Programme 02
Skills development
Skills that let people grow on their own strength.
We invest in skills so that people can build on their own strength. We start with the person, not the programme, and we show what is possible and how it grew.
Why it matters
Skills that communities carry forward.
A skill belongs to the person who has it. It travels with them, and it can be passed on. That makes skills one of the surest ways for people and communities to grow on their own strength.
We invest in skills so that people can build on what they already have, and so that communities can carry what they learn forward.
How we work
How we approach skills development.
Every programme follows the same principles. Here is how they show up in this one.
Compassionate
Start with the person
We begin with what a person wants to be able to do, not with a course we want to run.
Hopeful
Show what is possible
We show what is possible and how it grew, so that others can see the way and follow it.
Dignified
People shape what they learn
Help is offered as partnership: people have a say in what they learn, and how.
Rooted
Skills for local needs
Local people, local needs: skills are chosen to fit the place where they will be used.
What it looks like
Workshops, and hands learning and making
Skills are learned by doing. The work is set in workshops and practical spaces, where hands learn and make.
How we look at it
Three questions we ask of this work.
Means, dignity and flourishing: the same three questions we ask of everything we do.
01
Means
Do people have access to the skills they want to build?
02
Dignity
Do they shape what they learn, and how?
03
Flourishing
Can communities carry the skills forward on their own?
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