SEAPCP COMMUNITY ORGANISING

AGUNG TRAINS CO ACTIVISTS IN BALI

EDITOR'S NOTE: Agung from Walhi Bali was one of the participants of the SEAPCP ADVANCE CO COURSE 2009.

Suar and I just conducted a "CO Training for Young Activists" in Bali last month September 2009. The 2 days training was very dynamic and Jo Hann spent his time to share some lessons in analysis skill, of course through fun way (games) ! Although the participants were young activists with less experience in working with the community, they had very strong wills to learn about CO. We used simulation (how to deal with community as CO) and games to make it easy for them to understand.

In the evaluation, they said that they love the training which did not make them feel bored. For the next plan, they were planning to get more lessons from the field through organizing an urban poor community in Denpasar. After the training, I found that they are starting to interact more with the community.

Those who are found to be more active will be identified to join the next CO course (a longer and deeper training together with activists from the villages in November 2009. As for me, I learnt a lot as a CO trainer and realised that I have to improve my skill more. Thanks for listening to my sharing, guys!

Peace, Agung Wardana