We trust and believe in communities
We are a collective of consultants from the Global South who prioritise people- and community-led approaches in development and humanitarian settings.
We help each other with our assignments, and we regularly share learning with each other.
We don’t just do this for a living, we are deeply committed to seeing our own, and other communities, thrive.
Work examples & resources
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Research – Drawings in a “Container”: A Visual Narrative Approach to Research With Refugee Children (2024)
Written by Glynis Clacherty in Social Inclusion 2024 • Volume 12 • Article 8629.
Learning Videos – Marafa: A community keeping its children safe (2022)
Produced by Lucy Hillier for the Interagency Learning Initiative on community-based child protection and the Community Child Protection Exchange.
Research — Pathways of wellbeing and (un)belonging (2024)
Written by Glynis Clacherty, et al. for SIHMA Scalabrini Institute for Human Mobility in Africa.
Learning Videos – People-Driven Solutions (2024)
Produced by Lucy Hillier for the Institute for Development Studies (IDS).
Practical Guide – People-Driven Solutions (2024)
Written by Lucy Hillier for the Institute for Development Studies (IDS).
Research — Border towns and spaces of (in)visibility (2024)
Written by Dr Glynis Clacherty, Dr Rebecca Walker and James Clacherty for Scalabrini Institute for Human Mobility in Africa (SIHMA).
Research – Artbooks as witness of everyday resistance: Using art with displaced children living in Johannesburg, South Africa
Written by Glynis Clacherty in Global Studies of Childhood, 11(1), 7-20. (2021).
Programme Guidance – Moving Towards Community Ownership: A reflection workshop guide for programme teams working in child protection
Written by Glynis Clacherty and Lucy Hillier for War Child Holland and Save the Children (2023).
Practical Guidance – Participatory Approaches Using Creative Methods to Strengthen Community Engagement and Ownership
Written By Lucy Hillier and Glynis Clacherty for War Child Holland and Save the Children (2022).
Technical Briefs – EU Best Practice Project for children in migration in South Africa (2024)
Co-researched and written by Dr. Glynis Clacherty for UNICEF South Africa.
Technical assistance — Home-visiting Early Childhood Development Programme, Mozambique (2018)
A community-based ECD programme supported by CARE. Technical advisor, Dr. Glynis Clacherty. Please request report.
Learning Videos – Skills for facilitating community-led child protection (2019)
A collaboration by Glynis Clacherty and Lucy Hillier for the Community Child Protection Exchange.
Website – Community Child Protection Exchange
Produced and managed by Lucy Hillier, for Community Child Protection Exchange. Web development JP Du Preez.
Podcasts – What I’ve learned (2023)
Produced by Lucy Hillier for the Community Child Protection Exchange. Editing, original music, visuals: JP Du Preez.
PhotoVoice – Through Our Eyes (2013)
A collaboration between Glynis Clacherty and Lucy Hillier for RIATT-ESA.
For Children – Soul Buddyz Magazine
Written by Glynis Clacherty for Soul City Institute (2016). Please request a copy.
For Children – We want to be free – a book for teenagers about gender-based violence
Written by Glynis Clacherty for Soul City Institute (2016). Please request a copy.
Guidance – Empowering Girls facilitators manual
Written by Glynis Clacherty for REPSSI (2016).
Website – Supporting community-led protection (2018)
Produced and managed by Lucy Hillier. Web development Francois Smit. Written by Mike Wessells.
Book – The Suitcase Stories: Refugee children reclaim their identity (2006)
Written by Glynis Clacherty with the Suitcase Storytellers and Diane Welvering.
Policy Report – Regional seminar on children who cross borders in southern Africa, Johannesburg (2009)
Led by Lucy Hillier for Save the Children in South Africa.
Children’s Participation — Children’s participation in the regional seminar on children who cross borders in southern Africa (2009)
Led by Glynis Clacherty for Save the Children (2009)
Policy Report – Children on the move: Protecting unaccompanied migrant children in South Africa and the region (2007)
Written by Lucy Hillier for Save the Children in South Africa
Policy Edit — Let’s break silos now! Achieving disability-inclusive education in a post-COVID world
Edited by Lucy Hillier for Handicap International/Humanity&Inclusion (2020).
Evidence and Policy — Tell Me Even More! Learning more about perceptions and attitudes to sexuality education in eight countries in sub-Saharan Africa
Written by Lucy Hillier for Save the Children (2016).
For Children — Get help and stay safe – a guide for children on the move in South Africa
Written by Lucy Hillier for Save the Children South Africa (2015). Please request a copy.
Research — Sentebale Herder Programme Research Report (2023)
Written by Glynis Clacherty and James Clacherty for Sentebale, Lesotho. Please request a copy.
Resource Mobilisation and Partnership Strategy 2019-2023 UNICEF Lesotho (2019)
Written by Lucy Hillier for UNICEF Lesotho. Please request a copy.
Policy Brief — Children and youth orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV and AIDS in the Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Written By Lucy Hillier for RIATT-ESA (2012). Please request a copy.
Edit and Design — Breastfeeding pamphlets, Lesotho (2019)
Produced and edited by Lucy Hillier, design and lay out JP Du Preez, hand drawn illustrations by Alastair Findlay for UNICEF Lesotho. Please request copies.
Policy Brief — Children and older carers affected by HIV and AIDS (2012)
Written by Lucy Hillier for RIATT-ESA. Please request a copy.
