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What (not) to expect when you visit PROJIMO:

1. Do not expect to find PROJIMO unchanged from David Werner's books. 
The project in Ajoya that David Werner wrote about no longer exists.
PROJIMO-Coyotitan has changed a lot since their move from Ajoya, and it still is changing quickly!  
 
bulletChanging looks
bulletChanging technology
 

2. Do not expect all the comforts of home.
 

bulletWhat about bugs and other animals?
bulletSome possible Differences

 

 Changing Looks
Changing Technology
Animals...
Comforts of Home?

3. PROJIMO is NOT Grand Central Station (anymore!)

bulletPeople tend to go about whatever it is they do at a rather sedate pace.
bulletThere are usually a few people around, and there is usually something going on.
bulletIt just might not be the busy beehive that you are hoping for.
 

I have seen a few hectic days.

Like the one that a busload of people arrived without any advance notice, with about 20 people on it, all of them amputees in need of at least one artificial leg. Or like that day where the Culiacan "Club Rotario" came to visit.That one of course was planned ahead, and people were preparing for it for days! 

Some other days were busy, in a more relaxed manner, like when there is a party for the school kids of Coyotitan in the playground...

But do not expect a flurry of activity when you are here.
That may, or may not be, as from day to day, things can be very different.
 


After reading David Werner's books,
some people might expect to see all these things happening right in front of their eyes, and all within the one or two weeks that they are visiting the project. Please, keep the following in mind:
 
bulletDavid Werner's books are written as stories.
bulletThese stories highlight key-moments of a process.
bulletThis process likely took weeks to months, and in some cases even years.

bulletIt is unlikely that you will see all of one such story if you visit only for a short while.
What you will see instead are bits and pieces of many different stories.

Quiet has its advantages for some visitors.

bulletSmaller group, less people. You get to know everyone real quickly.
 
bulletMore individualized attention is possible.  e.g.
bulletin the Spanish classes, this may be a very important factor to learn more in a short time span.
bulletengineers (e.g. MIT students) can try out new ideas, and may have the opportunity to build something that works, or doesn't work... :-)
 

If you would prefer a busier place, consider visiting project Piņa Palmera in Pochutla, Oaxaca.
Its management is organized differently, but Piņa Palmera is very similar to PROJIMO in many ways (one of PROJIMO's children...) and has a lot more people...
 

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