How We Work

Our approach is simple. In cooperation with our global neighbors, we:

Select the areas where we work on the basis of need and opportunity.
Listen to what they have to say and what limits their success and establish a relationship of trust.
Help strengthen their capacity to identify, analyze and solve their own problems using locally available resources and the simplest tools to do the job.
Try new ideas on a small scale. Stay practical to generate early enthusiasm and success.
Help document the results and apply lessons learned to improve programs.
Reinforce their capacity to maintain and multiply results and ongoing problem-solving processes by forming new partnerships and by coordinating with additional villages and local organizations.
Widen program impact by documenting and sharing the results and processes with larger-scale organizations, villages, networks, coalitions and governments to influence policies and actions.