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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.


UK Communications Training, London
Coming to London on 7th February 2020: a day of communications training for all people and organisations that believe in community-led...
Nov 25, 20191 min read


Things I Know About… Addiction Recovery
TERESA KANGOGO from Kericho Cluster runs The Palm Tree Wellness Centre in Kenya - a residential addiction recovery centre for men. Most...
Nov 20, 20192 min read


Podcast: Lord Nigel Crisp and Co-Development
LORD NIGEL CRISP used to run one of the biggest organisations in the world: the UK's National Health Service. Since leaving the role, he has become a global health advocate in UK politics and around the world. In our latest How To Build Community podcast (which you can listen to above) he shares stories and lessons from his work. Here are some highlights. He began his career as a community worker. After graduating from university, Nigel worked in a deprived area of Liverpoo
Nov 14, 20193 min read


Things I Know About... Farming in Tanzania
MAJURA MAING from Tanzania’s Mara Cluster runs the Victoria Farming and Fishing Organisation - a group fighting hunger by helping local...
Nov 2, 20191 min read


Notes From A 'Wellcome' Workshop
Earlier this year we were awarded a small research grant by the Wellcome Centre for Cultures and Environments of Health (WCCEH). We'll be...
Nov 1, 20192 min read


Q+A: Imlibenla, North East Cluster
IMLIBENLA MONGRO is a mental health professional who lives in Dimapur in Nagaland, one of the four states that make up the North East...
Oct 23, 20194 min read


Podcast: Keeping Peace Through Community Radio
In 1999, SHEILA KATZMAN was asked by the UN to help develop a radio station to support peacekeeping efforts in Sierra Leone's civil war....
Oct 2, 20193 min read


5 Things I Know About... Disability
FELIX OMONDI is a Program Officer at the Lake Victoria Disability Centre (LVDC) in the Mara region of Tanzania. He is also a member of...
Sep 25, 20192 min read


Join Our New 'Cluster Coaching Calls'
Even though we're scattered all around the world, members of our network will soon be able to regularly connect for 'Cluster Coaching...
Sep 17, 20192 min read


5 Things I Know About... Spiritual Activism
In this podcast episode, we talk with one of the world's leading environmental campaigners, ALASTAIR MCINTOSH. Below are five highlights from our conversation about the challenges of climate change, the importance of building community, and how to become what he calls a 'spiritual activist'. Why his most famous community campaign succeeded... "In 1991 I became part of a small group trying to bring a small [Scottish] island - the Isle of Eigg - into community ownership. As we
Sep 6, 20192 min read


Arukah Network Radio Show Launch
In our How To Build Community podcast, we share stories of community-building from around the world. Our Communications Co-ordinator JAKE...
Sep 2, 20192 min read


Leadership Training in Bihar
In this video, find out why members of India's Bihar Cluster gathered together recently. And learn more about the Cluster here.
Aug 9, 20191 min read


A Cluster Response to a Changing Climate
A new Cluster project in Chisekesi, Zambia is responding to the impact of climate change and provide a reliable source of food for the...
Aug 7, 20191 min read


Uttarakhand Cluster's 5 Year Plan
Last year, India’s Uttarakhand Cluster celebrated its 10th anniversary. And last month, they held a meeting of their members to plan for...
Aug 7, 20192 min read


Five Things To Learn About... Storytelling
Our latest podcast Laura the Storyteller is an interview with award-winning storyteller LAURA SIMMS. Below are some highlights from the...
Jul 31, 20192 min read


Launching Rwanda Cluster
When HORMIS NDAGIJIMANA from Rwanda first heard about Arukah Network, he wanted to learn more. After travelling to join a recent Cluster...
Jul 25, 20192 min read


Things I Know About... Human Rights
OSTACK MLIGO is a human rights lawyer specialising in community legal aid in the town of Musoma, in the Mara region of Tanzania. He is...
Jul 22, 20192 min read


Mathews 'The Innovator' Monde
In 2016, Zambia’s Ministry of Health named MATHEWS MONDE one of its most innovative health workers. In this interview, he tells us why he...
Jul 17, 20195 min read


Things We Know About… Coaching A Local Football Team
This episode follows the successes of 18 year old SHARON CHEPKEMOI and her boys football team Galarc FC. Below are some highlights from...
Jul 3, 20192 min read


My Community: Kericho
DAN RONOH is one of our trustees and also runs a youth organisation in Kericho, Kenya. This is his introduction to the town in which he...
Jun 19, 20192 min read

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