The most effective way to learn GALS is through a combination of guided experiences in the field in which professionals learn from community-level champions; experimentation in one’s own work environments; exchange and support visits for each step; hands-on guidance by experienced facilitators; and peer reviews. The Empower@scale project therefore invests in the development and piloting of “Empowerment Learning Centres” (ELCs) in rural areas in Uganda, Nigeria and Kenya.
An ELC is a living example of how GALS is used in a community-based organization or group. ELCs are developed from existing local empowerment initiatives, and therefore take different shapes depending on the location and how the members organise themselves. Each ELC and each individual member adapted GALS to its own situation and context, and based on this experience they offer training, exposure and expertise on the GALS methodology.
The following ELCs are under development as part of the Empower@scale project:
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The Kagbu Empowerment Learning Centre (ELC) is located in Ngubi Community, 36 kilometres away from the State Capital Lafia, Nigeria. The ELC is registered with Nasarawa Eggon Local Government Authority as a Learning Center, and it offers GALS and FALS trainings and learning visits to community members as well as organisations and projects.... View more -
Igoji ELC is located in Igoji Market, Meru County. It is a 32 km drive from Meru Town. The venue used for the ELC is due to a collaborative venture with the County Government of Meru, who provided the space for the establishment of the ELC. The ELC is equipped with the necessary infrastructure and training materials and offers GALS training and... View more -
The Ruwawayo ELC is located in Ruwawayo Community in Lafia Local Government Area (LGA) of Nasarawa State, Nigeria (one of the middle belt States). Ruwawayo is a farming community known mostly for the cultivation of rice, groundnut, cassava, melon and beans in addition to the rearing of domestic livestock. The ELC has been registered with the... View more -
Nduluku ELC is located at Nduluku Technical Training centre, Managed by the county Governments of Makueni, a distance of 35 Kilometres from Wote Town. The venue is a collaborative venture between the project and the County Government. When fully established, the ELC will serve the lower eastern counties of Makueni, Machakos, and Kitui. -
Poro poro is a registered co-operative society with commissioner of cooperative Ministry of trade and Commerce in Uganda and their Empowerment learning Centre (ELC) is registered with the sub-county local Government to operate as an ELC which is a department within the cooperative Society. Our ELC is located in Kemeru village, Alinga parish,... View more -
Wadelai is a registered co-operative society with commissioner of cooperative Ministry of trade and Commerce in Uganda. The Empowerment learning Centre (ELC) is registered with the sub-county local Government to operate as an ELC which is a department within the cooperative Society. The Empowerment learning centre(ELC) is located in Ojigo East... View more -
NAFA is a registered co-operative society with commissioner of cooperative Ministry of trade and Commerce in Uganda and their Empowerment learning Centre (ELC) is registered with the sub-county local Government to operate as an ELC which is a department within the cooperative Society. The ELC is located 15 km from Arua town in Yiapi village,... View more
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