Reflection – Storytelling 

 As part of team engaged with rural communities in Africa one of the major challenge we face is getting   the trust of our host community to enable us be effective in engaging them and proffering solutions to   pending issues . 

 I have found out that one way of gaining trust and engagement from the people is if we are able to   relate to them on their level and help them see that we are not invincible and we also face similar   challenges like they do . 

 One way of doing this is through storytelling . It creates an image in their minds and brings what we are   trying to convey to them . 

 Application 

 One area where the ability to tell a story really came in handy in gaining the trust of our host community   was when there was an outbreak of cholera in the community and they were refusing to take the drugs   we brought . They obviously did not trust us and our drugs . 

 Apparently , we were not the first group to bring them “ solutions ” . It was my duty to address them and   assure them that we have their best interest at heart . To make them understand our points we   performed a short play , the play depicted a striving community who was almost wiped out of existence   because of a deadly “ bandit ” . This bandit was so powerful that anyone he came in contact started to   shake , throw up and poo on themselves out of fear even after the bandit has left and the only way to   help the person is through the help of a benevolent man who through his innate kindness and care will   reduce the affliction ” . 

 After the play , we had some people take the drug . After that , more people came to take the drug once   they saw the effects on their neighbors , friends and family . 

 Insight and Approach 

 Having this knowledge has made it easier to navigate other communities . It is easier to get to them   because we have an effective way of addressing their problems as we design solutions specific to each   community and the ability to present these solutions in the way they would understand is truly   priceless . 

 This course has helped me to improve on this valuable skill and see it for the great asset it is . It is not   enough to design solutions but the ability to bring these solutions to life before the target audience is   key . 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: 
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
URL_PERSONAL: 
USERNAME: 

### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: Reflection – Storytelling 

 As part of team engaged with rural communities in Africa one of the major challenge we face is getting   the trust of our host community to enable us be effective in engaging them and proffering solutions to   pending issues . 

 I have found out that one way of gaining trust and engagement from the people is if we are able to   relate to them on their level and help them see that we are not invincible and we also face similar   challenges like they do . 

 One way of doing this is through storytelling . It creates an image in their minds and brings what we are   trying to convey to them . 

 Application 

 One area where the ability to tell a story really came in handy in gaining the trust of our host community   was when there was an outbreak of cholera in the community and they were refusing to take the drugs   we brought . They obviously did not trust us and our drugs . 

 Apparently , we were not the first group to bring them “ solutions ” . It was my duty to address them and   assure them that we have their best interest at heart . To make them understand our points we   performed a short play , the play depicted a striving community who was almost wiped out of existence   because of a deadly “ bandit ” . This bandit was so powerful that anyone he came in contact started to   shake , throw up and poo on themselves out of fear even after the bandit has left and the only way to   help the person is through the help of a benevolent man who through his innate kindness and care will   reduce the affliction ” . 

 After the play , we had some people take the drug . After that , more people came to take the drug once   they saw the effects on their neighbors , friends and family . 

 Insight and Approach 

 Having this knowledge has made it easier to navigate other communities . It is easier to get to them   because we have an effective way of addressing their problems as we design solutions specific to each   community and the ability to present these solutions in the way they would understand is truly   priceless . 

 This course has helped me to improve on this valuable skill and see it for the great asset it is . It is not   enough to design solutions but the ability to bring these solutions to life before the target audience is   key .
### Output: 