Just to reinforce Lisa. Aboriginal leadership through the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan has used OST with communities who were flooded out or to deal with damage from earthquakes. The Gov't wanted to relocate them and they wanted to self-organize their response and care. The events have had an important impact. My workshop there a couple of years ago was to help them further develop their capabilities in opening space.
I agree that people self-organize important responses to crises of all sorts and then some NGO's believe they have to save them rather than build on that organization. Also Check with John Engle in Haiti for some amazing stories of the use of Open Space. Larry From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Lisa Heft Sent: November-29-10 11:30 AM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: [OSLIST] OST and disaster management Hola Jaime - I am sure Gail West or other colleagues in Taiwan may share about OS being used by our colleagues in Taiwan - with villagers in the southern part of the island whose villages and lives have been dramatically affected by massive storms. Be well, Lisa Lisa Heft Consultant, Facilitator, Educator Opening Space lisah...@openingspace.net On Nov 29, 2010, at 8:05 AM, Jaime Pedreros wrote: Dear colleagues, I am preparing a presentation (45 minutes) about the participation of the population, often called "victims" of natural disasters in the process of recovering/reconstruction. I am absolutely sure that OS is one of the most powerful methods for organizing and engaging people in their own renaissance. Please let me know about cases and experiences where OS was used and let me know your comments. Thanks and a great hug from warm La Paz Jaime * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
