International Training a Success!
Village Earth and the International Institute for Sustainable Development recently pulled off another successful Participatory Practices for Sustainable Development training course, August 6-17, 2007. Participants came from all over the world - Sudan, USA, England, Kenya, Guatemala, Peru, and Americans working in Southeast Asia and Africa - in all their diversity to contribute to a dialogue about participatory community-based development.
Above: Training coordinator, Sharon Gale, passes out course materials.
Participants learned the theory behind the Village Earth Approach and how it is constantly being refined through action and reflection as the approach is put into practice in the field. It was especially interesting to have Limber Gomez from Peru and Adrianna Lazaro from Guatemala, two Village Earth project partners, who could add their perspectives as "internal activators" within Village Earth sponsored projects and increase the validity of the approach. The two-week workshop also included lively discussions about the importance of Appropriate Technology to building sustainable communities, the role of Monitoring and Evaluation, and a new section of the course focusing on non-governmental organization (NGO)-Community dynamics.
We are very grateful to the level of knowledge and experience that each participant brought with them that helped to make this course a truly consciousness-raising experience.
Above: Participants Sarah, Alhadi, and Christine.
Below: Limber closed the course with a traditional Peruvian song.
Above: Training coordinator, Sharon Gale, passes out course materials.
Participants learned the theory behind the Village Earth Approach and how it is constantly being refined through action and reflection as the approach is put into practice in the field. It was especially interesting to have Limber Gomez from Peru and Adrianna Lazaro from Guatemala, two Village Earth project partners, who could add their perspectives as "internal activators" within Village Earth sponsored projects and increase the validity of the approach. The two-week workshop also included lively discussions about the importance of Appropriate Technology to building sustainable communities, the role of Monitoring and Evaluation, and a new section of the course focusing on non-governmental organization (NGO)-Community dynamics.
We are very grateful to the level of knowledge and experience that each participant brought with them that helped to make this course a truly consciousness-raising experience.
Above: Participants Sarah, Alhadi, and Christine.
Below: Limber closed the course with a traditional Peruvian song.
