1. INTRODUCTION This Training Toolkit is a guide for Human Rights Monitors training. The guide provides an overview of the practice of citizen journalism and early warning and early response systems. Human Rights Monitors will learn different ways of assessing the socio-political and economic environment that can potentially cause conflicts within communities. Heal Zimbabwe expects the trained monitors to be able to identify and mitigate risks within their communities. Two central objectives of building the capacity of communities are; a) To enhance communities capacity to protect and prevent conflicts within their communities b) To ensure that communities are well organized to assess and capture accurate information on the possibilities of political hostility and probable escalation of politically induced violence. 2. CITIZEN JOURNALISM AND COMMUNITY PROTECTION The module under this section aim;  To equip participants with basic community protection mechanisms.  To develop skills for monitoring and recording incidences of human rights violations.  To improve participants’ knowledge and skills to gather and disseminate info. a) Safety Measures for Human Rights Monitors i) HZT should always be briefed on the dangers of a given task of getting information at community level so that a decision of pursuing 1