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Finding ways to do things better, together


Learning

Learning is foundational to SALT Alliance, and is one of the key reasons for its existence. Learning happens in the following ways:
  • Expert learning where SALT Alliance Members meet together and receive training from an expert in a field where they need to increase their understanding and skills.
  • Peer to peer (horizontal) learning where a SALT Alliance Member shares expertise that they have or where Alliance Members share their experiences, struggles and successes related to a specific topic.
  • Community learning where SALT Alliance Members facilitate learning sessions with community groups in order to teach, learn and enable learning between community groups.

Previous learning topics
These include:
  • Working with change agents
  • Designing pathways to change (theories of change)
  • Defining and monitoring programme outcomes
  • Organisational gender policies
  • Contextualised bible study as a community development tool
  • Family Impact’s model of strengthening family through local church
  • Transformational advocacy
Current learning topics
SALT Members are currently exploring the following topics:
  • Sustainable family approaches
  • Integral mission
  • Leadership for community transformation
  • Building capacity of community groups
  • Research methods

Research

Formalised research is a relatively new area for SALT Alliance, but one which is set to increase. 

SALT Alliance sees that it has a role to play in bringing grassroots community understanding and knowledge into the development and academic arena. This is possible because of the position of Members as non-profit organisations working at a community level. 

All research is made freely available.

The challenges of widowhood in KZN

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TWR-SA recently completed a study on widows in five villages in rural KwaZulu-Natal. This research has clearly shown that widows are a vulnerable people group. 
THE reality of widowhood - TWR-SA STUDY (PDF)
Further to the TWR-SA study, SALT Alliance has developed a Research Toolkit that can be downloaded. This toolkit provides a research study (questionnaire), guidelines on disseminating the information gathered, material for reflection and discussion by the organisation/church with regards to widows, and the Biblical mandate to care for widows.  
WIdows - research Questionnaire  (.XLS)
SALT Alliance, and Alliance Member TWR-SA, have submitted a paper on "Shalom for Widows" and will present a workshop on this topic at Micah Global's Consultation in Peru in September 2015. 
Shalom for WIdows - white paper (PDF)

Working with community change agents 

SALT Alliance is in the process of drawing together their findings related to their work 2011 – 2015 with various types of community change agents – in school youth, older youth, church leaders and women. The are seeking to answer the question: "“What are factors that influence behaviour change and what is the role of change agents in these changes in behaviour?”


Jesus said: 

"The thief comes only in order to steal, kill, and destroy.

I have come in order that you might have life—life in all its fullness."

John 10:10,
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