Having a site selection process is both a blessing and a curse. A blessing because it prevents you from buying an unsuitable site for your work and a curse because it prevents you from buying a site quickly. Actually, that is also a blessing in the long run. After vetting countless pieces of property and moving from one country to another, Agros has selected two pieces of property to begin thier next projects with.
We will be travelling down to Nicaragua in April to begin a participatory design process with potential residents of the new villages. We have a series of games and exercises lined up to help us understand the needs and priorities of the future residents as well as to begin engendering a sense of ownership within those residents. It should be fun. We will post some images of the results when we return......