How We Learn

Most of our projects start as a trial. We try an idea with one community, see what happens, and then decide what to do next.

To decide, we ask the same questions every time. What worked? What did not, and why? What do we keep, change, or stop?

Some trials become long-running programmes, some merge into other work, and some stop.

We stop what is not working. Keeping a project alive only because it was started wastes time and money that could do more elsewhere.

A project that stops has not failed if it left something behind: people with new skills, a clearer picture of what the community needs, or proof of what not to try again.

Your project may not keep running after you leave. That is fine.

But leave behind what you learned: your notes, your data, your contacts, what worked, and what did not.

A clear record of what failed is as useful as a success.