Everyone agrees that inclusion is hard, that reaching the poorest and most marginalised is difficult. The layers and reinforcing cycles of exclusion defy the conventional development project approach. Something else, something qualitatively different is needed.
Many organisations, large and small, are tackling the deep challenges of exclusion and coming up with creative, innovative and workable solutions that are putting into practice the policies and strategies that everyone is talking about.
This Barefoot Guide, written by 34 practitioners from 16 different countries on all continents makes many of these successful approaches and solutions more visible.
The purpose of this primer is to help us move to a shared understanding of power, so that all of us who are committed to social and gender justice can build our strategies from a more comprehensive, shared definition and analysis of power as it operates in society, regardless of our specific issues or socio-economic, political, and cultural contexts.
How to build an organisation with a soul.pdf
This guide offers a context for organisational sustainability that goes beyond financial and institutional structures and systems, to highlight how we need to address, reflect and nurture the heart of our visions and missions if our organisations are to thrive and survive.
"Today across the world, many activists are asking: ‘How can we create organisations with souls, where impassioned people go to work every day, inspired by working in an environment that increases both their well-being and productivity?’ Clearly activists are still hungry for knowledge and interested in learning from unconventional methods and organisational cultures that forge working in soulful organisations. If you are one of these people, we think you will love this guide.”
👉 This beautiful resource is a song, a story and a dialogue about the journey of building an organisation with a strong soul.
👉 It includes case studies from the field and the voices of people doing this work day in and day out.
👉 It identifies common challenges and strategies for overcoming them.
👉Interactive activities and thought exercises.
The guide is written by hope chigudu and Rudo Chigudu, two experienced and wise African feminists. 👏
Formulating and implementing purposeful people practices in Civil Society Organisations requires special thought and attention. As entities focused on social change, community participation and empowerment as fundamental focus areas, it is essential for CSOs to walk the talk. Inside their organisations, how people are hired, work together, build cultures, sustain energy and purpose must match their program intentions – whether it is to empower teachers in schools or create joyful classrooms, or make quality primary healthcare a right for all.