Thirty support group leaders from across Vietnam sat in a circle of chairs at the beginning of the final day of a five-day training, honing their skills to facilitate groups for recovering heroin addicts. Like previous sessions, this one began with a community-building activity. Participants were asked to share one new thing that they would like to do at some point in the future. Many of them spoke about places they would like to visit or things they hoped to accomplish in their work. One woman shared something more personal.

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Thirty support group leaders from across Vietnam sat in a circle of chairs at the beginning of the final day of a five-day training, honing their skills to facilitate groups for recovering heroin addicts. Like previous sessions, this one began with a community-building activity. Participants were asked to share one new thing that they would like to do at some point in the future. Many of them spoke about places they would like to visit or things they hoped to accomplish in their work. One woman shared something more personal.

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