Following the efforts of Jean-Louis, Laurie and Manu, Hervé and Luc have kickstarted a promising partnership with the "Mutuelles en pays de Vilaine" in Redon, in the western part of France. This partnership aims at supporting a group of institutions and associations to develop and implement a new vision of "together health for all in pays de Vilaine". Based on the Ottawa declaration, the group is dreaming to built policies and implement activities that will restate the essential role of…

Pour notre première journée d'accompagnement de la mutuelle des pays de Vilaines et du collectif "Ensemble la santé pour tous en pays de Redon", nous avons proposé des visites Salt de partenaires éventuels a ce chemin.

En début d'après midi nous avons ensuite proposé tout d'abord une RAE par groupe et puis une RAE en plénière avec des bingo ! comme outil…

Le Pont du Tamarinier is taking the lead with respect to a SALTy Mauritius...It all began in April when there was interest and the opportunity to taste SALT. WOW, some six months on, several SALT events are making a difference within different communities. You know the term 'taste and buy' well Le Pont has bought and is now sharing that SALTy experience. SALT was applied to do self-assessment of LPDT as an organization, but also conducted a Learning Event for staff, volunteers and community…

“But isn’t that just the normal behaviour?” asked one of the students in response to the explanation of the SALT way of thinking and way of working. Together with Boris and Marlou, we went to the Hogeschool of Amsterdam on the 29th of September to transfer CLCP to a group of 17 students.

Following a course in Community Development, they are currently in full preparation for their final projects. One student will be…

Together with three fellow students of mine, we developed and launched our app Sharood on our campus in August 2015. Sharood (think “share-food”), is an app that connects people in the same area by matching those who are cooking with those are hungry. The inspiration behind the app came from our realisation of how the individualism of our society can be destructive for its members and a hinder for its progress. By seeking to make the idea of sharing food a…

Au cours de la dernière journée de la form'action à Mayotte avec Laurie Korchi et Pamela Aglaé, nous avions à présenter la Constellation à nos stagiaires.... Que faire ? Jean-Louis Lamboray fait cela si bien avec toutes ses histoires, l'origine de la constellation, ses débuts.....mais nous n'étions pas Jean-Louis et à moins que d'apprendre par cœur cette histoire (et encore…

Une nouvelle étoile brille dans le ciel de la Constellation, France Compétence est née le 26/09/2015 !!!! vous pouvez la retrouver sur Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/519895178187427/519895181520760/?notif_t=like). Merci à toutes ces belles énergies qui s'associent pour…

I share this blog on behalf of Onesmus Mutuku.

Back ground

CATCH is “Communities Acting Together to Control HIV”, a combination-prevention strategy pioneered through a collaborative effort by the National AIDS Coordinating Agency (NACA), the Ministries of Local Government and Health, UNAIDS, and development partners (in particular, FHI 360 and USAID).  The model…

There is a attachment to see the effect of SALT in our community:-

story%20of%20salt%20practice%20in%20a%20village.docx

“Capacity building” has been in every job description or programmatic strategy of every international aid and philanthropic organization with which I’ve worked over the past 15 years. In some form or another, I’ve led, funded, or facilitated workshops, exchange visits, trainings intended to enhance the knowledge and skills of people who live in poor countries. 

Along the way, as an “expat” aid worker, as a grantmaker, as a manager and a communicator, I’ve…

The group of differently-able persons continued pursuit to their common dream "Living comfortably in our (Cheshire) Home where we can accomplish our dreams".

In a very jovial and vibrant way they "brainstormed' their individual ideas to arrive at seven stepping stones (Practices) that will lead to their common dream. The stepping…

AIC : une des plus anciennes associations de volontaires, fondée en 1617 par St. Vincent de Paul. Regroupe actuellement plus de 150.000 volontaires, essentiellement des femmes, organisées en équipe et regroupées en 53 associations dispersées à travers le monde. Objectif : lutter contre la pauvreté par des projets de proximité.

Le premier pas, comme bien souvent, est une conversation entre deux amies : l’une,  facilitateur de…

On 21st Sep, I shared about Constellation's SALT approach and community life competence process with 27 students of Monitoring and Evaluation course organised by Government of India in Narela near Delhi. The students are professionals from different countries of the world.

There was a moment when when I asked them of their dream for Monitoring and Evaluation in year 2020. In groups they discussed on this and the discussion was very rich. It was even richer, vibrant when each group…

Our first meeting with the community of Chirougui was sublime. Our welcomers were surprised with our introduction ,so they also presented themselves with great simplicity. They seem surpris but pleased to be in such simplicity;

Yep we met our common point; Being a human being and that was our strength; it was just Magic. We were alL parents, passionate of sport and so on

Ours welcomers talked with such enthousiam about their jobs and motivations.The facilitators team was their…

 La présentation de notre équipe de facilitateurs sans les casquettes ont choqués plus d’un...les regards étaient figés mais émerveillés. Du coup ceux qui nous accueillaient se sont présentés  avec toute simplicité. le point commun était installé , nous sommes tous égaux , c'était magnifique, c'était l’humain au centre de la rencontre ,nous avions tous de points communs les unes et les autres: mère, père des enfants, passionné de sport et j'en passe.

Dans un enthousiasme ceux qui nous…

There are two homes in Mauritius, one for the elderly and one for the differently abled. The warm group of people are excited to be engaged in a SALTy way. They are a lively 'bunch' of people to working with (^_^). We meet on Mondays to do SALT and they look forward to Mondays they say. Today we did dream building, starting with the individual dream and finished with the…

Can fishermen and farmers become researchers? YOU BET!

From 2012 - 2015, in a partnership with CGIAR and the World Fish Centre, the Constellation shared SALT and CLCP with fishing and farming communities across 5 countries: Zambia, Solomon Islands, Phillippines, Bangladesh and Cambodia.

Our joint challenge was to incorporate SALT and CLCP with approach known as "Research in Development".

At the ground level, the initiative was an opportunity for local community…

When I entered the van, I scanned the group and was slightly shocked and disappointed. I saw him, someone I totally did not expect to be coming for the outing. “Oh no!”, “Why did he come?”, “How are we going to do this with him there?”, “What do I say?” “I don’t even know his name.” These thoughts were working inside of me and I was not sure how to feel about it or how to reconcile them.  He had long ‘rasta’ hair and wore those dark glasses that made me slightly uncomfortable in the past…