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After Action Review on SALT visits

[ I documented the AAR on five SALT visits done during National Knowledge Fair held from 1st to 3rd March 2012 in Chennai, India.

 

An interesting thing was that two of the AARs were done in presence of the community. The community found AAR useful and helped them understand what SALT is. The SALT…

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Added by Rituu B. Nanda on March 5, 2012 at 6:38pm — 1 Comment

How to Work in Someone Else’s Country (A Book Review)

Do you have a colleague that just won’t shut up about the fight he’s having with his sibling over their family's vacation home? Or one who dressed way too provocatively when you were on that field visit last week? What about the person who constantly blames everything that doesn’t go their way on the incapacity or corruption of “the locals”?

We have all worked with these people. Perhaps we have even been these people at times. We didn’t know any better…until we did.…

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Added by Jennifer Lentfer on March 4, 2012 at 5:32pm — No Comments

Care leads to change

[ This is a story from a community member captured during the recently concluded National Knowledge Fair organised by Siaap and India Competence. Maya from Siaap translated the story in English for the group. Theme of the story was Care leading to change. The experience of many local communities confirms th link between care and sustainable change at individual and community level. The capacity of people to respond to that sense of care can be integral to prevention in the global…

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Added by Rituu B. Nanda on March 4, 2012 at 11:41am — No Comments

Long-Distance Traveller

Ever since I was a little girl, books were travelling with me everywhere. Not easy upbringing perhaps was the reason why I was drowning myself in the stories of others wanting to be someone else, live in a different world. Walking on the tragic path of Wallenrod, I was facilitating other peoples’ dream, not mine. It took me a long time, but certain life-changing facts and situations, made me realise that my dream is closer than I thought. In every busy day it is not easy to notice, what is…

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Added by Aleksandra on March 2, 2012 at 6:30pm — 2 Comments

Loose Ties, Strong Bonds

The grand-uncle of   2 children aged 11 and 9 years old immediately took them into his home when he realised that their mother had much difficulty caring for them.  “I will definitely have strong words for her when we meet the next time  but for now, the children’s well-being come first”  he told us.  Mother spends most of her time with 3 younger children and these 2 children often have too much time on their own.  The tough talking aside, this grand uncle shared that he has no hesitation…

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Added by Gerard Ee Huck LIan on March 2, 2012 at 11:50am — 3 Comments

A social worker's problem

“My problem is that as a social worker, I sometimes think that I am a better human being than those I serve.” A colleague humbly admitted her shortcoming in the presence of 50 other teammates as we grappled with what it meant to be a member of a community. Her sharing reminded me of an important lesson I learnt when I was training as a counsellor. My teacher stressed to me that this work is about “who” we can be for people rather that “what” we can do. Doing something for…

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Added by Gerard Ee Huck LIan on February 24, 2012 at 12:00pm — 1 Comment

How to build strong relationships with grassroots organizations

Re-posting this series from the early days of how-matters.org

Adapted from: The Barefoot Collective. (2009). The Barefoot Guide to Working with Organizations and Social Change. Cape Town: Community Development Resource Association. www.barefootguide.org

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In order to build authentic relationships with grassroots organizations, these qualities,…

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Added by Jennifer Lentfer on February 24, 2012 at 4:45am — No Comments

Facilitating "The Dream": steps in the process

 

The Constellation uses "Building The Dream" as one tool in its Community Life Competence Process, working with communities to develop a common vision for their future.  Instead of a Needs-Analysis, common in traditional development approaches, this approach employs a "Vision-Analysis", working from the strengths of the community to hope for a future better…

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Added by Ricardo Walters on February 22, 2012 at 10:40am — 4 Comments

A river of tears turns into a river of life

This Sunday morning in Yogyakarta, the power of SALT is at work. For 45 minutes, participants stand in a circle to share their reflections from the visits we had made to three communities: Vesta, a community of men having sex with men, Kebaya a community of transgender persons who welcome their friends of all ages, many of them living with HIV and AIDS and Bunga Seroja, a community of sex workers. On surface, the day consisted in a perfectly organized ballet of visits. But after a few…

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Added by Jean-Louis Lamboray on February 22, 2012 at 9:42am — 5 Comments

Procesul nostru de lucru - Povestirea lui Amber (Our Process-Amber"s story)

Cum au influenţat vizitele SALT asupra oamenilor?

Primul lucru care m-a frapat la aceasta comunitate a fost modul prietenos de abordare a oricarei situaţii.În timp ce am început să lucrez într-o organizaţie non profit,cu opt ani în urmă,am vizitat diverse site-uri.Toate păreau la fel,după un timp.Întradevăr oare vizita oaspeţilor de peste hotare in costume si cravate consta în aceea ca sa vadă agricultura locală, unde noi toţi am discutat despre situaţia disperată a…

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Added by Octavia Dimov on February 22, 2012 at 12:00am — 1 Comment

Damn, this broccoli makes me back!

