Jean-Louis Lamboray gave a series of seminars to social service students of the Potsdam University, inviting SALT-CLCP facilitators from Belgium, England, France, India, Kenya, Spain, Thailand, and The Netherlands: “An authentic learning community unfolded as we shared about SALT and CLCP, so we decided to continue. Join us!”

Bellow are the minutes of our first session about storytelling and SALT on Friday, the 5th of February.

With Celicia,…

I learned about this in a session on Saturday.

As Laura Simm described the story of the rose in her garden and what it means to her - I was overpowered by the emotions I felt. For one, I could feel the powerful bond she had with her grandmother; at the same time feeling a sense of loss that I had nothing similar to hold on to. It was a very visceral reaction - happiness and sadness at the same time. 

As we continued on the storytelling and relating journey - I was amazed at the…

Continuing on my journey, our session on Saturday was on story telling. We were thrilled to have MariJo and Laura Simms share their experiences of using story telling to add SALT to the CLCP. This journey seems to be awakening my creative instincts and here are my thoughts: 

What are stories?

Words and images

Ideas and thoughts

Experiences and feelings

Stories empower us

Connect us

With others and ourselves

We create…

It is very interesting and inspiring for me how Storytelling has become a trending topic within The Constellation community at different levels.

I discovered Storytelling some 20 years ago when I was trying to build confidence in myself and also to different women's groups around me (in particular, HIV+ women).

I had never thought of the importance of the stories my dad used to tell me when I was a child, but then, all of a sudden, as important things usually come into our…

Place of stories in SALT

Some learning about stories for SALT

Kausar SK

Telling and listening stories is not a new phenomenon. Story telling has been around forever, it seems. It is not difficult to recall stories heard during childhood. As adults too we hear stories and tell stories, but when do we start reflecting on them ? While like fish in water we live with stories, we stop being a fish in water when we start  thinking about them , and wonder what they do…

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1. Community based grain bank
2. Community based soap bank
3. Nutrition gardens

Since December 2020, I have joined a SALT training group which comprises of a group of wonderfully unique people.

These sessions are led by Rituu and Kausar Apa and have been a truly insightful journey so far. While I joined these sessions to learn about the SALT approach and how to engage and work with communities effectively, this experience has been so much more than that. Not only has it allowed me to interact and connect with a diverse group of individuals,…