SESSION FOUR Storyboards Notes to Facilitators: The storyboard technique involves asking participants to prepare six panels, using drawing, or collages of pictures. The issues to be covered in the storyboards can come from the storytelling, or from human rights training, or from any other source that is meaningful for the participants. The six panels represent six stages of a process of analysis and you need to decide before the exercise what the stages are. This can be done either by the facilitator or with the participants. The six stages MUST take participants through from describing a problem or issue to be worked on, to a solution and an outcome.

Using storyboards to solve problems What is a story board? How can storyboards be used to solve problems for refugee communities? Introducing storyboards: Storyboards analyse problems and suggest solutions. They help people move from story telling to problem solving and goal-setting They will provide the basis to the response to problems articulated in the matrix exercise. When the participants present their storyboards they will be expected to fully discuss what is happening in each picture and the discussion they had about the issue in their groups. Explain that the facilitators will be asking questions at the end of each presentation to get as much information from the women as possible The storyboards will be used in reports and advocacy work with service providers.

Storyboard Questions 1. What is a problem of concern experienced by people in your community? 2. How does it affect the people concerned – individuals, families and communities? 3. What help is currently available and is it effective? Note to facilitators: These are examples of the questions to be answered – one in each of the six drawings.

Storyboard Questions 4. If you were in charge of services for this group of people, what would you provide in order to address this issue? 5. Who do you think could provide these services? Who would you want to do this? What help would the community need to address it? 6. If all these services were available what would be the best outcome for these people? Note to facilitators: These are examples of the questions to be answered – one in each of the six drawings.

The outcomes of the storyboards Feedback and analysis The outcomes of the storyboards will be used to identify next steps and recommendations to service providers. Note to facilitators: The storyboards will include details about many of the problems faced by participants. It is essential that the issues be documented and then analyzed with the group. You must remind the groups of the confidentiality agreements and if necessary, expand this to include ways in which the emerging stories can be used to help achieve human rights, without breaking the confidentiality of the people involved. Carefully document the main points of the stories as the participants tell them. Give a brief feedback to each group after each presentation. Check with the people that you have understood correctly. Make sure you also respond to how they are feeling – are they upset, pleased, sad, happy? Congratulate people for sharing difficult stories. Write the key points from each story onto the flip charts. At the end of the session, take photographs of the storyboards, and each of the six drawings individually. These can be used in the report of the consultation.