We would go from 10 am to 6:30 pm to take SALT Activity in the villages of Pirwadi, Vashi Nandwal, Kandgaon, and Kerli through Avani Organization. During this time we were able to meet y Anganwadi Sevaka, Gram Panchayat, and some women. But during this time we could not meet men or other people who are engaged in any job or business or farming. 

1. As a solution to…

Philip Forth describes, "A Knowledge Fair is an event is which people come together to learn and to share based on their experiences. The guiding principle is that all of have something to learn and that all of us have something to share. There are no experts."

I have been part of several learning festivals and Knowledge Fairs. I wrote a blog/compiled photos after almost all the events. 

“Knowledge Fair” was organized by Avani Organisation, Kolhapur with Global Fund for Children (GFC) support. Through Avani organization, work on salt is going on in the villages of Pirwadi, Vashi, Nandwal, Kandgaon, Kerli for the past two years. 

Knowledge Fair with communities was held on 21st May 2023. A few days after the event, I (Shahrukh) went to Vashi village…

Date : 13 April 2023

Avani Sanstha started SALT conversations in Vashi village for past one year. After SALT visits, we decided to invite community members for building their dream. Everyone was called to the Anganwadi center in Vashi village. In April 2023 about 17–18 people joined including Aangawadi workers and girls aged 11–16 years. We asked them to write what their dreams are about their village and about the children of the village.…

Village- Kithituni, Kenya

Date 27th April 2023



I met a group of 15 women who have formed a group called Baraka for a SALT conversation. This means blessings in my language. Women of different age groups formed a group by this name as they want to receive blessings. The group meets every Saturday. The group started as the women were not in good condition and wanted to help each other. They had a small amount of money. They share their food with…

Rural Aid works with Tea Garden communities in West Bengal and started using SALT more than a year ago. I asked the wonderful team the reason why those working with communities take so much time to understand and use SALT. Here is what they said- Very powerful and clear. Thank you Rural Aid team!

Reason…

A Challenge to teaching SALT

Kausar S Khan

Draft 1, 25^th March 2023

The essence of SALT is crystal clear. It is a strength focused approach, built on stimulation and appreciation of communities engaged with SALT. Listening is another key element of SALT, as it enables the SALT Facilitator to stay engaged with the community being engaged. What is learnt and what is transferred assists the SALT…

Kandgaon village builds its common dream for children & youth

Avani Team conducted several SALT conversations in the past few months in Village Kandgaon, Maharashtra, India. the project is supported by Global Fund for children.

On 4th April, the team invited the local elected leader, a female…

AVANI has been working with SALT in Washi village for the past one and a half years. But the young boys and men of the village did not meet. For this, we tried to communicate with them in different ways. But nothing happened.

Tried to meet through acquaintances in the village, and because of this, some meetings were conducted.

An opportunity to meet some Boys (Taruns) came…

I work with a RuralAid NGO. My work with support from Global Fund for children is in Alipurduar District, Kalchini block (state of West Bengal, India). We work in the tea gardens on the issue of trafficking and child labor.

A story of a 28th year old girl who welled up with tears after recognized her own strengths during the SALT visit.  …

Blaise Sedoh died on 22 February 2023.

I met Blaise for the first time on Sunday 26 October 2008 in Lomé, the capital of Togo at the offices of the Red Cross of Togo. We spent that afternoon talking about how the Red Cross in Togo were using Self-Assessment to address AIDS and malaria. Our plan was to spend a week travelling the length of Togo…

We have been conducting SALT visits with women and elders in the village on the issue of gender equality. However, it was difficult to involve men in the age group of 30 to 55 years.

They are the main power holders and decision makers in the family.

When men lead by example it can encourage their…

I am Prabakar. I am a counsellor, Therapist, am a mentor for counsellors in area of counselling in mental health (that includes sexual and reproduction health and trauma) based in Chennai, India.

I believe in Community life competence process (CLCP) and I also practice SALT. Mental health counsellors and professionals, we follow a lot of principles in our practice like warmth, genuineness, empathy, being non-judgmental, congruence and so on. SALT which is the life line of life…

Priyanka, who lives in Nandwal, has spent her days in hardship since her childhood because her mother died when she was young and her father remarried. Stepmother did not give Priyanka motherly love at all. She tormented and tortured Priyanka a lot. She did not give importance to her education either. Priyanka has a step-brother. Her stepmother gave more importance to her son's education than Priyanka . After 10th class, Priyanka…

It all started as we were expecting the second wave of Corona. Global Fund for Children (GFC) in connection with Delhi Solidarity Group did training on home-based care for different organizations helping communities to fight against the second wave. We (the Purnata team) were invited by GFC to participate in a Delhi Solidarity Group workshop.…

     A SALT activity was conducted with a family in the villages of Vashi through Avani Sanstha. The son of the family and his father were present for this SALT.

At first we introduced each other, then there was a discussion about the villages and various social events. Then started taking SALT. When I asked them to recall one good thing…

Hello everyone, my name is Ujana Minj from Rural Aid NGO work with support from Global Fund for Children is in Alipurduar District, Kalchini block (State of West Bengal, India). We work in the tea gardens on the issue of trafficking and child labour. During our SALT approach, I and my colleague Rati Lama have found that a group of women drive away a suspected trafficker from their tea garden     …

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A REPORT ON WIZARA SPECIAL SCHOOL

Wizara is a special school located in Kuria, Kenya. It was started back in the year 2009 as a reflection of the main school Wizara Primary School. After realizing that they were many students in the area living with disabilities and there where no schools that…

I visited many families in Vashi village for salt activity. When I met many people, I realized that no matter how good the financial situation of the house is. Village people have a slightly different way of thinking. They think a lot about society, relatives, if girls are taught more, they will get married late, then relatives, neighbors will criticize them, so even if girls are smart, they don't allow them to get higher education, they get them married as soon…