Welcome to CENFACS’ Online Diary!
21 May 2025
Post No. 405
The Week’s Contents
• All in Development Stories Telling Serial 3: Stories of Reconfigure; Stories of Continuous Improvement and Adaptation (Starting from Wednesday 21/05/2025)
• Climate-conscious Impact Investing Strategies for Households
• Orphaned Children in Africa Are Searching for Support: Can You Help?
… And much more!
Key Messages
• All in Development Stories Telling Serial 3: Stories of Reconfigure; Stories of Continuous Improvement and Adaptation (Starting from Wednesday 21/05/2025)
After resetting and changing a system, our system of poverty reduction, there are stories to tell and share. In the case of Serial 3 of our All in Development Stories Telling Programme, these stories to tell and share are those of reconfigure (configuration), continuous improvement and adaptation.
Stories of Reconfiguration after resetting a system (or System Post-reset Stories of Reconfiguration) are the histories of rearranging the elements or settings of a poverty reduction system or life. Stories of Reconfigure after resetting a system (or System Post-reset Stories of Reconfigure) refer to the practice of using stories to document and learn from change processes. These stories illustrate what is working , not working, and how changes are being made.
Stories of Continuous Improvement after changing a system (or System Post-change Stories of Continuous Improvement) are the anecdotes of uninterrupted amelioration. They illustrate how individuals or organisations make incremental changes to processes, products, or their own skills, leading to significant improvements over time.
Stories of Adaptation after changing a system (or System Post-change Stories of Adaptation) are anecdotes of fitting into new circumstances and situations. Stories of System Adaptation showcase real-life examples of how systems, like our system of poverty reduction, adapt to changing environments or challenges. These stories often highlight successful planning, funding, implementation, and monitoring of adaptation solutions, aiming to inspire other to take action.
The above is the key message about this week’s two-story series. More details about Serial 3 can be found under the Main Development section of this post.
• Climate-conscious Impact Investing Strategies for Households (CCIIS4Hs)
CCIIS4Hs is the continuation of some of the climate elements of Climate-resilient Asset Building Programme for Households; programme which we ran in the last four weeks. The new impact investing strategies are all part of our aim to continuously empower households, particularly those making our community. These new strategies, which are included in our Financial Controls Project, take into account the elements of asset protection and Financial Resilience Programme for Households, which we ran last year at this time of the year.
To better understand these strategies, let us briefly explain the basic concepts revolving around them, then define CCIIS4Hs and provide the areas we have selected in order to work with households.
• • Basic Concepts Revolving around CCIIS4Hs
There are two basic concepts revolving around CCIIS4Hs that need explanation. They are climate consciousness and impact investing.
• • • What is climate consciousness?
Climate consciousness can be defined in many ways. According to ‘vivaglammagazine.com’ (1),
“Climate consciousness is a term referring to people’s awareness of the impacts of climate change on the environment and life. As such, those who are climate-conscious acknowledge the effects of climate change”.
This consciousness can be applied to the area of investment. From the perspective of climate investing, ‘ellevest.com’ (2) argues that climate consciousness is about environmentally having a portfolio that gives you a powerful way to invest for a cleaner planet by having organisations that meet standards for environmental stewardship while still seeking market returns.
So, this concept of climate consciousness is central to strategies that households, particularly those making our community, can follow to invest in a greener future.
• • • What is impact investing?
There are many ways of explaining impact investing. One way to do it has been given by ‘nerdwallet.com’ (3) which argues that
“Impact investing is an investing strategy that focuses on investing in companies that create measurable, positive change in the world in addition to generating a financial return. Impact investors often focus on a company or investment fund’s environmental, social and corporate governance (also known as ESG) impact”.
Household conscious impact investors would thus focus on a company or investment fund’s ESG impact. There are households that are aware of ESG criteria. For those households making our community that are unaware of it and may be interested in CCIIS4Hs, they can work with CENFACS under CCIIS4Hs.
