To teach the students about the effects of trauma in biological reactions
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To build their resilience in their daily activities
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To develop strong resilience zone in their body
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To extend CRM skills in Rwandan community
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To decrease the rate of trauma crises during the periods of commemoration in Rwanda
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To decrease trauma and other psychological problems on university students
3. Agenda of activities during training.
Sunday
Time
8h30-8h45
8h45-9h00
9h00.-9h30
9h30-10h 30
Monday
Activities
25/9/2016
• Entrance of the trainees in
the room of training.
• Praying God
• Presentation and speech of
introduction on RRGO
• Presentation of about
Trauma in Rwanda and
effects
• Objective of CRM and
resilience
11h0012h00
Presenter
President
of
clinical
psychology
students
association(CPSAR)
Mr. SAMUEL HABIMANA
Break
Tracking skills
Mr.Ernest Rukinga
13h3014h20
•
LUNCH
Resource skills
Mr .Emmanuel Biracyaza
14h2015h10
15h20-15h
45
•
Practice in groups
Team of trainers
15h4516hoo
•
•
Group presentation
Day conclusion
Trainees
Mr. SAMUEL HABIMANA
Mrs. Uwase Roselyne
Monday,26/9/2016
Time
8h30-8h45
Tuesday
Activities
Presenter
26/9/2016
• Entrance of the trainees in Trainees
the room of training and
praying
8h45-9h00
•
9h00.-9h30
9h30-10h 30
•
•
11h00-
Revision and summary of
activities of previous day
Presentation of grounding
Exercise of grounding
Break
Nervous systems
Mr. Samuel HABIMANA
12h00
13h3014h20
•
LUNCH
Nervous system
Mr Samuel Habimana
14h2015h10
15h20-15h
45
•
Practice in groups
Team of trainers
15h4516hoo
•
•
Group presentation
Day conclusion
Trainees
Ernest RUKINGA
Sunday ,3/10/2016
Time
8h30-8h45
Sunday
3/10/2016
Activities
Presenter
 Entrance of the trainees in Trainees
the room of training and
praying
8h45-9h00

9h00.-9h30
9h30-10h 30




General
previous
of Mr. SAMUEL HABIMANA
previous day
Mrs. Uwase Roselyne
Gesture skills
All Trainers
Presentation of Help now
Break
Ernest RUKINGA
Exercise of help now

