Subrata and I work as field facilitators with NGO Purnata in India on the issue of Trafficking.

One 27 September 2022, we decided to do a Discussion program through SALT method in Akharpur, Daspara , Basirhat, 24 North Pargana, West Bengal.

We often have meetings with adolescent girls but girls are shy and do not open up. They listen quietly to us. But through SALT process, we have changed our strategy to reduce talking ourselves and provide space to the community members to…

Through SALT, we got to learn a lot for own ourselves too. When we facilitate a salt conversation, the person talks to us openly, and he or she tells us something that has not been shared with anyone. The story is often very emotional. Every person has his or her own different story. Some also have tears in their eyes while narrating their…

In 2019, we started the Gender Equality project in schools and slum areas in Kolhapur. We decided to work on the issue of gender equality after consultation with Gov, We received Gender Equality training from ECF.  Then we started working with children in school. We used to conduct Gender Equality modules in schools. We found it easy to work in schools with children, but working in slum areas seemed a bit difficult.…

The Gender Equality program was conducted in schools by Avani Sanstha, but after that we realised that change will not happen if we just work with children, it is very important to work with their families as well, for this we adopted Community life competence process (CLCP) and SALT and started working in the…

"Ramotswa was the breeding ground for SALT and its inevitable spontaneous transfer in the South-East District and beyond.” Those of you who have read the successful series, Ladies no. 1 Detective Agency will be familiar with the name. So where is Ramotswa?

Ramotswa is a village 20 km from the Gabarone, the capital of Botswana. I am currently posted there as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Botswana. Peace Corps is a Global Volunteer Service Program of the US Government. I am…

Progressing from the envisioning session: https://aidscompetence.ning.com/profiles/blogs/building-climate-resilience-in-mainstay-whyaka-indigenous-village ....residence of Mainstay / Whyaka #CFLI were engaged in a three-day event specifically on climate change and shade house as one mitigation effort.

The initial…

This was shared by SALT facilitator, Baharul Islam, from C-NES, Assam on 28/12/2018



Re-self assessment of their dream by community group from Kerkhabari village of Bongaigaon district, Assam where it was seen that they were able to reach the target planned during the first phase of SALT intervention from…

The project with behaviour change approach rooted in community ownership took place in 2 phases between April 2017 and Feb 2020.A story from Village Kanara, Bongaigaon district which was carried out by Centre of North East Studies and Policy Research (C-NES) …

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It has been my pleasure to facilitate the online blended learning programme of The Constellation this August and September. Nicholas Walsh, Fariha Parvaiz and Céline Barriere, three participants from three different countries, background and age came together for the duration of seven online training sessions. Even though our time was limited,…

During one of our numerous virtual meetings with one of the grantees, we reached a point where we could not technically connect online with some community right holders who are far away from western Kenya. We hurriedly planned for a face to face meeting to be ready for the ‘global development of the practices’ meeting which was to take place the following week. Part of the preparation was devoted to work on our logistical requirements. After timely support from The Constellation through Link…

The Canada Fund for Local Initiative [CFLI] operated through the Canadian High Commission in Guyana is a top-down initiative intended to stimulate a bottom-up response of communities.  The REAL change however relies on how communities are stimulated to national and international commitment of provision of resources, human capital and financial. Herein lies the opportunity. How can communities, and in…

I am a Visiting Instructor of PhD Technology Management at SLSU Main Campus - Sogod, So. Leyte and Administrative Officer V at DOST Regional Office No.VIII. The office believes in the importance of the CLCP process in community development. The assistance given by our office to the community has an impact if we use CLCP as a tool in identifying the needs of the community.…

( Cho Naga for Foundation, Cameroon is a part of Constellation’s Go Girl multi-country project since April 2021 on engaging communities particularly girls in prevention of teenage pregnancies. Read more about the project https://the-constellation.org/go-girl/ ) https://cnfoundation.ch/

Doreen Bieri's team works…

Sir Ratan Tata, shares his insights on the way forward with communities in India. Hearing him I could not help feel that this is what the world needs, not only India. I took some notes. Watch the video from 4:02 mins- 3 mins of your time!

1. The worst thing you can do to a country is to give everyone a sense of dependency on an outside force. You have to create sustainability that is…

Contribution of SALT approach to address School drop out after COVID 

Hi, I am Ujana Minj, SALT facilitator from Rural Aid, Alipurduar District, West Bengal, India.

In the children's group meeting at Dima tea garden, I and my colleague Pancham and got to know about a school dropout case. The boy said that he is eager to study, but his parents are busy with work and are not able to meet the school authorities.

We decided to conduct a SALT home visit to…

Hi all, in this new episode of the How To Build Community podcast and radio show, we’ve gathered together a team of experts to provide a step-by-step guide to community-led advocacy.

JOANNA WATSON leads an international advocacy team for Tearfund in the UK, CHALWE NYIRENDA is a Social Accountability Adviser for Tearfund in Zambia, and MUNYARADZI MATARUSE works in advocacy for the International Fellowship of Zimbabwe.

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I attended  Global Insight Brown Bag in which three speakers Naama Raz-Yaseef, Ph.D., Carla…

In 2007, I represented my organization to join a workshop facilitated by AIDSCompetence. The SALT approach was introduced to us first hand and this was the start of my personal journey in working with PLHIV and prevention of HIV among children and youth.

Mithu and I work as field facilitators with NGO Purnata in India on the issue of Trafficking. One 23^rd June 2022, we decided to do awareness through SALT method in Akharpur, Para- Minidas, 24 North Pargana, West Bengal.

During the meeting, we encouraged the community members to sit in a circle and asked them what are the good things they have done in their life. Initially, the community members hesitated in sharing. They were laughing that what good could they have  done.…