What’s Going on in Ecuador?
My last post was about the trip to the rain forest but there was a real treat waiting for me in Quito as we left the jungle for our trip home. On Tuesday I met with 9 of Los Caminantes de la Nueva Tierra, the facilitator group from Ecuador. 17 folk trained together last year, a training that was run in Spanish by trainers from staff here at The Pachamama Alliance and a US-based Chilean (thanks tracy and Anne Marie) since when, to be honest, we haven’t heard much from them. But in the silence thare has been a real rush of activity including; • they have run about 30 symposiums for groups up to 400 in size, and also • they have opportunities to train facilitators inside Ecuadorian universities, not only this but • they have also run the symposium at the World Social Forum in Brazil and in Chile (that’s another new pin in the map), AND • they have set up there own beautiful, comprehensive web-site (check it out even if you don’t speak Spanish, that’s not all • last week they presented the