Shift and stay

LUNCH
14h2015h10
15h20-15h
45

Practice in groups
Team of trainers

Group presentation
Trainees
15h4516hoo

Day conclusion + Giving RRGO ,Director and CPSAR
Certificate of attending Department
CRM skills training.
11h0012h00
13h3014h20
Source, 2016
4.TRAINING OF COMMUNITY RESILIENCY MODEL SKILLS.
It is very importance to help every community to have skills about CRM because it is very
helpful not only in his or her life but also in the life of other.
The training happened in different dates and three days because the students are now in school,
and they are following their normal calendar of academic year 2016-2016. Within the
collaboration of RRGO director and head of department of clinical psychology have agree
trainings on the following dates, 25th, 26th September and 3rd October 2016.
From the first day of training, the trainees were first pray God because in Rwandan community
high percentage of the population includes young, adolescent , married and old people were
Christian (Gatwa, 2015).It is the reason why many places we trained, we first let the trainees
pray and ask God to lead the trainings.
Source: 2016
5. DIFFERENT EXPECTATION THE TRAINEES EXPECTED AFTER TRAINING.
For the first day of trainings, I asked the trainees the presentation and after to tell us the
expectation which they will get after CRM skills trainings.
The first students said’ ’It is the first time to hear this concept Community Resiliency model but
after training, I expect to know, what is CRM? What is the link between CRM skills and other
psychotherapeutic approach as Cognitive behavior therapy, psychoanalysis and narrative
therapy?
The second trainees said ‘’ I am expected to know how I can help the patient of trauma by using
CRM skills?’
Last majority of them were expected what if CRM skills could even help themselves (therapist)
not only the patient of trauma.
The training was very amazing because we were training the people who are educated. They
asked us more questions related to CRM skills. In addition, it was very good and very easier for
us because they practice the skill and link the skills with Rwandan culture and their daily
activities.
6.GROUP DISCUSSION AND PRESENTATION
After training CRM skills, we welcome the trainees to join groups. When, they are in groups,
they discussed on each skill and then they do practice. One pays role of patient and other plays
role as therapist.
It was very good and very amazing group presentation because they were making good
introduction in order to create confidentiality with client and also they were introducing well
CRM skills by showing how it is very biological and psychological important to help an
individual in balance of nervous system.
Moreover, I like how they were inviting different help now exercise. For examples
 Typing the song you like on machine decrease the rate of stress
 Citing the types of English alphabetic from Z and A
These are different examples which were used in help now exercise.
Here, Ernest Rukinga was presenting shift and stay on CRM skill. Here the trainees were
very attentive to understand and to know the importance of shift and stay skill to help the
patient to back in his resilience zone.
7.OUT COME FROM TRAININGS
During the three days of CRM skills training, University of Rwanda students have
express their emotional for what they get from community resiliency model trainings.
When they were telling us what they got from training’ UWASE Roselyne was writing
their deferent viewers after trainings:
1 trainees: CRM skills is very good and very importance so much because it doesn’t
need high protocol of setting for helping a patient of trauma to back in his/her resilience
zone.
2.Trainnes: Through CRM skills, I guess how I should achieve my goals!!!!!
3. Trainees:It is not necessary to go deep in problem of patient. Which very necessary is
to get results to the problem’’ Help now skill and resource are very effective on my life.
4. Trainees: Many times I came across with a person who wanted help and I missed
introduction for helping him/her. But from now, I am going to use CRM skills as good
way to treat trauma, stress and other psychological problems.
5. Trainees:CRM skills touch on the life of Rwandan community because all of us we
were more suffered. From now, I am going to let other know that it is possible to back in
resilience.
In generally, majorities of trainees were emphasized that CRM skills is more importance
and very reactive to treat trauma, stress and other psychological problems in cheap cost.
Beside, CRM do not need high infrastructure for curing a patient. It is only need to
understand concepts and implement them.
Here, the trainees were doing different exercise in help now in order to understand
different exercises could be used in help mow skill.
Here, the trainees were using examples of how they could introduce ways of helping
other by using CRM skills. Here, the girl was claiming that she failure in class and she
has to pay retaking course. So she was very stressed, depressed and hopeless. She was
deciding to be prostitute in order to gain money to pay retaking course but the therapist
used tracking skills and help now and the girl back in resilience zone. After backing in
resilience zone, she decides how she could get money in positive way. She thanks
therapist how he helped her.
8. CLOSING AND GIVING CERTIFICATE.
After closing three days of CRM skills training, Rwanda resilience and grounding
organization gave trainees certificate of attending CRM skills training. It was very good
ceremony that the student get basic knowledge of using CRM skills in their daily
activities.
It was very happy and very amazing to have certificate of attending CRM skills training.
9.CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS
In conclusion, Rwanda resilience and grounding organization is working hard to help
community to know CRM skills and how to heal trauma through CRM skills training.
The big challenges we have is financial issues. From the beginning of this training even
the trainees do not have water to drink, communication and transportation. The trainings
materials, we have used from University of Rwanda as projector, printer but to paper for
printing booklet and certificate for trainees were also problematic.
We are continued to do volunteerism to help community to heal trauma through CRM
skills.
RRGO is requesting the funder as Trauma Resource Institute and other different funders
support these activities on health to support us even a few amount of dollars could help
one vulnerable mother, child and father for trauma to know CRM skills and how he /she
can help himself to heal trauma and tress through CRM skills.
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Gatwa,T., (2005). The churches and ethnic ideologies in the Rwandan crises 1900-1994.
United Kingdom: Partnoster. Gay, M.L.R., (1992), Educational research: Competencies
for analysis and application. New York: Macmillan.
Miller-Karas, E. (2015). Building Resilience to Trauma: The Trauma and Community
Resiliency Models. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. New York and London. pp.2223.