VIHASA Facilitators’ Training Programme
🌿 Empowering Professionals Through Values-Based Care and Inner Resilience
Care • Connect • Empower • Transform
About VIHASA
VIHASA (Values in Healthcare – A Spiritual Approach) is a professional modular programme designed to support personal and team development. It helps professionals strengthen resilience, reconnect with their values and develop practical tools to support themselves and those they serve.
The programme promotes values-based care across healthcare, education, NGOs and community organisations while helping to prevent burnout, improve morale and restore a sense of purpose.
🌐 Website: https://www.vihasa.org/
Why Become a Facilitator?
This programme is ideal for professionals who want to:
✅ Lead with compassion
✅ Strengthen resilience and self-care
✅ Restore purpose and meaning in their work
✅ Support others through values-based approaches
✅ Become part of a growing network of facilitators across Africa
What to Expect
🌱 Experiential Learning
Participants will experience VIHASA’s seven practical tools:
🧘 Meditation
🌄 Visualization
💭 Reflection
🙏 Appreciation
👂 Listening
🎲 Play
🎨 Creativity
🤝 Facilitation Skills
Hands-on facilitation practice
Interactive group activities
Peer feedback sessions
Teamwork development
🌍 Networking
Connect with more than 410 active VIHASA facilitators across Africa.
About the Trainer
👩⚕️ Dr Raksha Balbadhur
MBChB (UCT), DA (SA), Dip Pal Med (UCT), MPhil Pal Med (UCT)
Dr Raksha Balbadhur is a medical doctor with more than 25 years of clinical experience and a Master’s Degree in Palliative Medicine from the University of Cape Town.
She is:
- Founder & Chairperson of VIHASA
- Lecturer at the University of Cape Town
- Board Member of PALPRAC South Africa
- Experienced facilitator of resilience, healthcare and values-based programmes
For over 28 years, she has also been studying and practising Raja Yoga Meditation with the Brahma Kumaris.
📅 Important Dates & Schedule
📅 Friday 10 July – Sunday 12 July 2026
⏰Time:
Friday 10 July 2026
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Saturday 11 July 2026
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Sunday 12 July 2026
9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
📍 Global Peace House, Koyratty, Mauritius
🤝 Organised By
Brahma Kumaris Mauritius
In collaboration with
VIHASA (Values in Healthcare Association of South Africa)
📌 Registration
📝 Register Here
Free of Charge
⏳ Registration Deadline
25 June 2026
Limited Seats, first come, first serve.
Facilitation materials are offered free of cost, contributions are welcomed
Upon receipt of your registration, you will receive:
A confirmation letter
Pre-reading materials
Directions to the venue
🎟 Certification
A certificate will be awarded to participants who attend all sessions of the Facilitators’ Training Programme.
Please note that if you miss any session, you will not be qualified to become a certified Facilitator.
🍽 Additional Information
Lunch and tea breaks provided
Training materials provided free of charge
Voluntary contributions are welcome
📞 Contact Information
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🎓 Training Programme
🤝 Professional Development
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