The Training of Trainers Manual - UNFPA

Day 2
Getting Started
Stretching and warm-up
Participants are invited to lead the group in some stretching exercises. Several
trainees can take turns demonstrating which muscles to stretch. Trainers might make
the exercise more fun by asking participants to ‘try to reach the ceiling (or the floor)’
when stretching. Invite participants to pay attention to their breathing, which can
help them relax and prepare for the day’s work.
Feedback on Day 1
The feedback team delivers a summary of the feedback they collected on the training
programme in general and on the previous day’s activities.
Icebreaker and team-building exercise: A cold wind blows
Objective
Materials
To raise participants’ energy level
A circle of chairs
10-20
minutes
Process
Prepare a circle of chairs in which there is one fewer chair than the number of
participants.
Caution: For safety purposes, make sure that there are no sharp edges on the chairs
or around the exercise area, in case, in the excitement of the game, someone slides
the chair backwards into another participant or runs into the chair. Also, make sure
the chairs are strong enough to handle this type of activity, since participants will be
jumping onto them.
Also suitable for
all training and
field work
Ask all but one of the participants to take a seat. Have the remaining person stand
in the centre of the circle. Explain that the objective of the game is for that person to
get a seat. The player standing in the middle of the circle starts a sentence by saying,
‘A cold wind blows for anyone who …’ and ends it with a fact that is true about
herself or himself. For example, if the player in the centre is wearing black shoes,
he or she might say, ‘A cold wind blows for anyone who is wearing black shoes.’
Everyone about whom that fact is also true – in this case people wearing black
shoes – must then immediately get up and run to find a seat left empty by someone
else. Participants may not take the seat next to them unless there is only one other
person who is changing seats. The person in the middle also rushes to find a seat so
that there is one person left standing. Whoever is left in the middle then repeats the
process, and the game continues.
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