• • What Is CCIIS4Hs?
CCIIS4Hs are processes of integrating ESG factors into household investment decisions, aiming to align investments with climate goals and long-term sustainability objectives. These strategies include prioritising investments in sectors and companies that contribute to low-carbon economy and mitigating climate risks.
From what we have just described what is CCIIS4Hs, CCIIS4Hs will focus on working with household impact investors to stay climate-conscious or to become more climate-conscious when impact investing. To do that, we are going to work with them on the following selected aspects of these strategies:
≈ Integrating ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) factors into household investment decisions
≈ Climate-resilient investments
≈ Climate-aligned portfolios
≈ Climate-related investment risks
≈ Perspectives in household investment decision-making processes.
These aspects will be looked at from the perspective of households since we are trying to work with them on climate consciousness and resilience in the way or methodology they follow to build their assets and invest. The following table provides the key dates and topics for work with them.
Let us kick off the first aspects of our CCIIS4Hs, which is Integrating ESG in Household Investing Strategy.
• • Climate-conscious Impact Investing Strategies for Households – In Focus from Wednesday 21/05/2025: Integrating ESG into Household Investing Strategy
To integrate ESG factors (like carbon footprint and carbon emissions) in household investing strategy or investment decisions, there is a need understand ESG.
• • • What is ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance)?
There are many interpretations within the sustainability literature about ESG criteria. One of them can be found on the website ‘theimpactinvestor.com’ (4) which states that
“The environmental criteria measure how a company’s business practices and initiatives respect the environment. The social criteria examine a company’s relationships with its suppliers, customers, employees , and community. The governance criteria measure a company’s leadership, audits, executive pay, shareholder rights, and internal controls”.
The website ‘theimpactinvestor.com’ adds that “ESG is an established set of standards that socially conscious investors measure to screen good investments”.
These elements of ESG need to be considered when climate-conscious households are planning and implementing their investing strategies or decisions. Those households that may be struggling to implement them can work with CENFACS.
• • • Working with households on Climate-conscious Impact Investing Strategies
Climate-conscious household impact investors would check ESG or socially responsive investing criteria to include them into their impact investing strategy. Likewise, their asset managers can also assist them in this matter. Those households that are struggling to include them and do not have asset managers for assistance can work with CENFACS.
For any queries and/or enquiries about Integrating ESG Factors into Household Investing Strategy as well as Climate-conscious Impact Investing Strategies for Households (including how to access these strategies), please do not hesitate to contact CENFACS.
• Orphaned Children in Africa Are Searching for Support: Can You Help?
The continuing poly-crisis events of recent years keep on making Africa a tougher place to survive for orphans and children in care. Their numbers and conditions speak for them.
According to ‘cafo.org’ (5),
“The estimated population of Double Orphans is 8.2 million for Sub-Saharan Africa… The population in institutional care in Sub-Saharan Africa is 650,000“.
Similarly, the Statistical Compendium about the State of African Children from UNICEF (6) reveals that
“The number of children in residential care between 2010 and 2023 was 68 for the total per 100,000 in African Union” (p.51)
Many of these orphaned children (aged between 1 to 17 years) are
~ exposed to illnesses (like typhoid, malaria, etc.)
~ lacking medical check-up and follow-up
~ out of school
~ homeless
~ neglected
~ briefly living under life-threatening and -destroying conditions.
Yet, it is possible to reduce orphan vulnerability and stop generational ramifications of the problems they face, whatever the causes of orphanhood and lack of parental care. These children desperately need help.
Can you help them? If yes, you can help…
~ improve the lives of orphaned children in Africa
~ provide essential resources like food, clothing, medical care, education and shelter
~ sponsor them by giving ongoing financial support for their education, healthcare, and emotional well-being.
You can even share the information on Africa’s orphans to encourage further support.
You can support the Orphaned Children in Africa who Need Lighting a Blaze of Hope.
You can Light up a Blaze of Hope for them.
