Je viens de terminer les séries d’atelier d’initiation à l’approche SALT. Des activités réalisées auprès des communautés dans les 11 régions, en collaboration avec l’Unicef Madagascar. Cela entre dans le cadre de la promotion des pratiques familiales essentielles et de la campagne de vaccination. A mon avis, l’apprentissage a été un succès. L’approche a été appréciée voire adoptée par les participants. Ils ont commencé à planifier des petites actions faisables. Mais ici, j’aimerais partager,…

Anita (from Brussels), Suse and I (from Amsterdam) started the Blended Learning programme approx. two months ago. We're really enjoying learning about SALT and moving through the motions of the CLCP. I've done the CLC Process twice before in a group, in a 3-day facilitators course, and I'm learning a lot of new things now. Personally I find it easier to…

Getting to know each other beyond our Terms of Reference and job description. 

I made use of SALT here, listening to their dreams and aspirations and concerns. The exercise seemed so simple - but at the end of the evening, we had a different perspective of each other. The activity was Stimulating, we got to Appreciate each other more, , And yes, we Listened to their concerns and aspirations. and continue with a Team we can Trust.…

During SALT training from 28^th to 30^th August 2016 we had a discussion on ‘listening’ in our organization in Jan Jagriti Kendra, Chhattisgarh.  47 including 19 women and 28 men all from age group of 22 to 57 years participated in the session.

I am sharing important points from the discussion through following questions:

• What was the situation?
• What was the action? What brought about a change?
• What was the change? What did we learn…

I have heard it said that "we are one nation - a human nation." By embracing this belief as a starting point in any connection made between individuals, the resulting dissolution of divisiveness enables true possibility to emerge.

This quote was shared through the Axiom News channels. Thank you Rituu for the invitation to share…

 The first CLCP facilitator's team in Tanzania. The team has 7 facilitators and not all of them appear on this photo. It was a great experience and as a social worker i enjoyed every move about the SALT visits.

This is a story from two creative people who are associated with Salvation Army UK and have expertise in video documentation- John Anscombe and Neil Maclnnes.  The blog captures their perspective as observers of SALT process in the community. Neil filmed the Glocon in the US. Neil on his return to the UK shared his experience with John. I happened to note their insights!…

NIHEZAGIRE Nathalie

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Racines de l’Espoir

Facilitatrice SALT

Projet d’accompagnement des jeunes ruraux de GIHETA et RUTEGAMA « Le café moteur de développement local au Burundi » financé par la Fondation Roi Baudouin.

Le projet a pour objectif de développer les talents, stimuler les compétences des 100 jeunes à entreprendre des projets qui répondent  à leurs aspirations et aux besoins de leurs proches et de la…

Good morning! I've been invited to share this blog post on listening, so here it is! I hope you enjoy it! I've also been asked by our dear colleague Rituu how I have used listening in my work. As someone dedicated to lifting up other people's stories, listening is absolutely core to my work. My intention is not just to listen for the facts, but the essence, the energy and the possibility in a person's story. I hope to share more about this in a coming blog post. In the meantime, be well!…

L’Institut indien de santé publique, Shillong (IIPH) et la Fondation de santé publique de l’Inde (PHFI), avec le soutien de l’Initiative internationale pour l’évaluation d’impact (3ie), mènent une étude sur comment le support des communautés locales peut aider à accroître la vaccination dans enfants en Inde. L’objectif de cette étude est d’évaluer l’impact d’une approche nouvelle en matière d’engagement communautaire face à un taux de vaccination qui stagne depuis les 5-6 dernières années.…

• Quelle est l’intention qui guide ce que nous faisons ?

Celle d'Influencer les politiques de développement par la redynamisation de l’auto prise en charge et la gestion communautaire du pouvoir de changement

• Qu’est-ce qui vous motive, personnellement, à contribuer à la Constellation? Où trouvez-vous votre énergie pour l'action, et à quoi avez-vous l’impression de contribuer de par votre implication?

C’est d’abord la fierté…

In Peterborough, Canada, we've had a really neat story come to life where some really life-giving, emergent citizen action has converged with the "system" (aka local government) in a really beautiful way. Here's a short story about how this has happened. Folks in this network may be especially interested in how the citizens group is gathering in a unique way and what that's generating: …

July 20, 2016 Durban, South Africa -  Get to Zero and Be a Hero Campaign showcased  at the 21st International AIDS Conference in Durban South Africa

Asia Society Young Leader John Piermont Montilla of southern Philippines showcases the Get to Zero and Be a Hero campaign on Human Trafficking, Illicit Drugs and AIDS at the Global Village Program of the 21st  International AIDS Conference held at the International Convention Center in Durban, South Africa.

The biennial…

I remember the words vividly "..happy couples make happy families, happy families make happy communities, happy communities make a happy nation and happy nations make a happy world.." of the song. But there is another saying "..a house is not a home.." When Le Pont du Tamarinier had the opportunity to support vulnerable / marginalized communities with houses, this was what it hoped for, making houses, homes. It dream created with support of SALT is "Equal opportunity for all peoples,…

Molenbeek, a Brussels municipality that has gained international attention for being of the most prolific  breeding grounds for jihadists.  There are many reasons and possible explanations for the genesis of this fact.  I will however, not go into the root causes for this situation.  Instead, what I’d like to focus on here is what citizens are doing to make…

The Indian Institute of Public Health, Shillong (IIPH) and the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) with support from the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) is undertaking a study involving community engagement approaches for increasing immunization coverage among children in India. The objective of the study is to assess the impact of a novel community engagement approach in improving immunization coverage rate which has remained stagnant over the last 5-6 years. For…

It really is quite amazing what a focus on deep listening can do to shift relationships, communities, and individuals. My colleague, Michelle Strutzenberger of Axiom News has a gentle presence which I have seen open hearts and minds through her work as a Generative Journalist. I had to share her wise words…

Amber was introduced to the ideas of Local Response and the SALT visit by the Constellation in November 2008. At the time, she had worked in the not-for-profit sector for 8 years and she thought that she had lots of experience of visits to communities.

‘We all came with good intentions—to…

Blog publié pour Valerie Wambersie …

As members of The Constellation we aim at making SALT a part of our behaviour. The ‘L’ in SALT stands for listening. But what do we listen for?  There are 3 things that we could listen for:

Listen for feelings:

As a volunteer on a suicide helpline, I am trained in ‘active listening’ where we listen to the feelings of the person who is on the call. The feeling of being acknowledged, listened to and understood is a precious gift that we ‘offer’ to our callers on…