07/02/2026
Lifeskills Promoters, in partnership with UNICEF, successfully implemented a capacity-building workshop under the Life Skills and Values in ASAL Areas Project in Wajir County (Wajir East Sub-County).
The activity aimed to strengthen teachers’ capacity by equipping them with effective teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches for the delivery of life skills and values education in schools.
The meeting was officially opened by Mr. Abdishukri, Sub-County Director, Teachers Service Commission (TSC), representing the County Director, TSC. In his remarks, he affirmed the pivotal role teachers play not only as educators, but as protectors, mentors, and builders of safe spaces for children growing up in complex and often fragile environments. The session was further enriched by Ms. Halima Mohamed, Special Needs Education (SNE) Officer, TSC, who underscored the urgency of inclusive approaches that ensure every child regardless of ability feels seen, safe, and supported.
The workshop brought together teachers from 20 schools across Wajir East Sub-County, with each school represented by 5 teachers, creating a powerful community of practice grounded in shared experience, mutual learning, and collective responsibility.
Throughout the session, participants engaged deeply in:
✅ Life skills and values pedagogy, exploring how teachers can intentionally integrate life skills and values in curricular and co-curricular activities to enhance learners agency through active participation in clubs and peer educators programs.
✅ A school safety risk analysis, where teachers examined real school environments; gates, classrooms, ablution blocks, kitchens, computer labs, unused spaces and others to identify risks such as bullying, infrastructural hazards, cyber threats, and environmental dangers that silently undermine children’s wellbeing.
✅ Reflection on the dimensions of human development, recognizing how social, emotional, mental, physical, spiritual, and environmental factors shape how children learn, behave, and thrive.
✅ Context-specific challenges including inclusive education, learner transitions, language barriers, community calendars, and school-family relationships, with practical, locally grounded solutions emerging from group dialogue.
What made this engagement especially powerful was its human-centered approach. Teachers were reminded that they are not only transmitters of knowledge, but shapers of values, anchors of safety, and catalysts for hope in the lives of children facing daily adversity. The workshop created space for honest reflection, shared vulnerability, and renewed purpose.
This collaboration reflects a shared commitment by Lifeskills Promoters in collaboration with UNICEF, MoE and TSC to invest in teachers as the centre of sustainable change, strengthening their capacity to create safe, inclusive, and values-driven learning environments where children can grow with dignity, confidence, and hope for the future.
Our theory of change reiterates that when teachers are equipped with life skills and values (LSV), they are better positioned to confidently integrate Life Skills and Values into the teaching and learning process.
