Our first meeting with the community of Chirougui was sublime. Our welcomers were surprised with our introduction ,so they also presented themselves with great simplicity. They seem surpris but pleased to be in such simplicity;

Yep we met our common point; Being a human being and that was our strength; it was just Magic. We were alL parents, passionate of sport and so on

Ours welcomers talked with such enthousiam about their jobs and motivations.The facilitators team was their…

 La présentation de notre équipe de facilitateurs sans les casquettes ont choqués plus d’un...les regards étaient figés mais émerveillés. Du coup ceux qui nous accueillaient se sont présentés  avec toute simplicité. le point commun était installé , nous sommes tous égaux , c'était magnifique, c'était l’humain au centre de la rencontre ,nous avions tous de points communs les unes et les autres: mère, père des enfants, passionné de sport et j'en passe.

Dans un enthousiasme ceux qui nous…

There are two homes in Mauritius, one for the elderly and one for the differently abled. The warm group of people are excited to be engaged in a SALTy way. They are a lively 'bunch' of people to working with (^_^). We meet on Mondays to do SALT and they look forward to Mondays they say. Today we did dream building, starting with the individual dream and finished with the…

Can fishermen and farmers become researchers? YOU BET!

From 2012 - 2015, in a partnership with CGIAR and the World Fish Centre, the Constellation shared SALT and CLCP with fishing and farming communities across 5 countries: Zambia, Solomon Islands, Phillippines, Bangladesh and Cambodia.

Our joint challenge was to incorporate SALT and CLCP with approach known as "Research in Development".

At the ground level, the initiative was an opportunity for local community…

When I entered the van, I scanned the group and was slightly shocked and disappointed. I saw him, someone I totally did not expect to be coming for the outing. “Oh no!”, “Why did he come?”, “How are we going to do this with him there?”, “What do I say?” “I don’t even know his name.” These thoughts were working inside of me and I was not sure how to feel about it or how to reconcile them.  He had long ‘rasta’ hair and wore those dark glasses that made me slightly uncomfortable in the past…

The Carre d’As community comprising of 14 families is one of three that Le Pont du Tamarinier works  with and the first with which SALT as a different way of working was engaged. Over the period of five months stimulation in terms of hopes and concerns to dream building and now action…

Depuis juin 2015 nous somme lancé dans une aventure humaine pour la santé communautaire à Mayotte. C'est à l’initiative de deux associations, Constellation et IREPS Mayotte, qui s’allient pour faciliter un programme régional de mobilisation communautaire autour de la santé, que débute un accompagnement à distance d'un pool  de futur facilitateurs de l'approche SALT à Mayotte.



Nous comptons à ce jour une dizaine de personnes de structures et professions différentes, rassemblées…

Eco Maluku realizes responsible tourism and volunteer work in partnership with residents, organizations and governments of the towns and villages in the Moluccas. We connect travelers and volunteers with host families and local projects such as "Teachers Go Abroad", "Haria Bersih", "…

A Woman moulding bricks (Pather) - Her day started at 5 AM and isn't likely to end before 8 PM. Not a toilet in sight, she has to sneak into the fields near by without the farmers noticing to answer the call of nature. With no labour records, her labour is neither recognized nor valued. Nearest access to clean drinking water is 8 Kms away. A member of her family has to cycle the distance to quench their thirst. She is never paid any wages. Since…

Sarah Mount from Anti-Slavery International invited me  to conduct a training for one of its partner NGOs, Jan Jagriti Kendra (JJK) based in Chhattisgarh (India). JJK works with communities who go to other states of India for work and end up being bonded labourers especially in brick lins.

In the learning event there were 40 participants including NGO staff, volunteers and community members.  JJK team noted that their challenge in working with communities was that community members…

L'équipe mondiale de soutien propose une théorie du changement pour la Constellation. Découvrez-la ici : https://sites.google.com/a/communitylifecompetence.org/theory-of-change-for-the-constellation/ (en anglais).

Successeur de l'approche du cadre logique, la théorie du changement associe les résultats aux activités en expliquant comment et pourquoi un changement…

The Global Support Team of proposes the Theory of Change for the Constellation. Find out here: https://sites.google.com/a/communitylifecompetence.org/theory-of-change-for-the-constellation/.

Successor to the Logical Framework approach, the Theory of Change links outcomes to activities to explain HOW and WHY a desired change comes about and aims to…

Conclusion

The staycation has since become an important milestone/reference point for this neighbourhood who now has a group of residents who regard themselves as the Caring Community who looks after the children in their neighbourhood. The Caring Community tell us that their neighbourhood has changed as the children have responded their guidance. They observed that the children greet the adults and…

1. Describe a desired outcome from your intervention and how you would go about trying to reach it.

Our desired outcome is a restorative climate in the neighbourhood and we adopt the following position overview: 

To nurture neighbourhoods that adopt a restorative problem-solving approach toward young offenders and families with multiple…

In the spirt of the strengths approach, we also borrow from the Appreciative Inquiry, Solution Focus  and Positive Deviance Schools.  Below are short notes about these schools compiled by David Shaked in his book Strength-Based Lean Six Sigma – Building positive and engaging business improvement that is published by Kogan Page Limited 2014.  Parts have been paraphrased in our own language.

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 Despite their seemingly negative view of the situation 12 mothers showed up at a meeting to explore how they may assist these children. We were pleased with the turnout and began by reiterating the purpose of the meeting. However, despite everyone nodding in understanding, it did not take long for the group to start complaining about the children in the manner they…

Just sharing an exercise we prepared for some social work students.  The first part is the challenge and the second , our suggestions and "answers." Thought you may find some of the concepts we took from a Six-Sigma Lean Management book useful.

Restorative Neighbourhood Project – Beyond Social Services, Singapore

Background

Beyond Social Services…