
Trust for local communities must be at the heart of transformation
One of my new year’s resolutions is to trust generously. This is not a naïve call to action to start trusting everything that we read on social media. Rather, this is a call to action for the international development sector to trust local communities and the groups that represent them more: local communities and groups who are the first responders, the community mobilisers par excellence and the unsung heroes of most development, humanitarian and peacebuilding efforts globally.