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We need to repeat this: communities are already designing brilliant solutions for themselves. They don't need us to show up with what we think they need. Our role is to sit beside them, amplify their innate design capacity, and help them build the specific tools that serve their own logic, using what we have learned over the years in different environments and mobilizing our network of skilled volunteers.

We act as practical partners in creation if you think you need the support. Here again, we think there's a need for local support as well as knowledge of what worked elsewhere, in similar setup and environement. These are some of the areas we have worked in:

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Governance & Civic Engagement

Such as Participatory Budgeting: Designing accessible processes for communities to decide how to allocate public funds, and Local Governance Tools: Developing transparent systems for tracking civic complaints, monitoring public service delivery, or communicating with local officials.

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Land, Housing & Infrastructure

For instance, Water & Sanitation Systems: Co-designing the management and maintenance structures for community-owned water points, rainwater harvesting, or sanitation systems.

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Economics & Livelihoods

We have designed Cooperatives & Producer Companies: Designing governance, financial management, and profit-sharing systems for worker- or producer-owned enterprises, Local Supply Chains: Designing logistics and transparent tracking systems for getting products from small producers to fair markets, or Community Savings & Loan Groups: Structuring rules, record-keeping, and trust-building mechanisms for informal finance groups.

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Knowledge, Culture& Technology

Such as Community Memory & Archives: Designing methods (digital or physical) to preserve and share oral histories, traditional practices, and cultural heritage, Community Media & Storytelling: Co-creating platforms and formats (radio, podcasting, print) for communities to tell their own stories.

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We have expereince working in Health advocacy with authorities and Designing community-based health initiatives.

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The common thread across all these domains is the shift in power: moving from a model where external experts design solutions for passive beneficiaries - who often do not even benefit, to one where communities are the primary architects of their own future, and facilitators like Yadra provide the specific tools and support to make those designs strong, durable, and real. There is a lot more to be done and a lot more that communities need support with, coming from individuals and organizations that are not consultancies or extractive international cooperation projects.

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If you're interested in sharing your skills pro-bono with those that would need them,  e-mail us so we can add you to our database! This is a technological tool we are woking on!

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