concientizacion

4. Conscientización

An overarching concept in popular education is conscientización, or the awareness of one’s role to improve the conditions people experience. To strengthen CHW/P capacity to serve as catalysts for change through a holistic transformative learning approach, El Sol CHW/P TC encourages self-directed transformational learning through a blend of learning opportunities to promote continuous personal growth in CHWs/Ps as community agents of change. As a crosscutting thread throughout the training experiences, El Sol CHW/P TC instills conscientización by incorporating psycho-emotional empowerment experiences such as relationship building, compassionate community work, journaling, and self-directed learning goals.