Your full name and University of affiliation

Full name: Chung Chui Shan

University: The University of Hong Kong

University contact

Your key contact or supervisor at your University

Full name: Dr. Chan, Karen Man Kei

Department: Faculty of Education, Academic Unit of Human Communication, Development, and Information Sciences

Email address: karencmk@hku.hk

Title of your LiA project

Indigenous Communities and Empowerment

The organisation/charity you are working with

MakeSense

Organisation/charity contact

Your key contact (supervisor) at the organisation/charity

Full name: Judith Huamani

Email address: judith@makesense.org

The need or cause you are supporting

What is the specific problem, cause or opportunity you are exploring?

With more than 71 indigenous ethnicities, Peru is a country that has learned the importance of building innovative approaches to engage, collaborate and include its native communities in all sectors. It is hoped to build creative ways through which minority communities can be given better opportunities to prosper and preserve within their cultures.

Goal

What is the big-picture idea/vision and desired outcome of what your LiA project is trying to achieve in order to address the need or problem above?

• Partnership with different local companies and NGOs to protect the cultures and advocate for the indigenous community.

Objectives

These represent how you will achieve your goal. Write down three to five SMART objectives outlining how you will achieve the overall goal.

1. To understand the sociocultural background of Peru
2. To understand the challenges and difficulties that the indigenous communities in Peru are facing 
3. To plan and implement a solution for the challenge that the organisation is facing

List any challenges, barriers or risks to achieving your objectives

• Language barrier: The local people and indigenous people mostly speak Spanish but I do not know this language. The difficulty in understanding and communicating with them may hinder my understanding of the indigenous community and the Peruvian cultures.
• Time limit: As we only got around one month to plan and actualise the project, it could be challenging for us to do something large-scale or very impactful.

Ideas to overcome barriers or challenges

• I could learn Spanish by using Duolingo. I should also be brave to ask and learn when I encounter some Spanish words or expressions that I do not understand.
• In order to make the event more attainable in short period of time, we may focus more on the materials and resources we already have at that moment and utilize our creativity to turn it into a special event. (e.g. theme-based weekend market selling products made by the indigenous groups)

Milestones per week

What are the significant activities/objectives of the LiA project outlined by week? Please provide dates.

My Milestones