Are not our dreams meant to pull us out and forward through our 3Fs?

I heard many famous lines for the first time in my life in school, which I shall carry to my grave. One was when our NCC Navy lead fell out of step doing the semaphore flag signalling drill to welcome the Chief Guest to our School on NCC Day. Our Math’s Teacher in…

While coming to office in Kolhapur, a mentally ill woman who used to wander in Jaisingpur bus station premises for the past two months. This woman herself used to sing songs, beat herself up, destroy everything. But suddenly last night she had a fatal attack. Someone smashed a brick into her head. Bleeding profusely. The woman remained lying in the cold since night. In the morning people got a call from the bus station and informed that this woman should be taken for treatment soon.…

We started informing them about SALT. Shahrukh explained CLCP to them and then I discussed it. I tell them you think about your village's children and draw a picture of your dream belonging to your village children. You don’t think about questions like roads, water, electricity etc. Everyone was given time to think about this dream.…

When Rightsholder groups meet at the Asian Link and Learn Festival

A big circle with people from all generations, some wearing headsets, whispering in different languages and visible sign language going on. The silhouette of an empty human is on the floor. …

A short proud story from the life of 43 years old woman, she is Tea Garden worker at Bhatpara tea garden.

Hi everyone, I’m Nityam Ghosh. I work with Rural Aid NGO 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.…

I visited a family in Vashi village, first I started talking to a woman and her daughter in that house. The lady of this house Vaishali (name changed) wanted to educate a lot but her wish could not be completed. Before marriage Vaishali's father’s financial condition was good, but her parents were orthodox and traditional, though they had money but they did not teach their girl. Because at that…

I visited one family for SALT in Vashi Village, Kolhapur. Mother, father and their daughter were present in the family at that time.

We met them for the first time and introduced them to us and our work. After that I started taking SALT activity. In the family no one is more educated. Mother is only a 6th standard passed and Father is a 12th standard pass. The elder daughter goes to college while the younger son goes to school. When asked to recall a good…

I decided to take the SALT of one woman in vashi village. The name of that woman is sarika (name is changed) . When I went to her home That woman had come from her farm at that time. We introduced each other after I started the SALT.

A woman from a simple family. But after meeting her, it seemed from her speech that she could talk a lot, say a lot. I was asked about the one good thing she had done in her life. At that time he started telling without taking any…

we are taking SALT in vashi village. A couple of months ago the salt activity with the Anganwadi Sevika was done. After that it was decided to take SALT training there. In the beginning the day of salt was fixed, after that only a few questions were asked to Anganwadi Sevika. In which they were asked about the problems they faced while working in the Anganwadi then everyone told the problems.…

SALT activity was taken with men in Vashi village, Kolhapur, Maharashtra. 8 to 10 men were talking with me.

In the beginning, I went to them and asked them for a little time.

In the start, those people told about the village and about themselves, and then they told about their fields. After that, when I asked them to remember the good deeds done in their life. Everyone shared their story. in…

If someone asked you to uproot your life, move to an uninhabited island, spend a year there, with 30 strangers, to create a new community from scratch ... what would you say?

In this new episode of the How To Build Community show, I met someone who answered 'yes'.

t's a fascinating story from one of the earliest examples of reality tv, with some interesting lessons around how we build (or fail to build) communities...…

Hello, I am Kaushalya Agre working in Avani organization as a media person for Gender Equality project. My job is to document the work done under the Gender Equality Project. Today I am going to share with you my experience on documentation. I am very proud that I am doing documentation work for Avani Organization.

I think any person or…

As the name, ‘self-assessment’ implies a community assesses itself based on the vision it has created. In its effort to achieve its dream “Peaceful retirement and healthier lifestyle through a better education and from SMART work”  the indigenous trusted leaders of Mainstay / Whyaka identified the following practices that will ensure that they achieve their vision:…

It was decided to facilitate SALT with teenager children in Vashi village, Kolhapur district, India. Anganwadi workers also facilitated with me. In the beginning, everyone introduced themselves well. After that started a SALT conversation.

What I learned......

I facilitate SALT with everyone as…

With the experience from the recent COVID 19 pandemic, the growing cases of Tuberculosis in Uganda, the persistence of HIV and AIDS, it is becoming increasingly clear that Non-Communicable Diseases are already becoming the country's next epidemic.

However, not enough is being said and done about prevention of NCDs. Although a small proportion of health funding is available for NCDs, most of it is spent on treatment or setting infrastructure like Cancer centres. While this is essential…

Report by Clement Chacha and Margaret Musumbi

The African Albinism Network (AAN) is a Voice grantee for the Link and Learn project. The grantee aims to promote human rights advocacy the dignity and welfare of persons with albinism and their family. Standing Voice is AAN’s right holder which is based in Ukerewe Island in Lake Victoria. Standing Voice has established a training center named “Umoja Training Center”. The Umoja Training Centre (UTC) is a community space where…

SALT activity was done by Avani organization with Adolescent Girls in Vashi village in which Anganwadi workers and small children along with Adolescent Girls were also included.

Initially it was decided to play a small game with the adolescent girls. But along with…

SALT Activity was taken by Avni Sanstha with women in Vashi village, in which 7 women were involved.

 In the beginning, we introduced ourselves by asking name, mother's name and what everyone likes to eat. After asking the questions, everyone was a little flustered but happily introduced themselves. After a short conversation, we asked to…

Avani Sanstha conducted SALT activity with women in Vashi village, in which 10 women participated.

First of all, we all got our identity done, in which everyone told his name and about themselves. All the present women are used to work in the field and at home to earn their living. That's why I started SALT in a slightly different way. A short…

SALT के माध्यम से हमें अपने लिए भी बहुत कुछ सीखने को मिला। जब हम SALT की शुरुवात करते  हैं, तो वह व्यक्ति हमसे खुलकर बात करता है, और वह हमें कुछ ऐसा बताता है जिसे किसी के साथ साझा नहीं किया गया है। कहानी अक्सर बहुत भावुक कर देने वाली होती है। हर व्यक्ति की अपनी अलग कहानी होती है। कुछ अपनी कहानी सुनाते समय उनकी आंखों में आंसू भी आ जाते हैं क्योंकि यह उनके जीवन का बहुत ही मार्मिक क्षण होता है। उस एक घटना ने उनकी जिंदगी बदल दी। और इसके साथ ही…