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Our Approach

Collaborative.
Evidence-Based.
Results-Oriented.

From Listening to Learning. From Dialogue to Action.
We don't begin with solutions. We begin by understanding the context

From listening and learning to dialogue and action, Alliance for Rethinking takes a community-centered, evidence-informed, and partnership-driven approach to addressing complex social and development challenges. We combine research, lived experiences, community perspectives, faith engagement, and technical expertise to develop solutions that are inclusive, participatory, contextual, adaptive, and sustainable.

01 — LISTEN

Understand Before We Act

We begin by listening to communities, institutions and stakeholders.Through consultations, FGDs, KIIs, surveys, assessments and community engagement, we seek to understand:

  • What communities experience
  • What barriers they face
  • What resources already exist
  • Who influences decisions
  • What local institutions can contribute
  • Where opportunities for change exis
We believe effective solutions begin with listening.

02 — UNDERSTAND

Put Evidence at the Center

ARC combines quantitative and qualitative evidence to understand the problem and its wider context.
We use:

:

  • Research
  • Assessments
  • Surveys
  • FGDs
  • KIIs
  • Stakeholder
  • Mapping
  • Community Mapping
  • Data Analysis

Where appropriate, we also examine institutional, social and political factors that influence outcomes.

Evidence helps us move from assumptions to informed decisions.

03 — ENGAGE

Understand Before We Act

  • Bring the Right People Together
Bring the Right People Together
Bring the Right People Together
Complex challenges require collective solutions.
ARC brings together:
  • Communities
  • Faith Leaders
  • Government
  • Civil Society
  • Researchers
  • Young People
  • Development Partners
  • Local Institutions
Our role is often to create the space where these stakeholders can listen to one another, identify
common ground and work toward shared solutions.
ARC’s organizational concept specifically emphasizes a consensus-oriented platform that brings different
voices together around faith-based interventions and shared development goals.

04 — CO-DESIGN

Build Solutions With Communities

We believe communities should not simply receive solutions designed elsewhere.
ARC works with stakeholders to develop approaches that are:
  • Locally Relevant
  • Culturally Responsive
  • FaithSensitive
  • Gender-Responsive
  • Inclusive
  • Practical
Where faith actors are relevant to the issue, ARC integrates their knowledge and influence responsibly
into programme design and community engagement
  • Build Solutions With
    Communities
    We believe communities should not simply receive solutions designed elsewhere.
    ARC works with stakeholders to develop approaches that are:
    Locally Relevant
    Culturally Responsive
    Faith
    –
    Sensitive
    Gender
    –
    Responsive
    Inclusive
    Practical
    Where faith
    actors are relevant to the issue, ARC integrates their knowledge and influence responsibly
    into programme design and community engagement

05 — STRENGTHEN

Build People, Institutions & Systems

Sustainable change requires capacity.
ARC supports individuals
and institutions through:
  • Training
  • Workshops
  • Coaching
  • Institutional strengthening
  • Leadership development
  • Technical capacity building
  • Community structures
  • Health Management Committees
  • Faith-actor capacity building
  • Youth leadership development
We focus not only on delivering activities, but on strengthening the capacity of people and institutions to
continue creating impact

06 — IMPLEMENT

Turn Ideas Into Action

ARC supports practical implementation through:
  • Community Mobilization
  • Awareness & SBCC
  • Capacity Building
  • Faith Engagement
  • Dialogue & Advocacy
  • Field Activities
  • Partnership Development
  • Community-Based Initiatives
We work with partners to translate evidence and strategy into activities that can be implemented
effectively at community and institutional levels

07 — MEASURE

Track What Matters

We believe impact should be measurable.
ARC integrates monitoring, indicators and feedback mechanisms into programmes to assess:
 
  • Reach
  • Participation
  • Quality
  • Behavioural change
  • Institutional capacity
  • Outcomes
  • Community response
  • Lessons learned
Our experience includes monitoring 700+ KPIs and conducting baseline, mid term and endline
evaluations.

08 — LEARN & ADAPT

Turn Experience Into Better Practice

Learning is not an end-of project activity.
ARC uses evidence, community feedback, monitoring data and stakeholder reflection to continuously
improve programmes.
We ask:

  • What worked?
  • What did not?
  • Why?
  • What can be improved?
  • What can be adapted or scaled?
This allows ARC and its partners to remain responsive to changing
realities

Let's Rethink the Challenge Together

Every context is different. Every community has its own strengths, barriers and opportunities.
ARC works with partners to understand the challenge, bring the right voices together, generate evidence and develop practical pathways toward sus tainable change.

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