Episcopal Relief & Development has been using images to help teach and support communities for more than twelve years. Currently, it uses picture cards in fifteen countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America focusing on helping young children grow and learn, stopping and preventing violence against women and girls, improving nutrition and income sources, and preparing for climate-related and other disasters.
Safety and respect are key to ensuring community engagement. This is as true in rural Ghana where I work, as it is in most places in the world. Here are some tips that I have found helpful for the African context: Understand the cultural dynamics. It is important that...
Social change is a complex process and does not follow linear steps or procedures. And, it is not usually fast. Recently, I met some community members in rural areas of Ethiopia where many international and local NGOs have worked for a long time. I asked the community...