Development from within

A course for students and practitioners of participatory development and sustainable social change.

A one-week residential retreat with Varun Vidyarthi of the Manavodaya Institute, Lucknow, India.
31 October to 7 November 2009, Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery, Langholm, Scotland

Varun Vidyarthi is a practitioner and teacher of global importance. The course presents a unique opportunity to develop your thinking and practice. This course is for you if you want to find answers to the following questions:

How can we break through to a new understanding of community – one in which action and participation outweigh rhetoric andgood intentions?
I have tried to work harder, longer and smarter – sometimes without discernible effect. How can I really maximise my effectiveness as a facilitator or manager or change agent)?

The programme will help participants take a step forward in consciousness and practice. In presenting lessons from Manavodaya’s work, Varun Vidyarthi will challenge each of us to change the way we live and work.

The programme will be of particular interest to those involved in Self-Directed Support.

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Varun Vidyarthi

As a specialist in participatory methods, Varun has served as a Consultant with international organisations like the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations and UNICEF. He is the Founder Director of Manavodaya, an institution recognised as a centre of excellence in people-based, self-help approaches to development. Varun has lectured extensively at institutions and universities across the world.

Varun and wife Amla, are known for their pioneering contribution to the self-help movement in North India. They have motivated and trained several thousand professionals serving the government, banks and other institutions in practical methods of dialogue, empowerment and self help. Varun is a member of several professional bodies including the Planning Commission of India : Working group on Microfinance and Gender.

In recent visits to the UK Varun has inspired hundreds of social work and community development professionals. In Control is exploring a partnership with Manavodaya.

See a video of Varun's presentation at the 2007 Community Solutions conference, London.