champions

1. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
TO CHAMPIONS
SASA! START TOT TRAINING
GLEN LODGE
28 – 31 MARCH 2021
PRESENTED BY MILDRED BANDA

2. SASA! CHAMPIONS ARE THE HEART OF
LOCAL ACTIVISM………
• BEING AN CHAMPION IS DIFFERENT FROM BEING A VOLUNTEER.
• A VOLUNTEER GIVES OF HIS/HER TIME TO AN ORGANIZATION.
• A CHAMPION STRIVES TO CREATE SOCIAL CHANGE IN HIS OR HER COMMUNITY
BY DEMONSTRATING TAKING ACTION IN ONE’S OWN LIFE AND MOBILIZING
OTHERS TO DO THE SAME.
• CHAMPIONS ARE AGENTS OF CHANGE

3. BEING AN AGENT OF CHANGE INVOLVES
• PROMOTING POSITIVE, INCLUSIVE IDEAS ABOUT POWER AND FOCUSING ON
STRENGTHS RATHER THAN WEAKNESSES.
• CRITICAL REFLECTING (SELF-CHECKS).
• LEAD COMMUNITY ACTIVISM.( FOSTERING THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ‘ POWER
TO BE AGENTS OF CHANGE.

4. CHARACTERISTICS OF CHAMPIONS
• COMMITMENT TO PROMOTING BALANCED POWER BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN
• PASSIONATE ABOUT PREVENTING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
• FRIENDLY AND POSITIVE IN APPROACH
• ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT CREATING CHANGE
• INTERESTED IN JOINING THEIR POWER WITH OTHERS’ TO CREATE POSITIVE CHANGE
• WELL-KNOWN TO OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS
• ARTICULATE AND CREATIVE
• AVAILABLE FOR MEETINGS AND SCHEDULED TRAININGS IN EACH PHASE
• WILLING TO INTEGRATE SASA! IDEAS INTO THEIR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE COMMUNITY
• ROLE MODEL POSITIVE BEHAVIOURS

5. ROLES OF CHAMPIONS
• PLAN FOR SASA! ACTIVITIES AT COMMUNITY LEVEL
• MOBILISE COMMUNITIES
• FACILITATE COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
• BASIC COUNSELLING
• USE THE GBV RESPONSE REFERRAL PATHWAY TO ASSIST SURVIVORS OF GBV.
• SUPPORT AGYW IN ANY AGYW LED MEETINGS
• MAINSTREAM GBV AND HIV ISSUES ON DIFFERENT FORAS
• TAKE AN ACTIVE ROLE IN COMMEMORATIONS OF IMPORTANT DAYS.
• USE THE SASA! MONITORING AND EVALUATION TOOLS IN DOCUMENTING ALL PEOPLE REACHED AND REFERRED AND
REPORTING ACCORDINGLY.
• CREATE COMMUNITY ASSET MAP