Generación de proyectos de cooperación para la transferencia de conocimiento mediante estancias de voluntariado. El caso de Kitega Community Center.

Abstract

The development of cooperation projects requires technical knowledge of the work area, but also knowledge of the cultural and social characteristics of the place, to maximize the collaboration. This communication is based on the experience in a small rural town in Uganda with the implementation of initiatives to improve the quality of life of its inhabitants. The project has as reference the integrated participation of people from different fields that form a multidisciplinary team, so that the development of more inclusive, participatory and globalizing cooperation programs is favored. The methodology is based on the transfer of knowledge of the participants through short stays of volunteering, with the support of an NGO, allowing professionals not linked to cooperation to use their technical knowledge and initiate new projects for the future, in order to help the community to solve their own problems, by improving their capabilities This model also allows to get to know other social structures and thus promote sensitivity towards cooperation. Likewise, with the visits of the leaders from Kitega to Spain, mutual knowledge and understanding in the cultural and social level is improved.