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Starting and growing a community reflective space – the case of Mayuge Community House.

Delving into new forms of reflective grassroots community organizing and building. Introduction to Mayuge Community House: Mayuge Community House is as the title suggests a house located in Budhebera village/ward, in Mayuge Town Council, in the rural district of Mayuge in Easter Uganda. The house built between 2006 and 2007,… Read More »Starting and growing a community reflective space – the case of Mayuge Community House.

What has Sports got to do with it – Update on Mayuge Sports League

Mayuge Sports League Development and Sustainability Agenda 2023 Introduction: The RISE Mayuge Sports League is as of January 2023 a football (soccer) and Netball sports tournament running twice every year with each round lasting 6 months. The tournament involves eighteen sports teams including – twelve (12) football and six (6)… Read More »What has Sports got to do with it – Update on Mayuge Sports League

“TELL-TO-ACT” – a storytelling and protreptic dialogue concept

A concept to aid strategy and communication implementation in organizations and projects By Andrew Julius Bende – Daily Leader – Civil Connections – www.civilconnections.org With contributions from: Jesper Alstrøm – Director – SDG World – sdgworld.org Jens Larsen – Direct – True Friends Industries/Co-founder – True Storytelling Institute – https://truestorytelling.org/about/founders/… Read More »“TELL-TO-ACT” – a storytelling and protreptic dialogue concept

Decrypting the Sustainable Development Goals for youths – what is this all about?

Abstract: Over the next 20 months, we will be working with a group of 20 youths across Denmark and Norway and delve into everyday sustainability in their households and immediate communities, to build a more grounded/practical meaning to this otherwise widely used term. The best place to start we believe… Read More »Decrypting the Sustainable Development Goals for youths – what is this all about?

Child marriage in Morocco

Written by Project Soar Project Soar and Civil Connections are beginning working together on BIGGER, a movement that aims to close legal loopholes to child marriage in Morocco by 2025. But why is this such important work? This article lays out why child marriage is such a critical issue in… Read More »Child marriage in Morocco

HackYourFuture: Can coding offer a different path to integration in Denmark?

This article first featured on the blog of Crossing Borders in September 2020. HackYourFuture In my experience, charities are often seen as far removed from innovation, as fusty organisations preoccupied with the ills of society, putting a damper on the exciting progress being made in other sectors. Hack Your Future… Read More »HackYourFuture: Can coding offer a different path to integration in Denmark?

How to make sure your organization achieves its full potential in 2022

By Andrew Bende This article was first published on the organization Promentum’s website. In this article, I take you on a journey through my recent reading, and the points this gave to my search for more purposeful and sustainable leadership, organizations and teams. These are highlighted in four suggestions that… Read More »How to make sure your organization achieves its full potential in 2022