A Set of Illustrated Flashcards that features an engaging story with simplified lessons that highlight key safeguarding messages, suitable for community workers, educators, and faith-based groups..

Creating Safe Spaces is a unique, story-driven training tool designed to equip individuals and organizations working with children and vulnerable persons. This engaging flashcard resource uses simple narratives and powerful illustrations to highlight the importance of a safe sapce. The illustrations depicts diverse communities and ethnicities that enable the toolkit to be usable in multi-cultural contexts.

Each card features an illustrated story on one side and a ready-to-read lesson or script on the reverse—making it easy for trainers, facilitators, and frontline workers to use in group sessions or individual teaching.

The resources are currently available in English, Malay and Burmese.

What’s Inside the Toolkit?

• A Story from Baru Village – An introductory story that emphasizes the importance of a safe and happy childhood and a community that comes togther to create such an environment.
• Child-Friendly Spaces – Lessons drawn from the story, offering practical guidance on how to create safe space using upcycled/recycled resources avaialable within the reach of a community.
• Learning Spaces – A simple guide for those involved in child friendly learning centers providing insights into fostering effective and inclusive spaces for children and the vulnerable to grow and thrive.
• Safeguarding Children – An overview of different forms of abuse, to create awarness among children and the community and the introduction of the conept of a safe adult as part of community responsibility to prevent harm.

Format of the Toolkit

The Creating Safe Spaces is a available as a complete set of flash cards.

Available in digital format or as printed flashcards, depending on your location.

Building Thriving Families is a practical, story-driven resource designed to nurture connection, resilience, and well-being in family units of all kinds—biological, single-parent, foster, extended, or adoptive. The tool is desgined with the best interest and in the wellbeing of children and future generations. It recognizes that a child's sense of belonging extends beyond traditional family structures.

This toolkit presents a series of engaging, culturally sensitive stories paired with reflective exercises that can be used with individuals, individual family units or small groups.

Whether in a workshop, home visit, counseling session, or community program, Building Thriving Families helps practitioners and caregivers facilitate honest conversations, build trust, and support long-term transformation.

What’s Included in the Toolkit?

The Building Thriving Families resource is available as a comprehensive set or as individual components tailored to your needs. It includes:

• An Introduction Booklet – Provides an overview of the toolkit’s purpose and how to use it,
• A Set of Flashcards – Story-based, illustrated cards designed to teach simple, powerful lessons to the participants and is ideal for group sessions, one-on-one counseling, or community engagement.
• Topically arranged - The toolkit is a combination of 10 key topics such as finanical management, life skills, emotional and relational wellbeing etc.
• Activity based - Each topic incorporates an activity for the participants to engage in as follow through and practical applicaiton of each lesson.

Format of the Toolkit

The toolkit is available in digital format or as printed flashcards and materials, depending on your location and delivery preference.

The toolkit is usable as a complete set or by selected individual topics based on your program needs.

Because every family—no matter its shape—has the potential to thrive.