community participation

To effectively track progress and evaluate results of community-driven initiatives, funders and nonprofits must start by asking what success looks like from the community’s perspective.

From livelihoods to ecosystems, commons sustain much more than we see. Here's what economic valuations can do for their protection.

Disasters impact both humans and animals—but rescue efforts prioritise the former. Here’s how policy and community-based planning can bridge this gap.

The Morung education system, focused on community values and indigenous knowledge, is helping conserve Nagaland’s forests. Here’s how.

To navigate community engagement in politically sensitive areas, development practitioners must ground their work in humility, empathy, and an ability to listen.

Three women from Nizamuddin reflect on leading the same nonprofit that shaped their childhood, highlighting the power and challenges of community-led leadership.

Community radio remains an accessible media platform for underrepresented communities. It must be preserved, strengthened, and expanded.

In rural Nagaland, silk weavers have struck a deal with women in a neighbouring village to exchange castor leaves for silkworms, a prized local delicacy.

Faced with climate change, riverine communities are using memory maps, audio notes, and images to archive oral histories and traditional adaptation strategies.

Darren Walker, president of Ford Foundation, talks about the new era of philanthropy in India, centring communities, and the value of failure.