Cultural integration is fundamental to building more inclusive, tolerant and prosperous societies. It fosters peaceful coexistence and mutual respect, which is essential for addressing challenges and seizing opportunities in an increasingly interconnected world.
Cultural integration and my experience in Sierra Leone
They say that the mind is like a book, if we do not open it we can miss fascinating stories, new learning and great opportunities. With this analogy I want to tell you about my experience in Sierra Leone, where we have been working for 5 months with 6 communities in the chiefdom of Valunia. I have had the opportunity to establish a direct, respectful relationship, full of discoveries and gratifications.
I must confess to you a wonderful recognition that the Baomahun community gave me, when one of their leaders recently told me that, regardless of the color of my skin, I was already black to them.So much meaning in that phrase!
This experience has ratified for me, once again, the importance of knowing how to integrate ourselves into the environment, of the power and magic of adaptation, because by adapting we open roads and build bridges of communication.
We begin to identify with the other, to find common ground, we learn to be flexible, to let go of preconceptions and to understand the realities, the models and what is important to the other.
Integration and adaptation the first step between the community and the company
Integrating and adapting is the first step, rather than applying standards and norms. In that dialogue, in those encounters we find new opportunities and sow the path of true relationships, where we look each other in the eye without judgment, where we strip ourselves of stigmas and false beliefs.
It is in this integration process where we find the propitious ground for our own and the other's transformations, and generate that space of "we", where both the company and the community build understanding and find great benefits.
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