We asked participants what they learned about community organizing and this is what people said…
“The essence of unveiling the power of the community in solving social issues. The power of public narrative as an effective tool of mobilization.” -James Kituzi
“The way to make things happen using the resources we have and achieve our goals.” -Jane Njeri
“Community organizing enables people to share ideas and come up with a concern that makes the community to identify its challenges and try to come up with solutions.” -Naomi K. Murigi
“Community organizing is a system of leadership where leaders working with people using available resources to expose power to bring desired change to the community.” -David Oyaga
“Coming together as a group will help our community understand the value of education and more children will be in school in our community.”
“Form of leadership that enables the community to turn its resources into power to make change.” -James Muoso
“There are resources available in the community which can be harnessed to affect change.” -Stephen Muturi
Those are just a few of the inspiring words from our participants. Each day we are encouraged by the work they are doing in their communities.