23/09/2026
What makes people who have every reason to protect their own interests choose to work together?
Crispino Lobo has seen that the resistance is often deeply personal.
There is fear of losing what is yours.
There is mistrust of who is coming in.
Sometimes, there are years of tension with the very people you are expected to collaborate with.
But something changes when people begin to see that their interests are connected.
My success depends on yours.
And yours depends on mine.
That is when collaboration becomes community self-interest, and collective action becomes possible.
In conversation with Crispino Lobo, Co-founder, WOTR.