Good Evidence’s research team is hard at work interviewing CIs from Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru. This process is so important to our organization, as it is the basis for our decision of which CIs to work with. One of our researcher’s Donovan Ritch was nice enough to share his experience of interviewing:

“The process of interviewing so far for me has followed a more or less similar pattern. Prior to making the call for each interview, I seem to almost always get struck with a wave of irrational anxiety over all the remote imagined ways in which things could go wrong. It follows from this point almost invariably, however, that things go well, and I always seem to be taken aback (although I don’t know why I should be) at the openness and sincerity that members of these community initiatives convey to me in their responses to my questions. The best part of the process is the feeling of satisfaction that comes afterward from having been offered a brief window into the world of these pathbreaking individuals, which inevitably makes me want to see them succeed in their efforts. While we won’t in the end be able to work with all of these initiatives, it’s definitely been a pleasure just to have become aware of all the positive progress that is being made throughout the Andean region of South America”.

We cannot wait to share with you which CIs we will be filming for, it won’t be long until we know!

Joanne, the Founder of Good Evidence, is currently in Ethiopia visiting her family. Here are some of her thoughts as she celebrates The victory of the battle of Adowa :

Hello from Ethiopia! I’ve been blessed to visit family in Ethiopia for a few weeks. It’s wonderful to be back in the place where all the first experiences that lead to the creation of Good Evidence originally came from.

March 1st is a national holiday in Ethiopia commemorating the victory at the battle of Adowa. During the last few weeks here I have had the opportunity to spend some time studying the importance of the battle of Adowa in the fight against colonialism. Prof. Kinfe Abraham has a book out called ” Adowa Decolonization, Pan-Africanism and the Struggle of the Black Diaspora” it is a fairly easy read and covers interesting details like the impact the Ethiopian victory had on; european settlers across the continent, the creation of Rastafarianism, literature coming out of harlem as well as individuals like Marcus Garvey. It has some fairly choppy sections to it, but its also an informative and entertaining read.  Here is a link to wikipedia’s explanation of the battle.

Every time I’m in Ethiopia I’m inspired by its extensive lack of colonial thought, and the keen widespread pride in living life in a uniquely Ethiopian way.