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March 2026
“I now have fewer expectations from others,” said Ashika from UNICON Nepal, where she works as a community facilitator.
When I asked if ARC (Addressing Root…
Blog The theory of expectations! 6 Likes Responsibility, Pride, and MasculinityThe relationship between a father and son is very unique. A hardworking father is always in front of his children’s eyes. Children usually see their father working all the time. After becoming a…
Blog Responsibility, Pride, and Masculinity 2 Likes From River Soil to Constructive Play : How Play-Based Learning is growing in the Bede Community, MunshiganjWhen children gather soil from the riverbank, shape it with their hands, and turn it into something meaningful, they are doing far more than playing. They are engaging in…
Blog From River Soil to Constructive Play : How Play-Based Learning is growing in the Bede Community, Munshiganj 2 Likes From Loss to Light: A Single Mother’s Journey of Courage and DeterminationAs a social mobilizer engaging with the community through SALT conversations, I had the privilege of meeting a 35-year-old woman living in a rented room in a neighborhood of Pokhara. What began as…
Blog From Loss to Light: A Single Mother’s Journey of Courage and Determination 5 Likes A dream of organic farming that started through a SALT discussionIn the morning, I visited Shelakewadi village. I went to different houses hoping to meet some farmers. After completing one SALT activity in a house, I went to the next house.
Anil Shelke…
Blog A dream of organic farming that started through a SALT discussion 3 Likes “From Closed Doors to Open Skies” Blog “From Closed Doors to Open Skies” 2 Likes Strength in Unity: A True Example of Teamwork at Suchana After the successful completion…
Childhood means different things to different people. For some, it is school bells, playground laughter, and bedtime stories. But for my elder uncle, childhood was something else entirely it was…
Blog From Barefoot Hills to Unbreakable Will: A Childhood life in Struggle 3 Likes “Learning to Be a Good Human Being: Our SALT Experience”February 2026
আজ আমি পাএ কমিউনিটির এক অনন্য মেয়ে সুচিত্রার সাহসের গল্প…
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 “Voices, Stories, and Strength: My SALT ReflectionHi everyone. I would like to share my salt…
Blog “Voices, Stories, and Strength: My SALT Reflection 5 Likes Care for each other & for other living speciesSanthals are one of the largest Adivasi (Indigenous) communities in India. In West Bengal, they are recognised as a Scheduled Tribe and are spread across several districts,…
Blog Care for each other & for other living species 4 Likes When I Meet the Ocean of ExperienceI am currently forming a group of elderly men who sit together at the village square in Shelakewadi. From the training I attended on masculinity, I understood that being a man is not easy. So my…
Blog When I Meet the Ocean of Experience 3 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…
I 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 A Mother’s Silent Sacrifice: A Story from the Goat ShedLife 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 Seeing Beyond the Label: A Lesson from the Field during SALTIt has been about two months since my team started working with the community through the SALT approach. During this period, I have encountered many different kinds of people each with their own…
Blog Seeing Beyond the Label: A Lesson from the Field during SALT 3 Likes What if communities hold more potential than we realize?The ABCD Festival 2026 in Goa created a space where around fifty people from Australia, Canada, India, and Sri Lanka came together to think about what it would really take to change the world. In…
Blog What if communities hold more potential than we realize? 8 Likes
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