Mobile Training Programs

The Life Matters Course can be adapted to be conducted outside of Melbourne. Any request to host a program in your area will be considered. Be in touch with your state contact or the Life Matters Coordinator.

Courses in PNG and the Solomon Islands:

In 2005, following a request from the Winds of Change group of young people in the Solomon Islands a six day workshop was prepared based on the Life Matters Course. The subject matter was discussed with the local Solomon Islanders so as it fitted their requirements. In this case they were seeking a Training the Trainers Course which would equip them to prepare other groups in the Solomons for running a Clean Election Campaign. Some of the subjects covered included: Community Building, Conflict Resolution, Tackling Corruption, Facing the Facts of History, Facilitation, Leadership, Inner Reflection and Teambuilding. Three facilitators travelled to the Solomons to present the Workshop which was held with 18 fulltime participants. Almost all the participants went on to run workshops in different parts of the Solomons after this training time.

In 2002, in Papua New Guinea a request was made to try a Life Matters style course in a village context, adapted to suit the local situation and to be culturally appropriate and sensitive. Two facilitators delivered a 9 day course to 16 participants. Several became trainers and have run a number of courses, the most recent being in June 2006. A manual of this course has been produced which the Papua New Guineans have called Developing Meaning for Life..