The Champion Community Initiative: Origins, Principles and Potential

The Champion Community Initiative grew from an idea piloted in Madagascar in the mid-1990s into a systematic approach to achieving development goals. It was developed by AED and has been applied in various countries to diverse health, environment, and education challenges. The approach involves program planners and communities in working together to select specific goals and supportive activities to be carried out in a defined frame of time (usually 6-9 months). Communities monitor their own progress towards achieving the goals. This document describes the basic principles of the Champion Community Initiative, different variations of the approach carried out in Madagascar, Ethiopia, and Jordan, and results achieved.

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