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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.


Podcast : The Story of SALT
In the mid-1980s, the AIDS epidemic posed a serious threat to the people and communities of Zambia. At the time, Dr Ian Campbell and his...
Jan 29, 20241 min read


Non Communicable Diseases: Keeping Ourselves and Communities Healthy
In a recent webinar, we focused on the global emerging threat of Non Communicable Diseases and what we can do to remain healthy in our...
Jan 26, 20242 min read


Driving Economic Development in Malawi: The Story of the Ekari Cluster.
The Ekari Cluster in Malawi was launched earlier this year. In a poverty stricken area with no access to farm markets, the members of the...
Dec 6, 20232 min read


Podcast: How a community can heal from conflict
3 years ago, a civil war broke out in the Tigray region in Ethiopia. Counsellor and Psychotherapist ELIAS OMER who helped provide mental...
Nov 24, 20232 min read


15 Years Strong: A celebration of unity and growth for the Uttarakhand Cluster
In 2008, 15 health care organisations came together to form the first Arukah Network Cluster in Uttarakhand, India. Their goal? To work...
Nov 20, 20232 min read


Insights from a Leadership Gathering in Nairobi, Kenya
In September 2023, seven Cluster leaders from across Africa met for a two day Strategic Leadership Gathering in Nairobi, Kenya. The goal...
Oct 18, 20233 min read


Podcast: How to make access to safe water more sustainable – Part 2
In our latest episode, GITA ROY, from Bangladesh, helped to establish a water treatment plant in her village that makes saltwater safe to...
Oct 9, 20232 min read


Podcast: How to make access to safe water more sustainable – Part 1
Water covers 71 per cent of the world, but one in every four people does not have reliable access to enough safe and affordable drinking...
Sep 15, 20232 min read


Meet Our New Network Coordinator!
Sarah Wilson is our new Network Coordinator! In this blog, she tells us about herself and how she will be supporting the growth of our...
Aug 30, 20232 min read


Arukah's Story: Reflections From A Co-founder.
Dr. Nick Henwood is Arukah Network’s Co-founder and has been a trustee since we registered as a charity. At the moment, he is moving on...
Aug 2, 20234 min read


Podcast: An Introduction To Orality
Before writing was developed, cultures passed along their traditions, history and identity verbally, through stories, proverbs, songs and...
Jul 31, 20231 min read


Podcast: How To Make Our Global Health System Fit For The Future
In this podcast episode, community leaders from India, Nepal, Nigeria and the UK share how local communities can work together to solve...
Jul 2, 20231 min read


How This Group is Strengthening Community Mental Health in India.
Recently, we were joined by Burans in our ‘Linking 2 Learn’ webinar. They shared how they are improving mental health in communities in...
Jun 14, 20232 min read


A Poem of Hope
Raj Kumar is a member of the Uttarakhand Cluster in India. After reading and hearing about the unfortunate cases of suicide among young...
Apr 5, 20231 min read


Podcast: The Fiftieth Episode!
Six years, 61 interviewees from 23 countries and now 50 episodes! In this special 50th episode of How To Build Community, Jake shares...
Mar 24, 20231 min read


Podcast: How To Support People Through Loss
Loss and grief affect all of us at some point in our lives. In this new episode of our How To Build Community podcast, Barnabé Anzaruni,...
Feb 20, 20232 min read


Three New Clusters!
This year, a local leader from The Democratic Republic of Congo reached out to Cluster Curator, Robins Odiyo. After a series of...
Dec 16, 20222 min read


Podcast: The Island Castaway
With her husband and two children, Rosemary Stephenson featured in the 2000 reality TV show, Castaway. Its aim: to see if 36 people could...
Dec 9, 20222 min read


Help Us to Amplify the Community's Own Solutions! It's More Urgent Than Ever.
Back in 2008, fifteen local health workers met together in a town in northern India for a three day meeting. They discussed the...
Nov 28, 20222 min read


Member Q+A, Nimoy, Chisekesi
Nimoy Gerry is the chairman of the Chisekesi Cluster in Zambia. In this Q+A, he tells us more about himself, the Cluster and his heart to...
Oct 12, 20222 min read

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