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THE PROBLEM:                                                      SOLUTION:                                                      SUITED TO:
     HUMANITARIANS UNDER                                           CONTEMPLATIVE BASED                                       THE NEEDS AND ABILITIES OF
      TREMENDOUS STRESS                                            RESILIENCE APPROACH                                       THE HUMANITARIAN SECTOR
Humanitarian aid is crucial and rewarding work often         Specifically designed for Humanitarian aid personal            Each of offerings in the portfolio is methodically
performed under highly stressful conditions. As the          and organizations, CBR extends various tools,                  designed to employ cutting edge educational
need for humanitarian help intensifies with natural          trainings and coaching services to develop, enhance            techniques which fit the demands of the sector.
disasters, conflicts and health emergencies, so do           and foster resilience.
the environmental, physical, mental and operational                                                                         • All offerings are relavant for aid professionals of all
stressors working in affected contexts. Thirty percent       Research from over 280 interdisciplinary studies links           backgrounds, wherever they live or work,
of humanitarian workers report significant symptoms of       contemplative practice and resilience. Contemplative-
various stress disorders. Such levels of stress affect not   based techniques strengthen physical and psychological         • Using blended learning approach our content ranges
only the one suffering but also have a direct impact on      well-being and evidently buffer the effects of acute and         from:
the team and organization the individual works with and      chronic stress. CBR is designed by world-wide renowned           • online live
most importantly on the quality of work.                     meditation, psychology, psychosocial and humanitarian            • online self-learning
                                                             experts to address the effects of acute, chronic, and            • frontal training
                                                             critical incident stress, as well as secondary and vicarious     • 1-on-1 coaching
                                                             trauma experienced by humanitarian personnel, teams              • customized programs
                                                             and organizations.                                               • off the shelf techniques for rapid relief.

                                                             All offerings in the CBR portfolio are founded upon            • Our technology allows cloud based online and offline
                                                             CBR’s ABC’s of Awareness, Balance and Connection, at             learning
                                                             different levels all our products ensure:
                                                             • Tangible awareness of stress and responses to stress         • All offerings are accessible via all device types as well
                                                             • Tools to enable compassion and emotional regulation            as app enabled
                                                             • Techniques to routinely embrace physical and mental
                                                                balance
                                                             • Enablers to construct meaningful social connection.
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EXAMPLES OF COURSES
CREATING CONNECTION ONLINE                                          RESILIENCE ON THE GO                                              CBR RESILIENCE SERIES
 Especially designed for remote management and dispersed        A short lightweight mobile course for people with little time.    In-depth contemplative personal resilience building
 teams communicating online. ‘Connected’ provides off           The course offers brief introduction to CBR and its core          course. In their own pace participants delve into a highly
 the shelf tools and guidance to immediately enhance            techniques. The learner is provided with a selection of tools     participatory personal exploration to better understand
 connection and compassion between participants during          to incorporate CBR into daily life and build resilience as well   their relationship with stress and enhance their overall
 online meetings. The user is provided with a selection         as use for stress management.                                     resilience and wellbeing.
 of tools which are appropriate for different purposes
 and scenarios e.g. ‘opening and closure of meetings’,
 ‘generating trust in team’, ‘manager forms for tracking
 individual and team connection’ to use as they see fit.

  digital                       editable                       digital                        Self-paced course                digital                       Self-paced course
  participatory
   engaging and                  online and offline             participatory
                                                                  engaging and                   online and offline               participatory
                                                                                                                                    engaging and                  online and offline
                                 2h worth of content                                            2h worth of content                                             10h worth of content
  self-explanatory                                              Self learning                                                    self-explanatory
 MANAGERS, MODERATORS and FACILITATORS leading                  All INDIVIDUALS and STAFF which face ongoing                      INDIVIDUALS and STAFF which are in need for guided
 one-off or ongoing online sessions and meetings which          stressors and strain yet have little time to care for             and structured personal attention and care yet cannot
 require support in creating rapid connection and trust         themselves.                                                       physically access this due to context, privacy or other
 building between participants. Particularly recommended                                                                          reasoning. It is recommended that individuals taking this
 for mangers that teams that sense that their teams are                                                                           course choose to do so.
 isolated and in need of deeper unity.

           RESILIENT TEAMS                                      COMPASSIONATE LEADERSHIP                                                           SERVICES
 Boosting team connection, relations and performance
 through: a selection of routine compassionate practices;
                                                                The power of compassion in teams and organizations;
                                                                boosting intrinsic motivation and shared purpose between
                                                                                                                                  1-ON-1
                                                                                                                                  Post course or as a stand-alone service individual can
 guided trackable check-in processes; conflict management       self, organization and society; systems dimension of              request to be matched with an expert with a or combined
 tools; cross cultural team communication and dynamics          leadership; learning routine compassionate practices;             skill set incl. Movement, Meditation, Psychosocial,
                                                                transforming conflict into compassion.                            Psychological.

  digital                       editable                       digital                        editable
  participatory
   engaging and                  online and offline             participatory
                                                                  engaging and                   online and offline              CONSULTANCY SERVICES
                                 templates
                                  downloadable                                                   templates
                                                                                                  downloadable                    Get in touch with us if you need help with integrating CBR
    self-explanatory                                              self-explanatory                                              into your organizational structures? Do your managers
                                                                                                                                  and teams need some extra guidance on compassionate
 OPERATIONAL TEAMS working closely together                     INDIVIDUAL SENIOR MANAGERS and LEADERS, as                        management and generating connection within and
 (physically or online) during a long-term program or short-    well as their teams, working closely together (physically or      between staff?
 term intense project. Team members can facilitate the          online) during a long-term program or short-term intense
 materials themselves without manager/facilitator.              project.                                                          TAILOR MADE COURSES
                                                                                                                                  Designed to fit your particular needs, capacities and
                                                                                                                                  organizational culture.
Garrison Institute International (GII) is a not-for-profit
  foundation registered in the Netherlands and affiliated to
                 Garrison Institute United States.
Our goal is to cultivate new thought and leadership that can
   inspire large numbers of people by appealing not just to
               their minds, but also to their hearts.
 Constructed, developed and led by distinguished experts,
researchers and practitioners and facilitated through cutting
    edge methods and technologies our programs develop
    rigorous, evidence-based ways to apply contemplative
          methodologies to key social change fields:

                     Education
                     Leadership
                      Ecology
                   Humanitarian aid

 This document specifically outlines GII Humanitarian aid
 field focus. The Garrison Institute’s Contemplative Based
  Resilience (CBR) purpose is to support the humanitarian
   spirit needed to thrive in challenging environments by
             caring for the care takers wellbeing.

     Contemplative-Based Resilience (CBR) Project
           Garrison Institute International

            www.cbrproject.world
           cbrproject@garrisoninstitute-int.org
                    +31 6401310911
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