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  Title: The Power of Community-Based Consultancy in Shifting Development: A Focus on Rural Communities in Kenya Community-based consultancy has emerged as a potent tool in shifting the development paradigm, especially in rural communities. Community organizations, entry strategies, and knowledge about rural communities are key aspects that influence the success of this approach. This article will explore how community-based consultancy can foster development, particularly in rural communities in Kenya. Community organizations are the backbone of any community. They serve as a bridge between the community and external stakeholders, including government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and private sector entities. In rural communities in Kenya, these organizations play a pivotal role in mobilizing resources, advocating for community rights, and implementing development projects. However, the success of these organizations often hinges on their ability to understand and work wit

  Our Executive director wrote a candid piece of how he discovered the idea of making a five year plan and how it has transformed his life. Many young people would put marriage as the last thing on the list because they believe it's an expensive affair- He put marriage top on his list of priorities and considered it a critical element if at all he was to succeed in life. Read his reflections in the below article. ZACHUAS OGONJI FIVE YEAR PLAN ABOUT ME I am 35 years old. I have a family- My wife and Three Children (Two girls aged 9, 4 and a boy aged 1 year old) I am from a family of 9 siblings (4 th born) - My parents are all still alive. Academically- I am pursuing a second bachelor’s degree in business administration at BYU, I hold a first bachelor’s degree in development studies from Mount Kenya University, I also studied Diploma in Mechanical Engineering at Nairobi Technical Training Institute. I completed my Highschool education in 2008 and Primary education in 2004.

 One of the things we do very well at www.plomuna.co.ke and we have enjoyed doing it for a long time is supporting community projects to come up with implementation teams. For small grassroot organizations without huge budgets, having people who are dedicated to a mission and vision just long enough until money starts to come in is always a matter of life and death. On one hand you want to inspire them enough to see that suffering and sacrificing is part and parcel of the process- on the other hand you want have to at least provide the basics so that they do not drown in despair and hopelessness.  In 2019 when supporting one of our clients in a remote rural village in Western Kenya,  any time we called a meeting for community members to discuss the project and the CBO we were about to launch, more than half of the people that showed up were women. A spectrum of women, aged between 20 and 65 years old. The difference that stood between these women was who had been married in this commun