The workshop offered a group drumming experience to unify teams, energize groups and bring people together. It was a dynamic, interactive and musical group experience that aimed to strengthen their ability to communicate and cooperate with one another.

 Julie-Anne Odell, JET’s lead facilitator, tailored the experience to meet the Movement’s objectives of promoting team unity and the values of a Culture of Peace.

 The workshop commenced with an inspiring ice-breaker that encouraged participants to reveal to someone they had never met before what their dreams where. This exercise worked well, since there where network members from 9 different governorates present.

 Following this segment, the group was then split into ten teams and asked to model what effective team would look like and identify six different traits that can be attributed to their success.

 Using football teams and colonies of bees amongst other examples, the Movement participants gave colourful and musical presentations of what values and principles they believed where essential in creating effective teams.

 Still buzzing with energy, the participants were asked to pick up a musical instrument that included beautiful hand-made drums made in Ghana, as well as a wide selection of bells and percussion instruments.

 Using simple rhythms, the facilitators worked with participants to help them learn and play together. They introduced “rhythm games” in order to allow each group member to fully realize their potential within the group. They also empowered the group to access the skills required to successfully play polyrhythms, which are a collection of interwoven rhythmical layers.

 The JET workshop was an unforgettable experience for the members of the Movement, which allowed many of them to learn a common language conducive to cooperation – a language conducive to building peace.