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Community Led Development

The most durable development work is designed with a community, not for one. We partner directly with local leadership to identify priorities and shape the projects that follow.

On the ground

  • Community priority setting workshops
  • Local leadership and committee formation
  • Participatory project design and monitoring
  • Handover and sustainability planning from day one

This participatory approach means residents help define what success looks like from the outset whether that's a water point, a savings group or a health outreach schedule so that what we build together is relevant, sustainable and culturally appropriate.

Community ownership is what allows a project to keep working long after a program officially ends. We measure our own success by how little a community continues to need us.