Haiti OS stories

Mon Apr 20 06:15:26 PDT 2009

is there room to post this whole story to in the worldscapes site, michael?
i see that europe is doing much better than our side of teh world at posting
stories there, but this seems an important one to have listed there.  many
thanks, fremy!  m

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On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 3:12 AM, Michael M Pannwitz <mmpanne at boscop.org>wrote:

> Dear Fremy,
> I will take your report with me to the Learning Workshop (OSonOS) in
> Belfast and post it there for participants to see. The Belfast event will
> take place in a few days from Friday, April 24 through Sunday, April 26,
> following an OST-Training which took place in Belfast last year.
> Aside from the grand stories in your report I liked the reference to the
>  support of your exchange from the OSI Haiti and the international support
> through the OSI USA. This, to me, demonstrates how these Institutes foster
> the spread of Open Space worldwide and especially in your country.
> I invite all of your colleagues in Haiti to include themselves in the Open
> Space World Map...in addition to the 7 open space-workers listed there
> already...so that I (and everybody else)can "see" you...here is the link to
> the colleagues in Haiti
>
>> http://www.openspaceworldmap.org/moreinfo/contactinfo.php?c_id=77
>>
>
>
> Greetings from Berlin
> mmp
>
>
> fremy cesar wrote:
>
>> Dear Open Space Collegues,
>> Below, there are some stories collected after the annual Open Space in
>> Haiti in 2008.
>>
>> It is with great pleasure that I’m writing
>> this report on the seventh annual Open Space meeting in Haiti.  In Haiti,
>> Open Space has become a
>> crucial tool in helping organizations or any other group change their
>> practices
>> in order to achieve more participation and shared responsibility.
>>
>>
>> The seventh annual Open Space meeting in
>> Haiti took place on June 26-29, 2008. 79 of the 87 participants stayed at
>> Villa Ormiso, which hosted the
>> event, and the remaining participants commuted every day.  For most of the
>> participants, the fees
>> related to their participation in that meeting were covered by the
>> organizations with which they are working. The Haiti Open Space Institute
>> sponsored 17 of them.
>>
>>
>> Theme:
>>
>>
>> The Practice of Open Space: How are we
>> using this approach to increase organizational effectiveness?
>>
>>
>> Below are several of the topics proposed
>> in the village market:
>>
>>
>>
>>  How can we use OS to help handicapped people, to make them feel
>>     they also belong in society?
>>  How can OS be used to raise youth’s awareness about HIV/AIDS?
>>  How can we use OS to get Haitian and Dominican organizations to
>>     work together?
>>  How can we help OS become a tool used in schools?
>>  How can OS help us in teaching people their rights and duties?
>>  The advantages and disadvantages of gay and lesbians in
>>     society.
>>
>>
>>
>> Below are reflections from some of the
>> participants who had their lodging and meals covered thanks to the
>> generous
>> gift from OSI, USA. All of them are active members in our network.
>>
>>
>> “For me, open space is a method, which can
>> play an important role within the Haitian society.  Haiti has been in
>> slavery for a great number of years; it
>> takes a lot of time for such a nation to become educated in the right way
>> and I
>> think the OS method can do much in helping to achieve that goal.  I know
>> that a lot of people have
>> already been trained in OS and I hope it will continue.  I take advantage
>> of the opportunity to
>> give many thanks to the OS Institute, which sponsored my participation in
>> the
>> OS this year; I must say I benefited a lot from that method.
>>
>>
>> In the past, I used to think that what I
>> did was always right and I always wanted others to see things the same way
>> I
>> did, which usually created a lot of frustration and disappointment in me.
>>  When I started participating in OS, I
>> realized that was not realistic; I started showing more tolerance toward
>> people
>> and their ideas. Thus, I feel I have relieved myself of taking on other
>> people’s responsibilities and personal objectives.  I really benefited
>> from that space, which was really open in
>> order to share my knowledge with others and to also learn from what others
>> were
>> sharing with us.”
>>
>> (Marie Kerline Janvier)
>>
>> “I’m Mauricette Jean Lucien ; I’m one
>> of those whose participation in the Open Space at Villa Ormiso has been
>> sponsored.  My experience there and
>> what I learned will help me practice that method better; it will help me
>> do my
>> work of managing my organization better, in an effective manner and in a
>> way
>> that respects one another’s opinions”
>>
>> (Mauricette Jean Lucien)
>>
>>
>>
>> “Open Space is a suitable name for what it
>> means.  I can say it is an
>> activity, which can transform society. I see it already in myself, Open
>> Space brought a lot of change for me in
>> my organization. Every time I participate in the Open Space, I feel like I
>> have
>> moved into a higher level.
>>
>>
>> Having my participation in the Open Space
>> sponsored is for me the greatest gift I could have received in my life.
>>  Open Space has brought a lot of change
>> in my life and in the organization of which I’m the leader.
>>
>>
>> It helps me grow better in life. Every time
>> I participate in the Open Space, I learn a lot from the other
>> participants. I
>> used to see things differently before.
>>
>>
>> In the Open Space, I learned how to reflect
>> and to plan ahead of time everything I need to do.  The three biggest