You can also donate £5 or more since their needs are urgent and pressing.
With the current international aid cuts, there are critical funding gaps/shortfall in humanitarian response. Your donation, however small it may be, can help reduce these gaps.
Through this appeal and your support, CENFACS aims to reach the Orphaned Children in Africa.
These Orphaned Children in Africa need your life-saving and -sustaining humanitarian response right now.
Please help them!
To donate or light a blaze of hope, please get in touch with CENFACS.
Extra Messages
• Fundraising and Journaling Your Run to Reduce Poverty in Africa during This Event Season
• Mini Themed Workshop on Climate Finance and Poverty Reduction Finance
• Focus Group on Climate Finance and Poverty Reduction Finance
• Fundraising and Journaling Your Run to Reduce Poverty in Africa during This Event Season
Let us start with fundraising aspect of your Run Project, then writing aspect of it – its journal.
• • Introducing a Giving Feature in the Run Activity
For those who are running events in the context of Triple Value Initiative of ‘Run to Reduce Poverty in Africa in 2025’, they can use the opportunity of the event season to insert a giving feature in their Run activity. They can ask those who are involved in the run with them to support good causes, including CENFACS‘ noble and beautiful ones. This ask for support concerns both in-person and virtual runs.
• • • An Example on how to insert a fundraising feature
They can create a fundraising page by using the appropriate social media platform. Alternatively, they can talk to CENFACS for its online fundraising tools. They can share their story with friends, families and colleagues. They can encourage donations by setting a fundraising goal and update their page on a regular basis with progress updates and stories.
• • • Keeping Your Run Activity cost-effective with a fundraising feature
They can make their Run activity cost-effective with a fundraising feature while running with or without others. Making their Run activity cost-effective is about achieving results in the most economical way. It means that the resources they will use to produce any given results from their Run activity are at the lowest possible cost.
• • • Evaluating your fundraising drive
Once the fundraising element has been inserted, it is wise to evaluate their fundraising drive. To evaluate it, they can proceed with the evaluation steps suggested by ‘classy.org’ (7), steps which include analysis of fundraising data, tracking of numbers and performance, staying focused on the mission of their Run project, evaluation of fundraising results and to be forward thinking.
However, they must remember that the aim of the CENFACS’ Run to Reduce Poverty in Africa is to select or find the African best runner of poverty reduction in 2025, rather than raising money.
• • • Having problems in installing or inserting a fundraising feature
For those who may be having or are experiencing some problems in installing or inserting a fundraising feature in their runs, there are resources both online and in print on how to organise a fundraising event for a Run Project. Amongst the resources is the one provided by ‘donorbox.org’ (8). It is worthwhile looking at this resource as it provides eight steps to realise your fundraising event.
For those who would like to involve or talk to CENFACS about their Run Project, they can speak to CENFACS.
• • Journaling the Run Project
They can as well journal and develop a story about their Run activity. To do that, they can proceed with the following:
~ Track their Runs
~ Use running apps or journals to log their distance, time and pace
~ Reflect on their journey by writing about their experiences, and successes
~ Share their journey by posting photos, videos, and updates on social media to inspire others
~ Connect with others by joining online communities or forums for runners who are fundraising for similar causes.
They can share the contents of their journal and story of run with us and others.
Journaling their Run Project can have benefits. To get those benefits, one needs to have a goal and plan activities/achievements.
• • • Benefits of journaling your Run Project
The journal will help you to capture the moments of your Run Project via expressive writing and story. It can have other benefits such as setting goals, tracking or measuring their progress on Run Project, recording and celebrating achievements and gaining both general and specific perspectives of your Run Project. They can even show their style and express their feeling or character through their writing. Another good thing of journaling their Run Project is that it makes things easy when it comes to report to CENFACS and others before the deadline of 23 December 2025.
