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Part 1: The Brain
I would like to introduce you to my brain, The reason
I am showing you my brain is to lead you into the
discussion of the challenges and strategies we are
using for our development work.
I use The Brain to show me the INTERCONNECTIVENESS
of everything.
It also gives me a chance to look at things from
OTHER'S PERSPECTIVES as the principals
of our design for development.
[Joy Tang - GWLC - Linda Aleipin- Interest - Associated
work]
Let's take Linda as an example. Linda has been working
as a leader in the GWLC
Initiative, and her interest is leadership
development, which I am clicking on; also we can see
the other work she is associated with - the Center
for New Futures. Through understanding her
interest in leadership development, we also identify
Barbara [Waugh]and Barry
[Posner] as people who share the same interests with
her.
Steps to Identify Values:
Joy - onevillage Pillars
on education - human development
and empowerment - leadership development - GWLC
This learning strengthens my practices in designing
development work with 'whole system' thinking in mind
to respect and care for each other's existence and
growth as a humane path towards sustainability.
Part 2: Development Strategies and Challenges
Group 1: Women
Joyce | Community Educator | Kenya
Challenges: Women as the care takers
in hunger and poverty leads to the weakening of the
civilization.
Strategy: Mobilize women to work
together to lead to the creation of entrepreneurial
activities.
Group 2: Independent Thinkers who care about
Society
Andrius Kulikauskas | Lithuania |Technologist
Challenges: To break through the
wall around corporations and build relationship with
them which can lead to more openness and inclusiveness
in the corporate culture. Openness and inclusiveness
are necessary ingredients to bridge the divides of
culture, economy, gender and education.
Strategy: Identify and network with
each other and create businesses together.
Group 3: New World NGOs Coalition
GRASSUP | 4 NGOs in Western Kenya | Education
for community development
Challenges: to work together
Strategy: Each group focuses on its
expertise in the areas of Nutrition and Agriculture,
Environment, Business Education and Technology to
share with each other.
Group 4: Youth - Hopefuls
Challenges: Need more mentors and teachers
and effective Knowledge Transfer Processes
to augment learning and information sharing processes
within the global society.
Strategy: Mentoring and sharing is
a strategy all its own. [Henry as an example] ...
the world is different...
[Now Henry is ready to go out on his own as a mentor
to the community, and here are some of the faces he
will meet and empower:]
Part 3: Presentation on 40 Million Hopefuls
People's voice and Hope.
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