DST Facilitator Training Hub

Africa

Community Members telling Community Stories
to Improve Health and Wellness in Africa

Common Language DST has formed a strong multi-year (6.5yr) partnership with the Mbarara University of Science and Technology Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Institute in SW Uganda and the University of Calgary Department of Indigenous, Local, & Global Health. The unique model of DST facilitation developed through this partnership for use in the African context involves a team-based approach with each facilitator specializing in a specific phase of the DST process. It also is designed with a high level of technical support and a robust ethical framework to support storytellers from low-resource contexts. The CLDST Training Hub Africa team has received 8 in-person trainings from Common Language and also has directly trained and supported DST Facilitators from Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Malawi. Together, the Facilitators at the Africa Training Hub, and the DST facilitators they have trained, are having a large impact on the health and wellness of many communities in Africa.

Click Here to Watch Stories Created by the Uganda Team

A Shared Dream

Digital Storytelling to Support Gender Equality in East Africa

Beginning in 2017, Common Language Digital Storytelling has created a strong partnership with Mbarara University of Science and Technology in Southwestern Uganda and the University of Calgary Department of Indigenous, Local, & Global Health in the Cumming School of Medicine. Working together they have developed a unique model of Digital Storytelling (DST) facilitation for use in the East African context which involves a team-based approach with each facilitator specializing in a specific phase of the DST process (Finding, Telling, Crafting, Sharing). This documentary is meant to highlight this unique DST Facilitation model as well as demonstrate how Digital Stories can stimulate compelling conversations about global health topics and in doing so, help encourage the women and girls of East Africa to pursue their dreams.

DST Facilitation Guidebook & DST Workshop Operational Manual

The materials below were developed with the support of the Canadian Partnership for Women and Children’s Health (CanWaCH). They are the result of extensive piloting of both DST Facilitator Trainings and DST Workshops in Africa over the course of 7 years. By clicking on each image you can learn more about each specific resource. They are all freely available for download and links to supplementary materials (teaching films, slide decks, etc.) are provided within each resource. However, these materials are meant to be supplementary to either a DST Facilitator Training or DST Workshop with the team at Mbarara University of Science & Technology or Common Language Digital Storytelling. Simply reading these materials DOES NOT fully prepare you to teach DST Facilitation or successfully run a DST Workshop in Africa. For this reason, as part of the Digital Download process we will be collecting your contact information and will follow up directly to understand the context, purpose, and goals for the use of these materials. To download, you must click “Add to Cart” and then click on the shopping cart icon in the bottom right corner of the screen.