• • • Journaling the goal of Run Project
The goal is basically to explore and enrich one’s Run Project through creative writing. This goal does not stop users of Run Project to have their own journaling goal. Besides their journaling goal, they need to add what their journal can help achieve.
• • • What one’s Journal of Run Project can achieve
It can achieve many things including the following:
∝ Solve problems encountered in the cycle of your Run Project
∝ Enhance one’s health and wellness via Run Project
∝ Improve Run Project outcomes.
For those who are undertaking a Run Project and would like to write a journal about their activity, they can do it. There are many online and print resources available on the matter. Please select resources that are concise and have some links with your Run Project.
For those who would like to approach CENFACS for help and support to write a Journal of Run Project or to select appropriate resources, they are welcome to do so.
Briefly, people can effectively fundraise for poverty reduction by implementing a Run Project, while documenting their running journey and inspiring others to join the cause.
To discuss your progress regarding your Run Project, the fundraising feature and Journal of your Run Project or any other issues relating to All Year Round Projects (Triple Value Initiatives), please do not hesitate to contact CENFACS.
• Mini Themed Workshop on Climate Finance and Poverty Reduction Finance
To introduce this workshop, let us define it, provide its aim, key aspects and the areas it will cover.
• • What Is Mini Themed Workshop on Climate Finance and Poverty Reduction Finance?
It is a training or learning event that focuses on how to mobilise, manage, and utilise funding to address both climate change and poverty.
• • What Is the Aim of Mini Themed Workshop on Climate Finance and Poverty Reduction Finance?
The workshop aims at supporting those without or with less information and knowledge about climate finance and poverty reduction finance . It aims to educate participants about climate finance mechanisms, sustainable finance principles, and how to integrate poverty reduction considerations into climate-resilient projects and investments.
• • Key Aspects of the Workshop
Key aspects of the workshop will include the following points:
~ understanding climate finance
~ sustainable finance principles
~ integrating poverty reduction
~capacity building
~ networking and collaboration.
• • Areas to Be Covered by the Workshop
The workshop will cover the areas below:
~ climate finance development
~ addressing climate finance and poverty
~ climate-resilient development
~ sustainable finance
~ green economy
~ and disaster risk financing.
Those who need an in-depth climate finance skills training assessment are also welcome. The workshop will provide recommendations for actions with options and opportunities for the participants.
To enquire about the workshop, please contact CENFACS.
• Focus Group on Climate Finance and Poverty Reduction Finance
To help those who would like to participate in this focus group, let us say what is about and how it will help participants.
• • What Is This Focus Group about?
This is a qualitative research method to be used to explore how people perceive the relationship between the two topics (that is, climate finance and poverty reduction finance). The focus group will bring together a small group of individuals (between 6 and 10) making the CENFACS Community to discuss their ideas, experiences, and perspectives on how climate finance can be used to reduce poverty.
• • How Helpful This Focus Group Will Be
The focus group will help
~ understand needs
~ inform policy
~ promote ownership
~ identify barriers
~ and test new ideas about climate finance and poverty reduction finance.
To take part in the focus group, group that will use deliberative practice strategies, please contact CENFACS.
Message in French (Message en français)
• Activité/Tâche 5 de l’Année/Projet de Restauration (R) : Raconter et Partager des Histoires de Restauration pour la Réduction de la Pauvreté
La cinquième activité/tâche du projet “R” concerne le partage avec ceux ou celles qui en ont besoin de quelques histoires inspirantes sur la restauration. Mais qu’est-ce qu’une histoire de restauration ?
• • Brève explication de l’histoire de la restauration
Une histoire de restauration peut faire référence à plusieurs concepts liés, tels que les suivants :
a) la structure narrative des récits où un héros surmonte le désordre et rétablit l’ordre ;
b) le récit d’histoires personnelles à la lumière d’un récit plus large de restauration, souvent dans un contexte religieux ou spirituel ; et
c) des histoires mettant en avant les expériences et les résultats concrets des projets de restauration écologique.
