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Time flies... and so much is going on that I have already forgotten half the things that went on in the last week.
On saturday we had a simulation of an acompaniment which is the main type of work that NP does. I was a pregnant indigenous leader who needed to get to the first indigenous foro in Alsacia, Colombia. Our group consisted of 5 indigenous leaders and we were met at 8 am by two people from NP that would acompany us. We set off on the back of a pick up truck to Buenos Aires, Colombia (Quito). On the return we all dispersed to make the work more difficult for our accompaniers (all part of the role play). Half way to Alsacia (our camp) we were ambushed by a troop of paramilitaries that took us into the woods. Luckily they were not very experienced and left me and the anziana sitting there on our own and so I decided to make a run for it. The anziana fell into a pond and then hid in the bushes for over an hour until she finally stuck her head out and asked whether the role play had finished ;-))
The pick up driver did not really know that we all were part of the role play and got quite a shock when my colleague constantly kept talking about attacks and paramilitaries on the phone. When we got back to the village people started jumping off the back and he wanted to stop but the girl in the front screamed at him to carry on - that was when he had the ultimate shock... but at least he made quite a lot of money and had some good stories to tell to his family.
Whilst we were on our way to Quito the paramilitaries attacked our "Cali" office and stole all the equipment including everyone's shoes. But finally the team in Alsacia managed to negotiate with the paras and they freed the remaining hostage.
It was quite a role play but I would have wished to have a more active role because I effectively spent most of my time sitting around trying not to piss myself laughing. But it was a really good experience - I'm just not sure how realistic it really was and how we would react if this situation ocurred in real life.
Time flies... and so much is going on that I have already forgotten half the things that went on in the last week.
On saturday we had a simulation of an acompaniment which is the main type of work that NP does. I was a pregnant indigenous leader who needed to get to the first indigenous foro in Alsacia, Colombia. Our group consisted of 5 indigenous leaders and we were met at 8 am by two people from NP that would acompany us. We set off on the back of a pick up truck to Buenos Aires, Colombia (Quito). On the return we all dispersed to make the work more difficult for our accompaniers (all part of the role play). Half way to Alsacia (our camp) we were ambushed by a troop of paramilitaries that took us into the woods. Luckily they were not very experienced and left me and the anziana sitting there on our own and so I decided to make a run for it. The anziana fell into a pond and then hid in the bushes for over an hour until she finally stuck her head out and asked whether the role play had finished ;-))
The pick up driver did not really know that we all were part of the role play and got quite a shock when my colleague constantly kept talking about attacks and paramilitaries on the phone. When we got back to the village people started jumping off the back and he wanted to stop but the girl in the front screamed at him to carry on - that was when he had the ultimate shock... but at least he made quite a lot of money and had some good stories to tell to his family.
Whilst we were on our way to Quito the paramilitaries attacked our "Cali" office and stole all the equipment including everyone's shoes. But finally the team in Alsacia managed to negotiate with the paras and they freed the remaining hostage.
It was quite a role play but I would have wished to have a more active role because I effectively spent most of my time sitting around trying not to piss myself laughing. But it was a really good experience - I'm just not sure how realistic it really was and how we would react if this situation ocurred in real life.
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