Action plan for Colombia project


One day I received a message from Lisseth Lorenzo (a TOP trainer) with a copy to Isabel de la Maza. Someone from ANTHROTECT named Emily (Alisa Oyler’s friend from her time in Timor Leste) had requested a facilitator to go to the zone where they are implementing a project, in the El Corridor El Darien.
Our task was to hold an Action Planning (6 month plan) with 38 people. They included 34 people (afro-Colombian) from 8 communities in Acandí County, 1 person from the National Fund for Environment and Children program, Anthrotect team; the executive director, who is an anthropologist, a coordinator and a lawyer .
We were there for 3 days during which people took time to know more about the technical aspect of the project and

its inspection. ANTHROTECT laid out a good context. We did a Wonder Wall as preparation and as an interchange plus to see the context in which the people are living. This took one day. We took one and half days on the Action Plan. There were other content sessions also. At the end of the event, people said they appreciated the philosophy, methods and participation. They said they would like training to prepare some of their facilitators.
Regarding ICA Guatemala administration, we have the account book, a contact who is going to help us design and set up an ICAG website. I am still doing other paper work. We are trying to get a laptop and have some promises. I have sent a proposal on nutrition. We are going to meet as TOP Trainers to discuss ways of working with ICAG.