Les concepts de récit de restauration mentionnés ci-dessus peuvent être racontés et partagés comme moyen d’achever l’Activité/Tâche 5 du Projet/Année de Restauration (R).
• • Raconter et partager votre récit de restauration pour la réduction de la pauvreté
On peut raconter et partager ses expériences, succès et défis des projets ou activités de restauration écologique réelle pour inspirer des efforts de réduction de la pauvreté. Ces expériences, succès et défis peuvent être complets, de la conception à la surveillance post-restauration. D’autres peuvent être plus analytiques.
Par exemple, le site web ‘eauk.org’ (9) présente l’Histoire de Restauration de Tearfund, qui est un film racontant des histoires de chrétien(ne)s du monde entier qui s’unissent pour lutter contre la pauvreté, l’inégalité et le changement climatique – en vivant différemment, en priant et en s’exprimant.
Ainsi, l’Activité/Tâche 5 de l’Année/Projet de Restauration (R) consiste à Raconter et Partager Votre Histoire de Restauration pour la Réduction de la Pauvreté.
Pour ceux ou celles qui ont besoin d’aide avant de se lancer dans cette activité/tâche, ils/elles peuvent s’adresser à CENFACS. Pour toute autre question concernant le projet ‘R‘ et la dédicace de cette année, veuillez également contacter le CENFACS.
Main Development
• All in Development Stories Telling Serial 3: Stories of Reconfigure; Stories of Continuous Improvement and Adaptation (Starting from Wednesday 21/05/2025)
The following items made up Serial 3 of our All in Development Stories Telling Programme and Series:
σ Key Storytelling Concepts Used in This Serial 3
σ Stories of Reconfigure after Resetting a System; Stories of Continuous Improvement and Adaptation after Changing a System
σ Relationships between Stories Making Serial 3 and Poverty Reduction
σ Incorporating Visual Aids into Your Storytelling
σ Working with the Community on Stories of Reconfigure, and Stories of Continuous Improvement and Adaptation
σ Supporting CENFACS Community Members through Stories of Reconfigure, and Stories of Continuous Improvement and Adaptation.
Let us look at each of these items.
• • Key Storytelling Concepts Used in This Serial 3
There are four main concepts involved in this Serial 3: reconfiguration/reconfigure, continuous improvement and adaptation. Let us briefly explain them.
• • • Reconfiguration and Reconfigure
Concerning reconfiguration, the website ‘bursahaga.com’ (10) explains that
“Reconfiguration refers to the process of modifying an existing system, structure, or product to improve its performance, functionality, or design”.
Regarding reconfigure, ‘dictionary.cambridge.org’ (11) states that
“Reconfigure is to arrange or put together something in a new or different way”.
Both reconfiguration and reconfigure we are talking about will happen after resetting a system, in particular our system of poverty reduction. These two concepts will help to generate stories of reconfiguration or reconfigure after resetting a system, our system of poverty reduction.
• • • Continuous Improvement
Continuous improvement can be perceived in many ways.
The website ‘coursera.org’ (12) explains that
“Continuous improvement is a process aimed at consistently enhancing performances and refining methods within individuals and organisations. It involves a commitment to ongoing growth and innovation, fostering a mindset that embraces change and learns from mistakes”.
The website ‘provalet.io’ (13) takes a slightly a different position by speaking about continuous improvement post-implementation which it defines as
“The ongoing process of refining systems, tools and strategies after a project rollout. It involves analysing performance data, identifying inefficiencies and making small incremental changes to enhance productivity, reduce costs, and maintain competitiveness”.
Depending on the perspective used, continuous improvement can provide stories after a system has been changed.
• • • Continuous Adaptation
Before looking at continuous adaptation, let us first explain adaptability. The website ‘reverseoptimism.com’ (14) states that
“Adaptability is your capacity to adjust to new conditions and environments with ease”.
From this perspective, adaptability can be defined at personal and professional levels.
