Hi, I am an Industrial Design Engineering student at the Technical University of Delft in the Netherlands. I am working on a case for a large humanitarian organization, the details of which I must keep confidential. The case is as follows:
“How might local staff, volunteers, and their partners harness the power of nature to resolve many of the humanitarian challenges faced by communities living in a ridge-to-reef context?”
The focus of the case is on Leyte, the Philippines, a location often struck by (natural) disasters. After my research phase, I am convinced that
permaculture could be a viable solution. I believe that establishing local
permaculture communities inland, where people can achieve self-sufficiency, could encourage relocation from the overcrowded and vulnerable
city of Tacloban to these resilient and
sustainable permaculture communities.
I am now considering the role this humanitarian organization could play in fostering this change. Given the existing
permaculture sites and communities in the Philippines, I want to explore potential interventions the organization could undertake to expand this permaculture network to Leyte. Additionally, I seek to ensure that these interventions are scalable to other regions around the world.
Unfortunately, I am not an expert in either permaculture or the Philippines. What I do see is that there is a lot of knowledge out there. However, it is unfortunately not known or accessible to everyone around the world.
I would like to ask for any tips and ideas you have on how to expand permaculture knowledge to areas where it is currently lacking and what an organisation like this could do to facilitate this. Although this is a student
project, we are working with
real stakeholders, and your assistance could be invaluable for these communities and for promoting permaculture knowledge.
Thank you in advance.
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