DESIGN TO THE LOCAL CONTEXT

Designing aid and development programs that are technically sound is only half of the equation.

The other half is designing your program to fit the local context. That’s where we come in.

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OUR SERVICES

Helping you improve the impact of your aid and development work from the ground-up.

RESEARCH

Good project design happens when we bring together technical expertise with a strong understanding of the local context. Our research uses community-centred methodologies to explore, understand, and evaluate needs and opportunities from the local perspective. Giving you the information that you need to design and deliver a program that is fit to context.

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TRAINING

Our online and in-person courses are created for busy professionals, focusing on the organisational strategies, practical tools, and mindset that your team members can use to improve their community engagement across the project life-cycle. Training ranges from entry level, to practical support for community facilitators, to strategic support for managers and program designers.

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STRATEGY

Our community engagement strategy support takes you to the next level. Using our participatory, done-with-you approach, we work with your team via a series of workshops to benchmark existing practices, and develop a community engagement strategy that is specific to your work and community context.

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Previous projects

We have a strong track record in locally-led development. But we prefer to let our work speak for itself.