Continuous adaptation can be approached from many angles. One way of approaching it is given by ‘evolv.ai’ (15) which argues that
“Continuous adaptation describes an autonomous process of adapting to changing variables without having to stop and restart an experiment. The process optimizes towards the top performing combinations and aims to improve the quality of outcomes”.
Like reconfiguration and reconfigure, both adaptability and continuous adaptation can be associated with stories in the context of Serial 3. Let us summarise these stories.
• • Stories of Reconfigure after Resetting a System; Stories of Continuous Improvement and Adaptation after Changing a System
• • • Stories of Reconfigure after Resetting a System
Stories of Reconfiguration after resetting a system (or System Post-rest Stories of Reconfiguration) are the histories of rearranging the elements or settings of a poverty reduction system or life. System Post-reset Stories of Reconfigure refer to the practice of using stories to document and learn from change processes. These stories illustrate what is working , not working, and how changes are being made.
In terms of our system of poverty reduction, Stories of Reconfigure after Resetting a System (or System Post-reset Stories of Reconfigure) are those of
~ modifying a system and adapting the system to changing circumstances
~ making adjustments to poverty reduction systems and processes without having to start from scratch
~ improving the performance and efficiency of our system of poverty reduction
~ ameliorating the functionality and efficiency of our poverty reduction system
~ reducing errors and mistakes
~ enhancing performance and productivity
~ adapting to changing needs or circumstances
~ continuous monitoring and adjustments to ensure optimal performance of a system
etc.
If you are a member of our community and have this type of story, please do not hesitate to tell and share your story with CENFACS. If you are not our member, you can still submit your story.
To donate, tell and share your storying gift of Stories of Reconfigure after resetting a system (or System Post-reset Stories of Reconfigure), please contact CENFACS.
• • • Stories of Continuous Improvement and Adaptation after Changing a System
Stories of Continuous Improvement after changing a system (or System Post-change Stories of Continuous Improvement) are the anecdotes of uninterrupted amelioration. They illustrate how individuals or organisations make incremental changes to processes, products, or their own skills, leading to significant improvements over time.
In terms of our system of poverty reduction, these stories are those of
~ identifying bottlenecks to our system of poverty reduction
~ maintaining momentum
~ leveraging tools
~ feedback loops
~ performance metrics
~ refining processes
~ enhancing efficiency of our system of poverty reduction
etc.
If you are a member of our community and have this type of story, please do not hesitate to tell and share your story with CENFACS. If you are not our member, you can still submit your story.
To donate, tell and share your storying gift of Stories of Continuous Improvement after changing a system (or System Post-change Stories of Continuous Improvement), please contact CENFACS.
• • • Stories of Continuous Adaptation after Changing a System
Stories of Adaptation after changing a system (System Post-change Stories of Adaptation) are anecdotes of fitting into new circumstances and situations. Stories of System Adaptation showcase real-life examples of how systems, like our system of poverty reduction, adapt to changing environments or challenges. These stories often highlight successful planning, funding, implementation, and monitoring of adaptation solutions, aiming to inspire other to take action.
These stories of adaptation should not be confused with literary adaptation (that is, the process of retelling or recreating a story from one medium to another) or story adaptation (which refers to any situation where a story is changed or adapted to suit a context, audience, or medium). They should not also be confused with adapted stories in the context of adaptive story cycle where the storyteller tells the tale, the storyteller is dead an audience member adapts the tale and the new storyteller tells the adapted tale.
However, there could be stories of adaptation in climate change, meaning that the real-life examples of local actions and good practices of dealing with the impacts of climate change or the effects changing our system of poverty reduction.
For instance, the stories of local communities adapting to climate change often highlight the importance of respecting human rights and ensuring that adaptation efforts are inclusive and equitable.
If they are stories of system adaptation, they will showcase real-life examples of how systems, like communities or organisations, adapt to changing environments or challenges.
If you are a member of our community and have this type of story, please do not hesitate to tell and share your story with CENFACS. If you are not our member, you can still submit your story.
