From an email correspondence today I find this: 4th World Love. "4th Worlds" are communities that are just beyond the reach of the mainstream and here Misty & Lisa have simply said, here they are, come and help. They are not development specialists but adventurers that have made a commitment to one community. "We just come in and help them facilitate. We’ve found that people don’t always need a load of outsider thoughts, plans and schemes. What they need most are caring souls to assist them in realizing their own dreams and ideas."
Now facilitating is an art and working with communities is never easy. But it's amazing when people do pull it off.
Nice work. Facilitation is an art. Sometimes people just need to be heard. You can do forest mapping, interviews, participatant observation and all that we do. But you can start by listening. And, sometimes that's just important. Because work gets done. And it's immediate. And lives are changed. Keep up the work. Noah, Forest Voices.
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