Our Mission is to challenge assumptions about poverty, literacy and citizenship by directly engaging people in issues and opportunities that affect their lives.
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Our Values
Social Justice
Working with people to claim their human rights so they have greater control over decisions that affect their lives.
Equality
Challenging attitudes and practices that discriminate against and marginalize people.
Ecology
Resisting homogenization of people within ecosystems and slowing down climate change through daily practice, information and knowledge sharing.
Participation
Facilitating involvement by people in the issues that affect their lives in a way that respects autonomy, shared power, skills, knowledge and experiences.
Learning
Seeing the skills, knowledge and confidence we each hold - and need to build - to tackle social, economic and environmental action.
Cooperation
Working together to put social, political and environmental change into action.