To donate, tell and share your storying gift of Stories of Adaptation after changing a system (or System Post-change Stories of Adaptation), please contact CENFACS.
There could be relationships between the above-mentioned stories and poverty reduction.
• • Relationships between Stories Making Serial 3 and Poverty Reduction
These are the links between Stories of Configure and Poverty Reduction, between Stories of Continuous Improvement and Poverty Reduction, between Stories of System Adaptation and Poverty Reduction. Let us briefly explain these links.
• • • Links between Stories of Reconfigure and Poverty Reduction
Reconfigure including their stories can be linked to various strategies and approaches that aim to reduce poverty. This could be about reconfiguring economic structures, social policies, systems and approaches, and technology. In other words, reconfiguring in the context of poverty reduction means taking existing systems, policies, and approaches and changing them in a way that is more effective and equitable in addressing poverty.
For instance, reconfiguring systems and approaches would involve how we approach development and interventions, ensuring they are more inclusive and address the specific needs of communities. This reconfiguring of systems and approaches can provide us stories to tell and share.
• • • Links between Stories of Continuous Improvement and Poverty Reduction
Continuous improvement and stories behind it are strongly linked to poverty reduction by driving economic growth, which in turn can improve living standards and reduce poverty levels. Continuous improvement focuses on systematically enhancing processes and systems, leading to increased productivity, efficiency, and overall economic activity.
For example, continuous improvement can be applied in specific sectors and areas, like healthcare, education, and social services, to improve efficiency and effectiveness. This can lead to better access to services for vulnerable populations like those living in poverty.
• • • Links between Stories of System Adaptation and Poverty Reduction
Climate adaptation initiatives can impact poverty by mitigating the effects of climate. Adaptation strategies that specifically target poverty-vulnerability linkages are known to be crucial for achieving effective poverty reduction while addressing climate challenges. And there are stories to tell and share.
For instance, adaptation measures such as investing in drought-resistant crops or improving water management, can help reduce vulnerability and protect livelihood, potentially leading to income stabilisation and poverty reduction.
As one can notice, there are correlations between Stories Making Serial 3 and Poverty Reduction. The examples we have just given are few of them. Those who have stories about these types of correlation, they can tell their tales to CENFACS and its community. When telling them, they can use storytelling tools such as visual aids.
• • Incorporating Visual Aids into Your Storytelling
All in Development Stories Tellers can incorporate visual aids – like infographics, animation, data visualizations (charts, graphs and maps), video and other storytelling aids – to highlight insights into their storytelling and tell a more compelling story. To do that they need to follow some steps like the following one:
~ Choose the right visuals
~ Synchronise them with their narratives
~ Ensure they complement their message.
Those who would like to incorporate visual aids into their storytelling projects to enhance their message, engage us or their audience and leave a lasting impression can go ahead.
• • Working with the Community on Stories of Stories of Reconfigure, and Stories of Continuous Improvement and Adaptation
We can work with those members of our community who would like us to get involved in their Stories of Reconfigure, and Stories of Continuous Improvement and Adaptation.
• • • Working with the Community on Stories of Reconfigure
It is about
~ prioritising building trust
~ fostering inclusivity
~ creating engaging platforms for sharing stories
~ using diverse mediums (like digital stories, workshops, or even digital storyboards) to capture and disseminate stories of reconfigure and poverty reduction with the community and reach different audiences within this community.
• • • Working with the Community on Stories of Continuous Improvement
It is about
~ sharing ideas about continuous improvement
~ encouraging participation and collaboration about continuous improvement initiatives
~ fostering a culture of continuous learning to improve
~ celebrating successes and recognising contribution (for instance, encouraging community members to share their stories of success and how they have benefited from continuous improvement initiatives)
~ using processes and frameworks (like Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve, Control) to structure continuous improvement projects and ensure systematic approaches.
