Testimonials
Comments from recent Armadillo NGO training courses:
- We did not get ready made templates to fill in and were made to think for ourselves (personal security)
- The well designed simulation exercise that ran throughout the training (Security management)
- Trainers excellent mix of classroom, content and examples and participatory exercises (security management)
- I am a high maintenance student, who constantly has to contact my office I was completely engrossed by the course for these five days and did not think about my other work once (security management)
- The simple methods/techniques used the participatory learning methods that we were taught were easy to apply (security management)
- Personal experience that was shared by the trainers (security management)
- The expertise of the trainers, the knowledge and experience that they brought to our learning (personal security)
- The sessions on stress and stress management were most useful to me as a manager and connecting it to the security field was really very helpful (personal security)
- The friendly atmosphere
- The trainers passion for the topic and their ability to pace a content heavy workshop with participatory methods and sharing of personal experience, the tone and setting was admirable, the willingness to trust and share with others is commendable
- I say keep on doing what you are doing your energy and humour are such an asset to the workshops
- The support provided in group discussions. The fact that the trainers really do care about our security
- The trainers/facilitators and their enthusiasm for the subject area
- The stress management training combined with role play action
- It gives practical experience on how to work on security related issues it makes the application easy later
- Thanks every one who organised and conducted this I really learnt a lot
- The genuine concern for our and our staff’s welfare in the delivery of the material
- The topics are excellent and I thoroughly enjoyed the training. A nice mix of experiential and lecture style learning
- The strain taken by the facilitators to satisfy the participants in their learning process
- The good humour and knowledge of the trainers
- Sharing the trainers’ experiences, it was wonderful to hear from people who have faced real or actual situations. The session on stress was very helpful and I guess it’s very appropriate as well.
- Sharing information and thoughts with other humanitarian workers
- That we were so much involved, we were not served the answers but had to come up with them ourselves
- The obvious enormous credibility and experience of the facilitators and their good sense of humour. Good sequential structure.
- Your workshop was very relevant and helped me to focus
- Different presenters using different styles and using real life experiences
