The Lifeskills Project in South Africa provides services to communities in lifeskills facilitation training. Empowerment and capacity building in course and workshop participants is an underlying theme, with emphasis on self-concept enhancement for community enhancement. Aims of the Lifeskills Project include: (1) training facilitators in experiential learning techniques with lifeskills as content matter; (2) running lifeskills workshops on requested psycho-social lifeskills topics; (3) materials development; (4) provision of networking facilities; (5) consultation services on workshop implementation and design; and (6) conducting action research. The Lifeskills Project includes courses such as AIDS prevention, assertiveness, communication, conflict management, coping with change, leadership, health management, and team building. The project was evaluated through action research. Participant reflections were documented during workshops, and written evaluations were obtained after each workshop session, at course end, and in follow-up meetings. In addition, facilitator reflections were recorded. The research concluded that there are advantages of intervention grounded in experiential learning, and that participants in lifeskills courses developed enhanced self-perceptions and were more empowered. They were more likely to interact proactively with the environment as a result of attending a lifeskills course, and they exhibited less stress. The project also resulted in the design of a user-friendly workbook for future courses. (Contains 254 references.) (KC)