This document aims to assist management and staff of community-based organisations involved in memory work in monitoring and evaluating their programmes. It is based on the experiences of the Sinomlando Centre for Oral History and Memory Work in Africa, which has been involved in memory work for orphans and vulnerable children since 2000
This manual describes a training curriculum designed to give community workers and volunteers a basic understanding of the psychosocial needs of vulnerable children, and basic skills in 'memory box' methodology. It is based on a four-day, twelve-session workshop and covers child development, bereavement, loss, stigma, counselling skills and making memory boxes
