VAISNAVA CARE COURSE
Over a weekend at the beginning of February, Damodara dasa, from Chowpatti, India, presented a course at New Govardhana to inform devotees of the mood and wishes of ISKCON leaders and GBC members regarding devotee care.
It was an invaluable course. Those completing it felt enriched by the content and were pleased to know that so many aspects of devotee care are now of interest to our movement’s leaders. Additionally, attendees engaged in workshops to create ways to improve the provision of care.
Since the highest area of concern of ISKCON leaders is the mental and emotional health of the devotees, two of the three groups attending this course planned improvements for the mental and emotional health of New Govardhana and Brisbane devotees. The third group discussed children’s education. Each group created innovative policies and procedures for implementing improvements within the area they workshopped.
The results from these workshops will soon emerge.
Any individuals with counselling qualifications who would like to be a part of the Vaishnava care team and be willing to be listed for devotees to call when they are in need, please contact Ambika: https://conch.org.au/