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Community Film Workshop Introduction

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January 4-8, 2006  The “Village Earth Peru Team” recently returned from a very successful and rewarding visit to the Shipibo community of San Francisco de Yarinacocha in the Amazon basin, Peru. Above: Yarinacocha at Sunset. Approximately 27 Shipibo community leaders attended the workshop representing 5 communities. They all traveled to the workshop at their own expense and one participant even rowed for two days down the Ucayali River to reach the workshop. This showed us their immense determination and dedication to the future of their communities. There were many influential Shipibo leaders involved, including village political leaders, well-respected shamans, and those that work in local non-governmental organizations in Pucallpa. As well, three resource organizations joined us, including the Inti Wayna Foundation, Engineers Without Borders, and Peace Corps representatives. Above: Loading the boat at the port of Yarinacocha to travel to San Francisco.

Upcoming Courses in the Village Earth/CSU Online Certificate Program in Community-Based Development

Winter II Session

GSLL 1501 – Approaches to Community Development

This course provides a framework for community development based on a participatory, bottom-up, multi-sector model. Various approaches have been used in community development with varying degrees of success. One approach that has consistently demonstrated effectiveness is the Village Earth model based on participatory practices.

Through personal and structural empowerment, the objectives of economic well-being, environmental sustainability, and socio-cultural vitalization can be met. By looking at an overview of the entire development process and using case studies, this course will prepare participants to work in the field of community development and illuminate how all of the development efforts fit together to support the overall goal of sustainability.

Upon completion of this course participants will be able to:

Compare different development approaches and evaluate their effectiveness.
Understand the basic principles that underlie sustainable development.
Incorporate participatory practices into community development activities
Design a development project based on the Village Earth model
Who should take this course? This course is suited for people who are interested in community development and work or plan to work in this field. This includes people working or volunteering at NGOs, NPOs, governmental organizations, without border organizations, or missionary organizations. In addition, people involved in funding community development projects benefit from this course.

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