For me the S for Stimulating in SALT reminds me of Appreciative Inquiry (AI): what (behavior, routine, way of working) is already going well (even if it happens irregularily or not so often), and how can we stimulate its occurrence to spread or increase?

A few days ago Ayan (former refugee from Somalia) and I were visiting a community of single men that live together temporarily in a housing facility that the local government provided for them, while waiting for their new, individual…

Dear friends 

Suwatland and Suwat has inspired me for 25 years now. Anu and I spent a few days in Suwatland recenty. Anu, who works with me on "Let's Reconnect" took a set of videos which we will share over the next few weeks. Here is what Anu wrote as an intro:

"The home of Suwat is the place where JL wrote “What Makes Us Human?”. In a way it’s very fitting because Suwat really helped JL to understand the AIDS situation in Thailand in the beginning of 2000s. For some…

Siobhan Marsh, a young professional from Generate Worldwide and based in Melbourne was visiting India with her students. She invited me to speak to her students on – how can young people engage mindfully in community building and development. For me this was a SALT visit to the group of youth about 16-18 years of age. I was not the expert. What could I do to learn from them and they could learn from each other?…

Before the start of SALT process in this community ( Village Kanara Beel, Bongaigaon - Assam/India) people's thinking was that immunization was for the benefits of the govt people's as it is their job in the related field and they used to get paid for it. But after the start of SALT in the community now the peoples are aware that this are for the benefits of themselves and…

Dear community, some time ago I posted my ideas about facilitating CLCP in really large groups. These were some of my experiences which might be helpful if you face that challenge: 

If you have 200 participants, I would aim to get at least 5 facilitators. 10 is even better.

- Brief well together the day before the event with these people. Prepare the room for both plenary (in a circle) as well as 5 or more groups with sufficient A4 paper, markers, flipchart…

Dear Constellation Friends

As certain as every morning’s sunrise

is our…

In current times, we use technology to remind us - our phones, google calendar and so on. In our project on immunization in Assam in a tiny village, people wanted to remember the date of next vaccination schedule of their babies. What did they do? Read on...

In Village Silamahikhati (Kamrup Rural) where facilitator VHAA- Deepak Nath…

On Sunday, December 3, a dozen of participants gathered for a special exploration day. Laurie, Célicia and Nathalie had drafted an invitation to slow down and to turn our attention inwards. To go and meet our deep 'self', the one radiating our being regardless of roles or labels.

The idea was born from our intuition that the community process is…

Vivre le SALT/PCCV avec des enfants.

(English version at the bottom) 

Au cours de l’année 2017, les facilitateurs de la Constellation interviennent dans une école primaire…

Open space notes: Global Learning Festival Uganda October 2017

Session facilitators: Anita Sheehan (Belgium) and Izzaty (Singapore

Translation from French into English courtesy Anita 

How to apply SALT in situations of emergency with elderly people and children being the most…

Greeting from Karachi,

I am delighted to share with you this poster that was displayed in World Hepatitis Summit this November. It highlights need for strengthening social arm through SALT approach in order to achieve goal of elimination by 2030.…

Every Child a V.I.P.!

Every school has them: students who know and care about the digital world. Smart schools know how best to use these students. For example, by inviting them to form an IT “help desk” for the school and teachers.

 In my daily work as an educational consultant and…

What do we have in common?

Before we (Nemo-group: Noemí, Amir, Birgitta and Margot) made our first SALT-visit we talked about what we would have in common with the people we were going to meet.

For me that is a very important ‘exercise’, because it takes me out of my head and brings me into my heart and feelings.

I like to share my experience about using the exercise ‘What do I have in common with’ in my everyday…

Séance en pléniere après réflexion avec les jeunes de RUTEGAMA…

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SALT ET LES JEUNES AU BURUNDI

Le Burundi est un pays en voie de développement. Dans notre pays beaucoup de jeunesont terminé leurs études mais vivent toujoursen situation de chômage ; il y en a ceux qui ont abandonnél’école et ceux qui n’ont pas eu le privilèged’être au banc de l’école. Ils…

Though Beatrice hails from Namisindwa District in the Eastern Region of Uganda, she is working and living presently at Masaka, in Central Uganda. Beatrice is a social worker working for the older persons in the organization called: Support the Elderly Persons (STEP), Uganda. 



Why Older Persons?

STEP is her own initiative. As there was…

'Why do we sit in a circle' was one of the first questions I was pondering and writing about after starting the SALT-course. In fact, there were more questions: 'How does hierarchy impact meetings?', 'How do rank differences show up in meetings?', 'What does a non-hierarchical setting means?', 'How do you create a non-hierarchical setting?', 'What will sitting in a circle do?'. These are my answers, based on my experiences in private and business situations. 

When hierarchy is…

Yesterday we did an exercise on story telling in a meeting with an informal network of former refugees that are building a future in the Netherlands. In fact, it is a loose network in the process of becoming a community, so we thought it would be a good idea to find a way where the members of this group get a chance to get to know each other better in a safe way, and also to get to know each other's strengths. 

Recognising your own strengths, helps you climb mountains and overcome…