Community Engagement

Empowering communities to lead change

RAN recognises that lasting resilience depends on the meaningful participation and leadership of the communities most affected by development challenges.

Our community engagement efforts seek to prioritize the contextual and indigenous knowledge from the communities, their priorities and experiences at the centre of identifying problems, designing solutions and putting them into practice through locally-led solutions.

How it works

RAN facilitates processes that enable communities to:

AssessCommunities assess their own circumstances
IdentifyThey identify the opportunities open to them
DevelopThey develop locally owned solutions and put them into practice

Our community engagement portfolio

Where communities lead

Community immersion and co-creation

Using participatory approaches to understand local circumstances and develop solutions with communities.

Livelihoods and economic resilience

Supporting community-led strategies for youth livelihoods, economic empowerment and sustainable development.

Climate and disaster resilience

Strengthening community preparedness, risk communication and responses to environmental shocks and stresses.

Inclusive participation

Creating opportunities for women, young people, indigenous communities and other marginalised and most-at-risk groups to influence decisions affecting their lives.

Community communication and feedback

Using community radio and other communication channels to strengthen information sharing, early warning and two-way engagement.

Local capacity strengthening

Equipping community facilitators and local actors with practical skills to support locally led action.

Overall

RAN is committed to supporting communities to develop locally appropriate solutions to resilience challenges such as climate change, food insecurity and youth livelihoods, in a sustainable and responsible manner.

Climate change
Food insecurity
Youth livelihoods

In practice