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Learn what the Cluster Model is achieving.
Learn what the Cluster Model is achieving.
Learn what the Cluster Model is achieving.
Learn what the Cluster Model is achieving.


The Fight Against FGM - Lessons from Tanzania
Cluster Member VALERIAN MGANI works with the Association for the Termination of Female Genital Mutilation (ATFGM) in Tanzania’s Mara...
May 25, 20183 min read


Q+A: Dorothy, Mara Cluster
DOROTHY KAWIRA is a Palliative Care Nurse and the Mobiliser of Tanzania’s Mara Cluster. In this month’s profile, she tells us why the...
May 21, 20184 min read


What Forests Teach Us About Networks
As Arukah Network grows, we're thinking deeply about how good 'networking' can shape our future. Our co-leader ELIZABETH WAINWRIGHT has...
Apr 25, 20184 min read


Q+A: Robins, Kericho Cluster
Cluster Mobiliser. HIV Support Worker. Connector. ROBINS OCHIENG' ODIYO plays an important role in Kenya's Kericho County, and in the...
Apr 17, 20184 min read


“This Will Bear A Lot Of Fruit”
India’s new ‘North East’ Cluster will represent the isolated states of Nagaland and Assam. Dr. SEDEVI ANGAMI is the Director of a...
Mar 23, 20184 min read


Podcast: Zimbabwe's Friendship Bench
How can an elderly lady on a bench improve a community's wellbeing? In this episode of our How To Build Community podcast and radio show,...
Mar 19, 20182 min read


The Story of SALT
A good conversation can build relationships, trust and understanding. "SALT" is a way of helping good community conversations take place, in order to bring about transformation of that community. It is popular in our network, and so we asked one of its pioneers, IAN CAMPBELL, to explain its history, meaning and impact. How did SALT come about? It started in the late 1980s. I was Chief Medical Officer of a rural hospital in Zambia during the global HIV/AIDS crisis. It was a
Mar 12, 20185 min read


Walking with Communities
One month. 631 miles. 21 miles per day. In June, IAN CAMPBELL from Affirm Facilitators will attempt to walk the UK’s South West Coast...
Mar 12, 20184 min read


Inside a Cluster Launch
N was at the launch of India’s ‘North East’ Cluster last month. He’s a Professor of Public Health in Australia who has helped nurture...
Feb 26, 20185 min read


Q+A: Jake, UK Team
Our Communications Co-ordinator JAKE LLOYD tells Co-Leader Elizabeth about his passion for community and nature, his role with us, and...
Feb 23, 20185 min read


A Call For Your Wisdom
Want to support our work, and promote yours? Read on! You might have noticed the free introductory guides on our website. They help...
Feb 19, 20182 min read


Q+A: Madhu, Uttarakhand Cluster
When MADHU SINGH began a part-time volunteer role with Tibetan refugees in northern India in 1982, she had no idea what a key role she...
Feb 19, 20185 min read


Q+A: Daniel, Kericho Cluster
Cluster Member DANIEL RONOH runs an HIV programme at a youth centre in Kericho, Kenya. He’s been telling Jake how the Cluster makes his...
Jan 29, 20184 min read


Spiritual Growth in Uttarakhand
The Uttarakhand Cluster in India sometimes comes together for an intensive training session on a topic that is relevant to all of their...
Dec 4, 20174 min read


"We Are All Co-Founders"
At Arukah Network we’ve been thinking about leadership, and how healthy organisations and communities emerge and develop. In this...
Nov 28, 20176 min read


Linking Grassroots and Government in Sierra Leone
In Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health, DANIEL SARA TURAY is a National Co-ordinator for Community Health Workers. Here he tells us about...
Nov 20, 20176 min read


How To Be A Community Leader
Our Communications Co-ordinator JAKE LLOYD has been compiling wisdom from around our network and beyond, to try and find out what it...
Nov 6, 20174 min read


Breaking New Ground in Human Rights
In Tanzania, Mara Cluster Member OSTACK MLIGO has been making national headlines. He's bringing legal aid and human rights to communities...
Oct 18, 20175 min read


Diary From Pokot
The Kericho Cluster in Kenya is starting to have an impact beyond its county borders. Cluster member LINDA SALBEI recently visited a...
Oct 16, 20173 min read


The Language of Ideas and Change
Fresh from a trip to Freetown in Sierra Leone, where she met local people who are redefining both development and the country itself, our...
Sep 26, 20175 min read

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