>> things I learned from Open Space are:  shared power, building a culture of
>> tolerance in me, building a culture of peace.”
>>
>> (Delva Marie Eramithe)
>>
>>
>> “We went to the training, which took place
>> at Villa Ormiso, in June, 2008.  It
>> brought a lot of changes through one workshop on education in which I
>> participated.  The ideas shared
>> have brought a lot of change in me. I always had that thought, which was :
>> why was I making all those
>> sacrifices for my children when my parents did not do anything for me; I
>> always
>> said that if they had provided me a high enough level of education, I
>> would not
>> have gone through certain hardships. When I got home, I reflected about
>> everything that has been said and I
>> immediately freed myself from that thought.
>>
>>
>>
>> Open Space taught me to plan what I need to
>> do today and tomorrow ; Open Space made it so that today my children go to
>> school without any difficulty, they can eat, they have a home; I plan
>> everything based on what comes into my hands. There is not enough time for
>> me
>> to say all the things this method has done for me.”
>>
>> (Villard Malya)
>>
>>
>> “I’m Theophile ANTOINE, I had the chance of
>> being introduced to the Open Space method since the year 2003.  But, it is
>> the first time that I have
>> the opportunity to participate in the Open Space on Open Space at Villa
>> Ormiso.
>>
>>
>> It was a very enriching experience for
>> me.  Not only did it help me meet
>> many other people, but also it helped me build my skills even more in
>> order to
>> be tolerant toward others even when I do not agree with their ideas, which
>> is
>> something I think many people in our country are missing.
>>
>>
>> Now, I also feel capable of leading an open
>> space, after having participated in a workshop on that.
>>
>>
>> With respect to the welcome, it was very
>> good because as soon as you enter the yard, there was always someone to
>> help
>> you either with registration or to show you to your room.
>>
>>
>> With respect to workshop discussions, it
>> went very well.  Because the rules
>> of the Reflection Circles method were followed almost 100%. (Listen with
>> care
>> to others and don’t cut them off. Speak clearly so that others can hear
>> you and
>> in a way that they can understand you.) The meals were very good and they
>> were
>> always served on time.
>>
>>
>> I would like to thank you very much for
>> your sponsorship this year and I hope the next Space will be even nicer
>> and
>> more interesting than this year.”
>>
>> (Theophile ANTOINE)
>>
>> “I would like to greet the members of the
>> Open Space Institute in Haiti and those from the Open Space Institute in
>> USA
>> and I take advantage of this opportunity to thank them for working
>> together to
>> sponsor my participation in the latest Open Space on Open Space, which
>> took
>> place at Villa Ormiso, in June, 2008. It is with great pleasure that I
>> will talk about my work after having
>> gone through this meeting where I learned a lot in order to go further.
>>
>>
>> With respect to the promise we had made to
>> go back and work in order to get more people in Haiti to practice open
>> space, I
>> did not lose any time ; I led an open space meeting with the organization
>> I usually work with, which is the Social and Sports Association of
>> Marie-Therese (ASSMATH) and the theme was : how can we start bringing a
>> social and economic response within Marie-Therese.  I did the planning for
>> that space, which took place on
>> Sunday, July 6, 2008, from 8 am to 1 pm (Marie-Therese is a poor
>> neighborhood
>> located on Route de Freres, in the commune of Petion-Ville).  Children,
>> youth, and adults
>> participated in that open space. As a result, they were all satisfied and
>> they expressed how much they
>> appreciated that meeting and asked the association to hold another one in
>> a
>> short while; it was a successful initiative for the members of the
>> association
>> and especially for me who initiated that movement within the association.
>>
>>
>> My work did not stop there although it has
>> not become concrete yet, but I started sharing and spreading that
>> initiative,
>> which started in the neighborhood of Marie-Therese, with other association
>> leaders from other neighborhoods of Route de Freres, with the goal to
>> expand
>> the Route de Freres network.  And I
>> am considering holding open space in many churches and other institutions,
>> which have a need for it.  Therefore, I’ve already started working on a
>> project to implement
>> everything I’ve just said.
>>
>>
>> I support the work that the Haiti Open
>> Space Institute and the USA Open Space Institute are doing to promote the
>> practice of open space everywhere through sponsoring participants from
>> several
>> sectors of activities and taking the initiative to train and have everyone
>> participate.”
>>
>> (Mario Merancien)
>>
>>
>> I would like for all OSI, USA members to
>> know how grateful we are and how much respect we have for you.  We’ll
>> always be ready to support
>> activities, which will take place in Haiti and we have a lot of gratitude
>> for
>> that.
>>
>>
>> Great appreciation and respect for all of
>> you.
>>
>>
>> Fremy Cesar
>> For the Haiti Open Space Institute
>>
>>
>> 2008 OS/OS Report for the OSI, USASubmitted November 16, 2008Translation
>> by Myriam Narcisse
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _____________________Fremy Cesar
>> Co-directeur Fondation Limyè Lavi Haiti: BP.15812 Petion-Ville Tel: 509.
>> 3705.3395
>>
>> Guadeloupe: Rue Charlery Bance 97160 LE MOULE Tel: 0590 818762        0690
>> 862654 www.eksperyansla.info
>>
>>
>>
>>
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