[Oe List ...] Facilitation challenge

[James Wiegel]

 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


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