I was providing interpreting service to Jean Louise on three functions of learning, transfer and sharing. On the way back home, I reflect why was this not easy. I was sweated and thought so hard to understand his words. His explanation on the three function meant nothing to me. Why? It was as I felt as translation not interpretation since it did not ring the bell.

Undertanding then revealed when he talk about our living organization and analogy of broccoli that has similar structure at it… Continue

Added by wiwin winarni on February 21, 2012 at 11:57am — 2 Comments

Are we human?

During the recent International SALT visit in Indonesia, we started the session by asking this question: Are we human? What doesn't mean to be human?"



Well, needless to say, it was very easy to answer the question. Words like patient, listening, compassion, forgiving, etc...etc... were being offered.



The next day after our visit to the Transgender community, I went back to my room and started to ponder about what is really the question. I felt the question probably is "… Continue

Added by Gloria on February 20, 2012 at 2:10pm — 7 Comments

Message/Сообщение from/от Ruqayyah Boyer

 

Well Rituu, I recently had some personal issues with my room mate and our troubles have been prolonged for some time now primarily because of miscommunication. So I swallowed my pride somewhat…

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Added by Maria Streletskaya on February 20, 2012 at 2:00am — No Comments

Почему Обмен между коммунами так важен? (THESIS WRITING ON COMMUNITY TRANSFER)

Обмен в коммунах означает делиться знаниями, идеями и опытом на пути к надежде, заботе, лидерству и обмену от сообщества к сообществу. Это также включает в себя обмен образами мышления и приближение ситуации к реальности для всех благодаря работе в группах и участию.

Меня зовут Юкеми Окон, я из Нигерии. Я принимаю активное участие в процессах коммуны, которые касаются ВИЧ/СПИДа. Я хочу, чтобы каждый из Вас присоединился ко мне, чтобы достучаться до местных коммун. Преследуя…

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Added by Nataly Kiritsa on February 18, 2012 at 5:01am — No Comments

Второй шанс на закрепление. (Second chance for fixing.)

На прошлой неделе мы, Джей Эл, Реббека, Лулу, Мустайн – друг из Сингауанк,Западная Кaлимантана, и я, посетили Манон Хайя в Западной части острова Ява. Джей Эл поделился впечатлениями об этом подрайоне и выразил свое восхищение красотой пейзажа, который простирался по одну стороны дороги, которой мы шли. На второй день я был фасилитатором одной части программы, под названием «Обдумывание». Я предложил всем ответить на вопрос: « О чем были Ваши мысли, когда Вы проснулись сегодня утром?» Что ж,…

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Added by Nataly Kiritsa on February 18, 2012 at 5:00am — No Comments

«За мир в любви, без дискриминации!» ("For the world to live in LOVE; don't discriminate")

Пришло время для тренинга под названием «Построение мечты» со стажерами Полицейской школы, где присутствовали две группы: No. 91 и No. 94. Из всей программы обучения два дня были выделены на упражнения, относящихся к ВИЧ и СПИДу. Визит команды СОЛТ, руководящей «Построением мечты» так же входил в программу двухдневной сессии. Но нельзя даже представить их настрой, полковой группы стажеров. К приходу в зал встречи, они уже собрались и  поприветствовали меня на введении словами « Доброе утро,…

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Added by Nataly Kiritsa on February 18, 2012 at 5:00am — No Comments

Организации IRR/CORDAID нанесли визит Эфиопским партнерам с целью поддержки. (IRR/CORDAID Support visit to Ethiopia Partners.)

«Созвездие» (The Constellation) имеет прекрасную возможность сотрудничать с партнерами IIRR/CORDAID в Эфиопии. Преследуется цель интегрирования Компетенции в отношении СПИДа в сообщество управляющее процессом снижения риска бедствия.

Мы находимся в середине нашего визита, который последовал за визитом в Кению и семинаром по начальной подготовке в 2009 году.

Первую неделю мы провели в Боране, где организация SOS оказала нам теплую встречу. Эта организация работает с пасторскими…

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Added by Nataly Kiritsa on February 18, 2012 at 4:55am — No Comments

Сила мечты (Power of dream)

Меня зовут Жан Пьермант Монтилья, я член организации «Причал для позитивного образа жизни». Я из Филиппин, наша организация работает с детьми, попавшими в сложные жизненные ситуации, такие как детская эксплуатация, детская проституция.

Мы верим в силу мечты. Мы много раз работали с детьми с улицы, и каждый раз сталкивались с отсутствием того стержня, который нам был нужен, чтобы изменить их поведение. Позднее мы решили…

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Added by Nataly Kiritsa on February 18, 2012 at 4:50am — No Comments

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