On February 4th 2015, Netherlands Leprosy Relief Foundation, launched LepClips at Hotel Royal Palza, New Delhi. 

“LepClips” are short films (video clips) on different aspects of leprosy. At present there are 10 video clips each of 5-7 minutes duration, prepared in English and Hindi.

Why these “LepClips”

Inadequate training and untrained staff leads to late case detection and poor case management of leprosy leading to disabilities, stigma…

A 15 year old girl, whom we will call Nancy, came by to our office in her school uniform this afternoon looking rather cheerful.   It was her way of saying thank you and letting us know that all is well with her.  Last December, she was ordered to spend 2 weeks confined at the Singapore Girls Home as a slap on the wrist for breaching her supervision order.  The judge told her that it could have been 18 months if not for her voluntary work which we described in our…

tumne dekha hoga ki red light pr chote chote bache bhik mang rahe h
un pr humne sochna hoga.......

Elle est montée dans le train à la gare de Florival.  J’ai eu l’attention attirée par l’attitude du contrôleur, qui attendait patiemment que la personne monte. J’ai ensuite compris. La jeune femme est mal voyante, et elle laissait à son chien le soin de monter.

Je leur ai laissé ma place, plus spacieuse. La dame dégage une belle énergie et alors que le train serpente le long de la vallée de la Dyle, (à gauche les étangs, à droite la forêt) je me suis rassis en face d’elle et…

She got into the train at the Florival station. The controller's attitude drew my attention as he was patiently waiting for a person to board. Then I understood. The young woman was blind, and she let her dog board first to guide her inside. I offered them my place which was more spacious and went to sit on the other side of the aisle. As the train was winding along the Dyle valley, with ponds to the left and the forest to the right, the lady was radiating a beautiful energy.  I decided to…

Hans and I have given birth to H2CGhana! A newborn “educational project” that tries to stand out among tons of others.…

As the Constellation ventures into 2015, it is with sincere appreciation I am reflecting on the overwhelming response from all of you towards the Nomination of The Constellation for the 2014 Health Systems Social Media Awards.

It was truly inspiring; it offers hope for what the Constellation can achieve with our accumulative support to local response. Seeing the endorsements was great, but seeing that it came from all continents was so exciting! Showing that 'seeds of SALT'…

Je m’appelle  SUZANNE, j’ai 39 ans,  je suis mère  de 5 enfants. J’ai un problème de drogue et d’alcool. Ma motivation pour me réhabiliter c’est ma petite famille, c'est-à-dire ma mère et mes 5 enfants.

Voici mon histoire, mon vécu :

Depuis 2002, j’ai commence à prendre de la drogue pour mon plaisir et pour faire plaisir a mon mari, tellement je l’aimais, afin qu’il ne me quitte pas.

Je ne connaissais rien a la drogue a cette époque, je n’avais aucune information a ce…

Chers amis de Constellation

A l'occasion de nos dix ans d'existence, voici la Déclaration Universelle du Droit au Rêve. Est-ce que ce texte "résonne" pour vous? Pourrait-il devenir le manifeste de la Constellation?

Bonnes fêtes de fin d'année , et meilleurs voeux pour l'An Neuf.

Jean-Louis…

Dear Friends of the Constellation,  

As a celebration of our ten year anniversary, please find below a Declaration on the Universal Right to Dream. Does it resonate with you? Shall we make it our Constellation manifesto, for people to sign all over the world?

Happy holidays!…

What should projects accomplish… and for whom?

An unnamed international non-profit client contacted me to evaluate their resilience project mid-stream, to gauge prospects for sustainable handover. EUREKA, I thought! After email discussions with them I drafted an evaluation process that included learning from a variety of stakeholders, ranging from Ministries, local government and the national University who were to take over the programming work about what they thought would be most…

Do you want to help your community move forward using their own strengths?

Interested to facilitate the Community Life Competence Process as a practical approach to build, strengthen and sustain communities?

The Constellations Blended Learning Course might fit your needs!

 What can I expect?

The Constellations Blended Learning…

Avec mes remerciements à Marie pour la traduction et à Rituu d’avoir invité les membres de la Constellation à partager leurs expériences sur la collecte de fonds! Cela m'a rappelé une «ancienne» histoire que j’ai racontée au Festival international d’échange en Inde. Je la partage ci-dessous car je pense qu'elle est toujours d'actualité dans la Constellation aujourd'hui!

La Constellation est composée de communautés du monde entier. L'équipe de soutien de la Constellation stimule…

Robyn Stratton-Berkessel interviewed Jean Louis Lamboray, Chair of the Constellation.  I got to know some aspects of the Constellation story which I did not know before and thoroughly enjoyed Robyn's sweet voice and JL's humour. This also demonstrates the power of Podcasts and how hearing a voice, emotion in the voice, laughter, interaction between the interviewer and the interviewee  can connect you greater with the person and the story. Thank you…

In mid-November I attended the Festival of Learning organized by the Asian-South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Learning (ASPBAE) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Unfortunately no member from the IndoCompetence team could participate in the event.

During the Festival of Learning, I had an opportunity to join an exchange visit to a local NGO, Lentera Sahaja – Perkumpulan Keluarga Berencana Indonesia (PKBI), which was the Youth Service Center of Indonesian Planned Parenthood…

Fundraising Resources for Community-Based Organizations

1. Basic Fund-Raising for Small NGOs/Civil Society in the Developing World, from Coyote Communications
2. Core Costs Funding Strategies, from BOND’s Guidance Notes Series…

Don’t give up, keep moving forward: Chris Lucas

http://www.theindiapost.com/world/usa/dont-give-up-keep-moving-forward-chris-lucas/

Published On: Tue, Dec 2nd, 2014

Dr. Avnish Jolly : Lucas was diagnosed with HIV in 1986 — one of the first Winnipeggers to…

Merci à Marlou de Rouw pour sa facilitation! Nous sommes un groupe décidé à manifester notre habitat groupé, coopératif et écologique en Pays de Gex, Grand Genève!

Nous en sommes à l'étape 2 du SALT. Aujourd'hui, je partage avec vous notre co-création, lors de notre premier atelier "Quel est notre rêve" . Visitez notre blog : http://amitoyens.blogspot.fr/…

We were heartened that 35 parents responded to our call to be part of a team tasked with the challenge of addressing a concern or problem in their neighbourhood. With the help of Kiran Kandade a volunteer facilitator, we introduced the Appreciative Inquiry framework as a way of building a team around what works rather than trying to fix what does not.…