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I have met many of you and still I am aware that I also haven't met many of you. Dutch competence just started up this year for real and we did a workshop SALT/CLCP in Holland.…

Een tafel vol kleurrijke snacks, van scones tot aardbeien en van Limburgse vlaaien tot Mexicaanse guacamole. Zo begon de workshop Discovering Dutch Competence in april in de Hub in Amsterdam.…

De Indische buurt in Amsterdam kreeg ruim vijf jaar geleden de twijfelachtig eer toebedeeld tot de 20 slechtste wijken van Nederland te horen. Criminaliteit, armoede, ellende joegen autochtone…

Comment la visite SALT peut profiter à celui ou celle qui la pratique ?

L’humilité dans son savoir-faire et son savoir-être

Permet d’aller au delà du diagnostic du problème,…

The short game: HIV and food security

Community development in Sub-Sahara Africa has been clouded by the emergency response mentality, which was exhibited in the knee jerk reaction…

Chers amis,

Le livre Qu'est-ce qui nous rend humains? sort aujourd'hui dans…

Since mid-May 2012, I was more in Sekadau. It’s about 7 hours trip by car from Pontianak, my hometown.



Last year, I chatted with a Pak Rasyid, 56 yo. He was an officer at the district…

I might sound philosophical when I share a story…

The practice of SALT takes courage: this is probably what stuck most in our minds when Rebecca and Joel, Gaston and Laurence, Nathalie and her son Thibault, Rebecca’s friend Eerin and I were…

Here is the dream from India competence Skype meeting held on  19^th January 2012…

Connections happen when individuals or a group make the effort to get connected with each other.

In the Community I’m working with, one resident reached out to two neighbours.  She (Mdm. A)…

CARE India, through SAKSHAM Grant Supplement project works with 42 Community Based Organizations (CBOs)/  NGOs implementing HIV Prevention programme with FSWs and MSMs in 7 districts of Andhra…

This is the story of John. He died recently in a village in what I think is the most beautiful part of my country, England. During his long life, John lived and worked in many places, but he died…

A colleague was relating to me his experience of accompanying a 10 year boy to visit his father at Changi Prison.  He was the chaperon but when he got to the prison, it was the boy who was showing…

Occasionally it's a good idea to look back and celebrate the achievements. In 2011 and 12, the Global Support Team has expanded. Today, more and more members of the Constellation from all around…

Global Learning Festival (GLF) was something I heard of during the World AI Conference in Ghent, Belgium in April 2012. It was through one of the very active delegates, Jan Somers by name, who was…

The 10th National Dialogue (Umushyikirano) is taking place today from 13 to 14 December 2012 at the Parliament.

This year's theme is…

One may either call it HIV, AIDS both or whatsoever as the degree of knowledge differs, for us the distinction does not matter. The undeniable fact is that it is there within us and continuously…

August 2011- Chiangmai, Thailand...Constellation’s Global Support team meeting is on, mid morning...with Jean Louis, Marlou, Gaston, Phil, Laurence We have faced the economic recession, are a bit…

I came across this quote today. It sums up quite nicely my philosophy on posting blogs:

"Do not tell me what to do, tell me…