[Dialogue] Facilitation challenge

[Mary D'Souza]

Jim a message came to you quicker than I had intended it...
But your task is very engaging and interesting.

Dance and song are important dimensions.

*Themes*
*The essence of water
Water vision
Current practices
Water rights
Water disciplines etc.
*
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 1:16 AM, James Wiegel <jfwiegel at yahoo.com> wrote:

>  I have an event coming up next week with some unique challenges and I
> would be
> > grateful for your thoughts and experience.
> I got this request from another list, looking for wisdom on how to engage
> participants who don't read or write.  Wondering if some on the list might
> have experience to share
>
> Jim Wiegel
> >
> > The event will be held in Addis Ababa for Oxfam and it concerns
> designing
> > baseline research for an 11-year program to develop water rights in
> > moisture-stressed regions. It is based on an innovative approach to
> measuring
> > impact using so-called Theories of Change.
> >
> >
> > The facilitator challenge (apart from the difficulty in getting my head
> around
> > all this) is that among the participants there will be several
> illiterate
> > farmers. Looking at most of the design ideas I am working on, there is
> always
> > the assumption that our participants can read and write. Furthermore,
> they
> > (and a few of the other participants) don't speak English and
> simultaneous
> > whispered interpretation will be provided.
> >
> >
> > Have you had events with illiterate participants? How did you manage? I
> think
> > the challenge is both inclusion and ensuring that we are not patronizing.
> >
> >
> > Any thoughts or ideas would be most welcome.
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Dan
> >
>
> Jim
>
> "If you really want to succeed, then you have to have the big heart, heroic
> will, tenacity, courage, and commitment to fearlessly engage with the
> evolutionary process until something profound, mysterious, and extraordinary
> happens that cannot be undone." Andrew Cohen
>
>
> Jim Wiegel
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