• • • Working with the Community on Stories of Adaptation
It is about
~ prioritising community-led processes
~ using storytelling as a powerful tool for engagement
~ focusing on practical actionable solutions
~ involving the community from the onset
~ building trust through shared stories, experiences and local knowledge.
Briefly, working with the community on stories matter will be about three things:
a) creating spaces for community members to share their stories (about reconfigure, continuous improvement and adaptation)
b) learning from one another
c) and paving their way towards the reduction of poverty; poverty due to the lack of sharing storytelling experiences.
• • Supporting CENFACS Community Members through Stories of Reconfigure, and Stories of Continuous Improvement and Adaptation
Storytelling can be a supportive tool in the process of reducing poverty and enhancing sustainable development. Stories of Reconfigure, Continuous Improvement and Adaptation coming from our members and others, once shared, can support CENFACS Community members. How?
They can
~ encourage and inspire them
~ help them in the fight against poverty, disadvantages and vulnerabilities
~ and assist them to reduce poverty and enhance sustainable development.
These stories can send a relieving message to our members that there is always a possibility to reconfigure their system of poverty reduction, to continuously improve this system and adapt it changing environments and challenges as well as to win over poverty.
Those members of our community who have Stories of Reconfigure, Continuous Improvement and Adaptation to tell, they should not hesitate to share them. Any other interested party who may have these stories, they can tell them to CENFACS.
To donate, tell and share your storying gift of Reconfigure, Continuous Improvement and Adaptation, please contact CENFACS.
_________
• References
(1) https://vivaglammagazine.com/why-climate-consciousness-is-so-important-for-our-future/ (accessed in May 2025)
(2) https://ellevest.com/magazine/climate-conscious-impact-strategy (accessed in May 2025)
(3) https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/investing/impact-investing?msockid=Oc47b2d36a6164b91139a7796baa655e (accessed in May 2025)
(4) https://theimpactinvestor.com/what-is-esg/#:~text=… (accessed in May 2025)
(5) https://cafo.org/orphan-statistics/ (accessed in May 2025),
(6) https://data.unicef.org/resources/soac-2025/ (accessed in May 2025)
(7) https://www.classy.org/blog/properly-evaluate-fundraising-campaign/# (accessed in May 2023)
(8) https://donorbox.org/nonprofit-blog/organize-a-charity-run (accessed in May 2023)
(9) https://www.eauk.org/resources/member-resources/discipleship/earfund-restoration-story (accessed in May 2025)
(10) https://www.bursahaga.com (accessed in May 2025)
(11) https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/reconfigure (accessed May 2025)
(12) https://www.coursera.org/articles/what-is-continuous-improvement? (accessed in May 2025)
(13) https://www.provalet.io/guides-posts/continuous-improvement-post-implementation (accessed in May 2025)
(14) https://reverseoptimism.com/mastering-continuous-adaptation/#understanding-continuous-adaptation (accessed in May 2025)
(15) https://evolv.ai/glossary/continuous-adaptation-2#:~:text (accessed in May 2025)
_________
• Help CENFACS Keep the Poverty Relief Work Going This Year
We do our work on a very small budget and on a voluntary basis. Making a donation will show us you value our work and support CENFACS’ work, which is currently offered as a free service.
One could also consider a recurring donation to CENFACS in the future.
Additionally, we would like to inform you that planned gifting is always an option for giving at CENFACS. Likewise, CENFACS accepts matching gifts from companies running a gift-matching programme.
Donate to support CENFACS!
FOR ONLY £1, YOU CAN SUPPORT CENFACS AND CENFACS’ NOBLE AND BEAUTIFUL CAUSES OF POVERTY REDUCTION.
JUST GO TO: Support Causes – (cenfacs.org.uk)
Thank you for visiting CENFACS website and reading this post.
Thank you as well to those who made or make comments about our weekly posts.
We look forward to receiving your regular visits and continuing support until the end of 2025 and beyond.
With many thanks.
