Un/Making CSC
Togetherness

Togetherness

Solidarity and togetherness within communities, and between communities and NGOs, working together for social change are expressed strongly in these metaphors.

A digital photograph of differently coloured pins that represents the idea that empowerment is like ants. Ants have the unique character of working in collaboration to build their homes and source food, and just like empowerment, it is always about collaboration to achieve a goal. It does not happen in a closed space but through participation.
Empowerment is like ants.
Sustainable (youth) development is a mountain. The mountain it is always there, and due to its nature it saves the community at large. With all the trees and rivers running through it, even the aquatic life benefits from the mountain. For sustainable development, it follows the same pattern because it is always there and because it is self-sustaining, it even bears more fruits for the community and even the surrounding. For instance, a community-based organization in Zomba, initially established by a hunger project and later handed over to the community for management, has become an enduring fixture within the community. This organization includes a maize mill that not only serves the local community but also extends its benefits to neighbouring areas. Moreover, the introduction of electricity associated with this project has provided additional advantages to the community and beyond. There is a library and communities around the area benefit addressing the challenge of lack of reading materials in the area.
Sustainable (youth) development is a mountain.
We have a good linkages with all the governments departments and other agencies working in the area. This is about cross learning between the departments. Representing the values, commitments of the organization. The chain is always in rotation. It also represents the teamwork of the team, who work closely together. We can also see how many of the meetings, most the communication, takes place in a circle. So there are different sizes of circles in our work.
We have a good linkages with all the governments departments and other agencies working in the area.
paper with pompoms and paperclips folded as a soundwave to represent a collective voice
Our media involves working with lots of different stakeholders.
A digital photo of differently coloured pipe cleaners twisted into a strand. This metaphor represents the idea that our approach has different strands, meaning different teams, different themes, which each look distinctive but all strands are working together. We are always flexible, changing and evolving, but maintaining connection, and maintaining the core.
Our approach has different strands, meaning different teams, different themes, which each look distinctive but all strands are working together.