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Peer assist
Do you have a problem? It is almost certain that someone else has struggled with the same problem before you.
A Peer Assist is about bringing people together who have a wide range of experiences on a particular issue. They share their experience and reflect together on what can be done next. It is about more than asking for other people's opinion or advice. And it is about more than 'sharing best practice'.
The discussion of the group has the possibility of bringing an entirely new perspective to the owner's problem, one which is owned by the whole group and which could be implemented by the owner of the problem.
The Constellation regularly organizes peer assists during Knowledge Fairs. We also organize peer assist between communities in the field. In this way, a Competent community can inspire many others!
"With almost 100 people, we did a peer assist in the community on the three priority practices of Tent City (Papua New Guinea): Inclusion, Access to Treatment and Mobilising Resources. An incredibly rich experience and an ‘eye-opener’. That day, 67 people of Tent City signed up for a VCT during World AIDS Day!"Gaston Schmitz, Facilitator Transfer of the Constellation |
67 people go for testing because of peer assistThe content on this page is based heavily on the book 'Learning to Fly by Chris Collison and Geoff Parcell (Capstone Press, 2004) with permission from the authors.
