What are the advantages of using toolkits?
• Toolkits represent the practical application of tried and tested communication strategies. • The activities are structured with common field realities in mind; e.g. number of participants and their age group, available time, venue for meetings… • They incorporate best practices so that relatively inexperienced field workers can work more efficiently. • Activities enable facilitators to break the ice, start meaningful dialogues, listen to the voices from the community. • Ensures that the communication process is based on dialogue and not a one-way process. • Gives relief to field workers by breaking down an interactive session into simple enjoyable steps, requiring minimal preparation. • Designed to be easy to learn and use. • Monitoring and evaluation opportunities are built into the activities. • Helps facilitators to be systematic and thorough in addressing issues.
