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Share
With Other Mobilisers
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Other mobilisers
can be a major asset when you are in the field
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When you are out
in the field (an out of date term, for you may be working in an urban slum)
you will be facing a few failures, perhaps making a few mistakes, and you
can easily get depressed.
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important antidote to he feeling of being isolated, is to discover that
“you are not alone.” |
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When
you find colleagues also working in the field, you can share experiences,
including mistakes. |
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some cases a colleague will share solutions to some of the problems. |
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In
others, at least you feel you can suffer in company. It reduces the
pain. |
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you are working for a department or an organization that sends mobilisers
to different districts, a meeting every two months would be valuable. |
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If
your manager or coordinator has not initiated such a regular meeting, then
lobby to get one started, even if you have to organize it without the blessing
of the organization. |
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do not limit your contacts to those in the same organization; seek out
mobilisers in other organizations. |
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If
you have a regular meeting, every two months optimum, you may wish to bring
in an outside speaker with a specialty you want to hear about, but do not
forget that it is the ongoing contact with other mobilisers in the field
that is your main purpose. |
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See “Workshops”
for organizing such meetings.
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| Support
your fellow mobilisers, and get support in return. |
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Clarify
your objectives, strategies, skills and perspectives by unstructured, free
flowing group discussions. |
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way to keep in contact is through the internet. |
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You
may want to post a notice on the Aid Workers network forum, to say you
want to organize a group. |
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can then use a listserv such as Yahoo Groups (we have several language
volunteer discussion groups for this collective). |
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Both
these are free and easy. |
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not wait for someone else to organize a group. |
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Start
your own. |
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2007.04.06.