This role-play involves three volunteers with different levels of travel exposure (most travelled, fairly travelled, least travelled/local) who try to identify the contents of a sealed box under varying conditions. The most travelled person can only shake the closed box and guess. The fairly travelled person is blindfolded but can feel the open box’s contents. The least travelled person has their eyes open and can see, touch, and smell the contents, providing the most accurate description. This tool demonstrates that direct experience and community support often lead to better understanding and knowledge than mere exposure or assumptions, especially when addressing community challenges like poor roads and limited resources.

Three volunteers with different travel experiences guess what’s inside a box: one guesses by shaking it, one feels it blindfolded, and one looks inside. The local person sees the real contents best. The role play shows that clear information and direct experience help people understand problems better than assumptions.

Students with direct experience of the box gave clearer insights, reflecting how those familiar with the bad school road understood its impact better. The group related the exercise to their real-life challenges, showing engagement.

True understanding comes from firsthand experience. Poor infrastructure harms safety and learning, and empowering youth to share their stories leads to solutions. Healing Spaces link inner wellbeing with community action, encouraging collaboration through participatory activities.

What did we observe?
1. Access and perspective shaped understanding more than rank or status.
2. The person with full sensory access (sight, touch, smell) gave the clearest answers.
3. Those with limited input relied on guesses, showing partial knowledge.
4. Those closest to an issue often know it best.
5. Group learning improved when everyone asked questions and shared ideas.

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What lessons did we learn?
1. True insight comes from humility, presence, and equal access — not titles or travel.
2. Local voices and lived experience matter when given safe spaces and tools.
3. Collaboration and shared learning reveal hidden truths and real solutions.
4. Healing Spaces should respect every voice and unlock local wisdom.

Wisdom from the Holy Books

“And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge…” (Quran 17:36)
“God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise…” (1 Corinthians 1:27)
“The humble sage… sees with equal vision…” (Bhagavad Gita 5:18)