Do you know what you don't know?

[Rank amateur]

I also have a preference for getting things done and avoiding bullsh*t.


It doesn't really work to come in and tell people what to do and how to do it.

That's it. You have to let the locals and NGOs BS until they're ready to do something themselves. The good news, however, is that once everyone agrees, it will get done and if the insurgents try to destroy whatever was built, the population will get really angry at the people who destroyed their work.

Think of it as Reagonomics at a local pace.