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February 2026
Life has a strange way of revealing its deepest stories in the most ordinary places. One such story unfolded while we were doing SALT conversation at a community, where we met an aunt whose life…
Blog A Mother’s Silent Sacrifice: A Story from the Goat Shed 6 Likes A Life of Courage, Resistance, and Unshakable HopeSome life stories don’t just inspire us they stay with us, quietly reshaping how we see strength, struggle, and purpose. This is the story of one such extraordinary woman whose journey left a deep…
Blog A Life of Courage, Resistance, and Unshakable Hope 4 Likes When Silence Breaks: A Story of Child Marriage, and the Power of SALT ConversationsThis blog is based on a real-life incident that emerged during a community-based SALT
conversation, conducted under the ARC Program by CWSN. The incident left a deep and lasting
impact not…
Today, in the Basa Line area of Bhatpara Tea Garden, an inspiring conversation emerged during a SALT session that touched my heart. Kokila Chhetri ji, a 45-year-old woman from a Self-Help Group…
Blog A Story of Values Emerging from the Tea Garden 2 Likes Recently we had a very nice and meaningful day in our office. The Safe Society Team and the Rural Aid Team came together and did a group SALT - session. It was not like a formal meeting. It felt natu… Recently we had a very nice and meaningful day in our office.…
In Jamuna Group, Sadia Khatun, inspired by Salt,…
Blog A story of a community transformed by play 2 Likes The future in the voices of childrenWhen we go to the community to do SALT, we often see children coming and going. Most of the time, children are seen moving here and there. However, when we go to the community and sit and talk…
Blog The future in the voices of children 1 Like The seeds of self reliance in the yard soil are planted with homemade organic fertilizer.With the help of Salter, Nahar Apa, a member of the…
Blog The seeds of self reliance in the yard soil are planted with homemade organic fertilizer. 5 Likes The story of standing up from within a room/একটি ঘরের ভিতর থেকে উঠে দাঁড়ানোর গল্পI am a facilitator with SSDC, Sundarbans India. After the introduction of the SALT approach, I tried to apply in my family.…
Blog The story of standing up from within a room/একটি ঘরের ভিতর থেকে উঠে দাঁড়ানোর গল্প 9 Likes “Healthy Staff, Strong Society”For the past two years, continuous work under the SALT process has been taking place in Washi village through the Avani organization. SALT conversations were held with people from all groups in…
Blog One Step Forward Towards Making the Dream Come True 1 Like A School of Experiences – Where Feelings Come TogetherShelakewadi is a small but very beautiful and warm village. As soon as you enter the village, you can see elderly men sitting calmly at every corner, while at some places they are busy in…
Blog A School of Experiences – Where Feelings Come Together 1 LikeJanuary 2026
For the last few days, I have been visiting young people, men, and elderly people in Nandwal village to understand the impact of the SALT and Masculinity discussions held there. Today, I visited…
Blog Masculinity, Expectations, and a Young Man’s Voice 3 Likes No one said the NGO would fulfil our dreamIt was a late winter afternoon when we arrived at the home of a woman in a village, Joka area of West Bengal, India where NGO Jeevika is facilitating a community-led process using the SALT…
Blog No one said the NGO would fulfil our dream 5 Likes Girls as engines of change in Kewdaha indigenous villageThis is a story of adolescent girls in village Kewdaha an indigenous/adivasi village in Bolpur, West Bengal, India, who have begun to shape the future of their village. After a series of intense…
Blog Girls as engines of change in Kewdaha indigenous village 5 Likes Changing the Mindset of Ordinary People through SALT Conversation. সল্ট কনভারসেশনের মাধ্যমে সাধারণ মানুষের মন–মানসিকতা পরিবর্তন। Dhurpati Bin is an ordinary woman from the Charbin Para…
My name is Sumita Bin, and I am a proud facilitator of…
For the past many days in Nandwal village, I have been meeting middle-aged men and engaging in SALT conversations on the subject of masculinity. These discussions are gradually becoming deeper.…
Blog Evolving Times and Masculinity 3 Likes My learning With Youth dialogue for CLCP in CommunitySubject - Community Meeting/Discussion
Date - 31/12/2025
Time - 12:00 PM
Duration - 120 minutes
Selected Issues - Masculinity and CLP
Topics Covered - Sharing the ARC,…
December 2025
“You will not understand this now. What worked in your time will not work anymore. We know more than you.”
Such statements are often casually made by the younger generation to the elderly. We…
Today, I visited some elderly people in Nandwal village. Along with a SALT activity, we discussed masculinity and the idea of forming an elderly men’s group. In reality, elderly people in rural…
Blog Old Values, New Direction: A Dialogue on SALT and Masculinity with the Elderly 3 Likes
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