Recognize the voice of communities to accompany and learn Challenges in the context of ETA - IOTA, Nicaragua

Abstract

This essay seeks to share some reflections arising     in the practice of the author, who was part of an     accompaniment process developed in the Caribbean     of Nicaragua, in the post-disaster context due to the     occurrence of the impact that the entry of 2 hurricanes     meant in the year 2020. The purpose is to put out loud     the need to document the actions that are sought in     terms of psychosocial accompaniment, emotional     recovery or accompaniment in critical situations     as they have been called, mainly when they are     developed in contexts of emergency and attention to     disasters and even more when these occur in realities     of cultural diversity that need to be revalued. Highlight     then, the importance of rethinking the proposals, the     conceptual categories packaged in the concept of help,     investigate and propose based on observation and     sensitive listening, actions that can effectively favor     integrated accompaniments to the worldview of the     peoples, adjusted to their needs, narratives and links     with the environment, expressed in the relationships     between people, families and communities, especially     when events persist in cycles that come and go and     call for learning and invoking hope to be reborn in     harmony with everything.    

From the dialogue, based on the narrative of women,     men, young people, students, workers and workers,     history was woven to recover what was lived, to find     the cultural, symbolic keys that favored looking at     each other, crying and strengthening ourselves in the     common and the diverse, in community.    

This writing is dedicated to them and to them, brothers     and sisters, thanking them for the opportunity to     learn in the privilege that meant the possibility of     accompanying the hope of collective reconstruction     for good living.