Treatment Action Campaign Mopani's Team Building in Style

In the interest of everybody’s health at Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) Mopani office, we had a staff team building with all Prevention Treatment Literacy Practitioners (PTLPs) and Community Health Advocates (CHAs) facilitated by the district manager , Cedrick Nukeri on the 1st of October 2010 at Tzaneen Dam. The theme was ‘’learning to give trust’

The winning team celebrating the victory. On The Photo, Collens Nghonyama, Eric Maluleke, Rebecca Hlungwane, Florence Mlangeni, Masingita Violet Mavodze, Oscar Mabela, Francinah Chauke and Maria Tshwale.

Soccer game was introduced to show how we trust each other when working together as a team. The game was divided into two teams, ARVs and HIV. Each team had eleven players irrespective of gender, coach and assistant coach. The teams were differentiated by the colour of HIV positive T/shirts. The game also consisted of the referee to ensure free and fair play. Unfortunately there was a winning team and a defeated team, the HIV defeated the ARV team by 4 to 2.

The Winning HIV Team

The defeated ARV Team.

The game was played only for thirty minutes with first half and second half play. In the final whistle of the referee’s added time we gathered around to talk about the good and bad things encountered. The coaches were given the platform to talk about their experiences in the game and what it means to them being a team leader. Players were also allocated time to express their views in mind and feelings about their experiences in the game.

Jeaneth Mkhawana after being voted player of the match

The game was then translated into CHA and PTLP programmes. The coordinators of both programmes were viewed as coaches in this game. The common view shared by most people in the game and through evaluation forms is that there are lot of challenges but working together as a team makes things easy and must learn to trust other people in order to succeed.Since it was a mixed gender game, the members of the teams agreed that Jeaneth Mkhawana was a player of the match. See picture:
The exercise culminated in a celebration with music. See photographs below and captions.
Report by Cedrick Nukeri TAC Mopani District Manager, Edited by Adam Malapa TAC Mopani Policy Communication and Research Officer.

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