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Action-orientedness, problem-solving as opposed to only theorizing or paying lip service; being practical; and that functional literacy is key to any developmental effort;
2.Down-to-earth and simple to understand; having a “street-sense†as opposed to very complicated ways of doing development work or things;
3.Working with as opposed to working for the communities especially women, children and youths; greater involvement of PLWHA; staying in the community and working with them;
4.Building the capacity of both CaRE-NGO, the communities we are working with and sister CBOs/NGOs by lifting others up as we are also climbing greater heights in our endeavors.
5.Small is beautiful as opposed to bogus projects; every one knows something and can add to the development process;
6.Sustainability of any development effort, community based activities/projects;
7.Networking with sister NGOs/CBOS and other stakeholders for greater impact and synergy;
8.Partnership, as opposed to being subservient to stakeholders;
9.A holistic approach to development; rather than the atomistic type because ‘development’ is encompassing and should be treated as such;
10.Excellence, professionalism, being innovative, adaptive/flexible and always learning in the process in our development work.
HOW WE OPERATE
Through the adoption of participatory and culturally sensitive methods in trainings/research/project planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation;
Resource center equipped with many audiovisuals, recent journals, training manuals and materials;
Utilization of Information, Education and Communication Materials;
Community mobilization and active participation/involvement of community members in all that we do;
Thrift/credit and cooperative activities;
Functional Literacy Classes;
Sourcing of development (al) information, best practices, and innovations through electronic and printed means for subsequent dissemination to partners;
Newsletter production and dissemination;
Networking and advocacy;
Consultancies;
Adolescent Youth Friendly Clinic/centre and vocational training;
Capacity building activities for grass root associations, CBOs/NGOs.