It is a slow and laborious process to develop strategies in this way for eliciting the desired response. Projects cannot be clearly focussed, and it is difficult to measure their impact. The approach places too much power in hands of the local social organizations and the spirit mediums. The community responds well, becoming willing and eager to act decisively to better their own situation. The local people appreciate the recognition of their worldview and the respect shown for their spirituality.
All activities enjoy high participation rates.
The local people invest their own resources in the development activities and themselves organize the means for sustaining them. In this project three communities were involved, all of which have the same system of ancestor worship, the same kind of spirit mediums, and the same worldview. The authority of spirit mediums must be accepted. All parties must be willing to discuss very sensitive issues. The practice has not yet been replicated elsewhere.