ABCD-Training-of-Trainers-Tools-July-2013

Who are you?
Ask for a volunteer to leave the room. While the volunteer is away, the rest of the participants decide on
an occupation for him/her, such as a driver, or a fisherman. When the volunteer returns, the rest of the
participants mime activities. The volunteer must guess the occupation that has been chosen for him/her
from the activities that are mimed.
Dancing on paper
Facilitators prepare equal sized sheets of newspaper or cloth. Participants split into pairs. Each pair is
given either a piece of newspaper or cloth. They dance while the facilitator plays music or claps. When
the music or clapping stops, each pair must stand on their sheet of newspaper or cloth. The next time
the music or clapping stops, the pair has to fold their paper or cloth in half before standing on it. After
several rounds, the paper or cloth becomes very small by being folded again and again. It is increasingly
difficult for two people to stand on. Pairs that have any part of their body on the floor are ‘out’ of the
game. The game continues until there is a winning pair.
Compare and Contrast
Ask for five volunteers to get up and sit a table in the middle of the room with everyone else sitting on
the outside watching. Ask the group of five to write down 5-10 things they don’t have or can’t do. Ask
them to share these with the group. After sharing, ask them to write down 5-10 things they have and
can do. Ask the group watching this exercise to comment on their body language throughout this
exercise. Ask the group of volunteers how it felt to be labeled by their deficiencies compared to labeled
by their capacities.