00:23blueprint not factory small thatched safe space four by four meters cushions
00:30solar light mural model on table 500 copies to be built one per village elvis one safe space per
00:38village 500 safe spaces cost 200 each batch cushions solar light mural paint local materials
00:49local builders namida and each safe space has two listeners one grandmother one youth grandmother
00:57brings wisdom youth brings phone down skills lena u.s partners fund cushions and solar lights 500
01:04lights 15 each community builds rust via omeganda u.s partner sarah and we provide
01:13listening manual in five languages already co-created village mother my safe space model
01:20is small like my chicken house but chicken house gives eggs safe space gives hope training
01:27hall 40 facilitators half grandmothers in red head wraps half youth and awareness t-shirts
01:34same circle same cushions they will use in villages u.s trainer listening has three steps notice
01:41ask listen notice change quiet not eating not coming to chama ask i care can we talk listen no fixing
01:53just
01:54being grandmother facilitator in my time we listened while shelling beans now we listen on cushions
02:02youth facilitator and if someone says i feel hopeless trainer thank them for trusting
02:08say you are not alone i will stay let's go together to health worker don't promise secret of safety at
02:16risk
02:17namida and e-bike carries to health center bike is bridge elvis and you grandmother plus youth pair
02:26you support each other too listening is heavy you need listener too remote village umeganda day
02:34community building safe space prototype together thatch holes cushions carried by e-bike first of 500
02:44billiger why build small house with cushions not clinic namida clinic is for body safe space is for heart
02:53no appointment no fee just sit talk or be quiet with others elvis and solar light so evening circle
03:02possible when farm work done lena and mural youth paint sun and two people listening no words needed
03:11village mother may this small house never be empty may it always have listening for villages where
03:18building takes time mobile safe space matte black cargo e-bike with counseling kit cushions solar
03:25lantern manual and box youth rides to remote home youth ambassador mobile safe space i bring safe space to
03:34you we sit on mat under tree with lantern at night elvis e-bike carries 80 kilos but also carries
03:44safe space
03:44five kilos cushions plus light namida and for mother who cannot leave baby we go to her home
03:51village mother my e-bike used to carry tomatoes now carries hope better school classroom corner
04:00cushions hope sun mural students circle with youth facilitator not punishment corner listening corner
04:10student before when sad i hit in latrine now i go to safe corner talk to listener
04:17youth facilitator youth facilitator rule what said in corner stays in corner except if need help to be
04:23safe then we connect to teacher and health worker together namida school safe corner one per school
04:30500 schools equals 500 corners same as villages lena and u.s partners provide small grant for paint and
04:39cushions 50 per school elvis and e-bikes outside ready to carry to health center if needed
04:47night that's safe space glowing with solar string lights evening circle farmers after work youth
04:55after school night is when heavy thoughts come night now has light deliger man day i work i forget heavy
05:04heart night heavy comes now night has circle and light deliger woman solar light from e-bike factory
05:13light that never sleeps like listening namida we learned most hopeless moments are night so safe space
05:22open night solar light makes possible elvis and mobile safe space e-bike with lantern goes to home at
05:31night if needed with two listeners never alone dilage mother night used to be dark and lonely now night has
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06:05digitally present if you or someone you know is struggling please reach out to a trusted person
06:11community health worker community health worker or local health center you are not alone and help is
06:17available talking and listening together makes a difference intergenerational circle elders in middle
06:24youth around village mother telling story safe space brings generations that phone separated
06:31village mother when i was girl we had no phone but we had circle every evening
06:36we told stories we listened then phone came circle went youth jaja we want circle back phone makes us alone
06:47together elder man i thought youth don't listen but in safe space youth listen to me two minutes without
06:54interrupting first time namida that's rule two minutes each no interruption elders and youth same rule
07:04elvis and e-bike story youth teach elders to ride e-bike elders teach youth to weed basket
07:11exchange lena intergenerational is protective belonging across age data wall
07:19500 safe spaces built 450 active weekly 1000 listeners trained 500 grandmothers plus 500 youth help seeking up
07:2980 percent youth saying i have someone to talk to up to 90 percent elvis 500 safe spaces built
07:37450 have weekly circle 1000 listeners namida help seeking up 80 percent not because more hopeless because more
07:48trusting to ask us partner and stigma down in survey 70 percent now say talking about heavy heart is not
07:57shame
07:58it's strength lena and e-bike referrals 300 people carried to health center by a e-bike bike is bridge
08:05to care
08:07dillage mother data shows cushions work listening works community meeting tension not all smooth
08:15stigma some say safe space is for mad privacy thatched walls thin space where to build in crowded village
08:25village villager concerned if i go to safe space people say he is mad namida that's real so we made
08:34safe
08:34space also for other things savings meeting story night not only heavy heart so no label second villager
08:43walls thin people here outside elvis so we added music low and mobile safe space for private go to home
08:53third villager no land village mother my compound we build safe space at my home my home is everyone's home
09:03and we use school corner church veranda not always new building lena challenges teach us to adapt not stop
09:13grand finale field sunset golden hour 1000 people from 500 villages with 500 small safe space flags
09:20each flag the village 80 e-bike circle banner 500 safe spaces 500 villages ribbon cut by village mother youth
09:29facilitators u.s partners ministers youth facilitator from rwanda i am grandmother listener pair me 22 jaja 70
09:40we have safe space in our village 20 people come weekly
09:45two people we connected to health center via e-bike they now facilitate grandmother facilitator i thought old
09:53age no use now youth come to me to listen i am useful namida 161 we planned 500 safe spaces
10:04blueprint
10:05170 we have 500 safe spaces 1 000 listeners 500 villages with light at night that's scaling elvis from one
10:17safe space prototype to 500 safe spaces from e-bike carrying tomatoes to e-bike carrying counseling kit and hope
10:25us partner sarah and partnership us funded cushions and solar lights 7 500 small money big hope but you
10:36built you listen you sustain that's yours lena so if you feel heavy if friend feels heavy go to safe
10:44space
10:45or ask mobile safe space or ask mobile safe space to come you are not alone talk to trusted person
10:51health
10:51worker grandmother listener you matter village mother i built first safe space with my hands
10:59now 500 safe spaces now 500 safe spaces my small house became 500 houses my listening ear became 1000 ears
11:09let no village be without listening all 1500 safe spaces 500 villages you are not alone cheering
11:20e-bike bells solar lights blinking flags
