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Barefoot Guide 5:  
Mission Inclusion
Stories and Practices of    Building
a World where All Belong
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Everyone agrees that inclusion is hard, that reaching the poorest and most marginalised is difficult. The layers and reinforcing cycles of exclusion defy the conventional development project approach. Something else, something qualitatively different is needed.

Many organisations, large and small, are tackling the deep challenges of exclusion and coming up with creative, innovative and workable solutions that are putting into practice the policies and strategies that everyone is talking about.

This Barefoot Guide, written by 34 practitioners from 16 different countries on all continents makes many of these successful approaches and solutions more visible.
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We will be releasing five translations (French, Spanish, Swahili, Arabic and Viet) and three audio translations (Hausa, Arabic and Swahili) over the next several months.
Download the whole book - in English (22 mb)​​
​Download the Dyslexic Font version - in English (22 mb) 
The Dyslexic version uses the Dyslexie font  which mitigates some issues experienced by dyslexic readers
Download by Chapter
Introduction - includes a summary of each chapter
Chapter 1 - Release the Power – Creating a movement to end exclusion
Chapter 2 - Rewire the System – Changing the rules for inclusion
Chapter 3 - Heal the Wings and Learn to Fly – Improving social accountability for better access to services
Chapter 4 - Walk the Talk – Striving for inclusive organisations
Chapter 5 - Walking Alongside – Supporting people to dare to change
All the stories and poems

Download the Dyslexic version by chapter
Introduction - includes a summary of each chapter - dyslexic
Chapter 1 - Release the Power – Creating a movement to end exclusion - dyslexic
Chapter 2 - Rewire the System – Changing the rules for inclusion - dyslexic
Chapter 3 - Heal the Wings and Learn to Fly – Improving social accountability for better access to services - dyslexic
Chapter 4 - Walk the Talk – Striving for inclusive organisations - dyslexic
Chapter 5 - Walking Alongside – Supporting people to dare to change - dyslexic
All the stories and poems - dyslexic

Download all the images  (which you are free to use - zip file)
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 The Fifth Barefoot Guide Writers Collective

The Writers
Anna Davies-van-Es, Just Associates (JASS)
Alexa Bradley, Just Associates (JASS)
Akke Schuurmans, MCNV & Barefoot Guide Connection, Netherlands
Anan Bouapha, Proud to Be Us, Lao PDR
Anouk Bolsenbroek, InclusionLab, Netherlands
Biraj Swain, independent journalist, India
Brenda Kiema, Liliane Fonds, Kenya
Carolina Tocalli, Fundación DISCAR, Argentina
Doug Reeler, Community Development Resource Association (CDRA) & Barefoot Guide Connection, South Africa
Ed Rothfusz, InclusionLab, Netherlands
Jennifer Lentfer, Thousand Currents, USA
Judith Baart, Light for the World, Netherlands
Jürgen Hagmann, PICO, South Africa
Kamala Easwaran, The Banyan, India
Kim Hartog, War Child Holland
Lattavanh Sengdala, Proud to Be Us, Lao PDR
Inez Hackenberg, VOICE, Netherlands
Kepha Ngito, Kenya
Lucia Nass, ESAP2, Ethiopia
Maia Khundadze, GIP, Georgia
Marieka Boersma, Light for the World, Ethiopia
Nguyen Thanh Tung, MCNV, Vietnam
Pauline Wanja Kamau, CIVICUS Board member, Kenya
Praveen Kumar, VSO, India
Raj Kumar Gandharba, VSO, Nepal
Rebecca Petras, Translators Without Borders
Sara Valerio, War Child Holland Middle East
Shamsin Ahmed, Identity Inclusion, Bangladesh
Shereen Essof, Just Associates (JASS)
Shudarson Subedi, Nepal Disability Network, Nepal
Soupha Khamloonvylaivong, Proud to Be Us, Lao PDR
Thavadxai Xaiyakoumman, Proud to Be Us, Lao PDR
Tracey Martin, VSO, CDRA Associate & Barefoot Guide Connection, United Kingdom
Xayya Souliyatham, Proud to Be Us, Lao PDR
​Yvonne Orengo, Andrew Lees Trust, Madagascar
 
The Illustrators
Introduction – Colleen Brice - bricecbrice@gmail.com
Chapter 1 – Menah Marleen - menahmarleen@gmail.com
Chapter 2 – Yara Said - yara1991art@gmail.com
Chapter 3 – Maria Lebedeva - maria@marialebedeva.co.za
Chapter 4 – Maya Le Maitre - mayalemaitre@hotmail.co.za
Chapter 5 – Matiwos Legesse - mattiman13@gmail.com
Personal stories - Maartje Hinse - maartjehinse83@gmail.com
 
The Administrators
Vivian Tsie, MCNV, Netherlands
Marlene Tromp, Community Development Resource Association (CDRA), South Africa
 
The Production People
Copy Editor – Ivan Hutnik
Proof-reader – Beulah Tertiens-Reeler
Layout Artist – Paula Wood - paula@paulawooddesign.co.za
 
The Writeshop Facilitators
Beulah Tertiens-Reeler, independent practitioner, South Africa
Maria Cristina Temmink, independent facilitator & Barefoot Guide Connection, Netherlands
Doug Reeler, CDRA & Barefoot Guide Connection, South Africa
 
The Editorial Team
Akke Schuurmans, MCNV, Netherlands
Anouk Bolsenbroek, InclusionLab, Netherlands
Doug Reeler, CDRA & Barefoot Guide Connection, South Africa
Kim Hartog, WarChild, Netherlands
Inez Hackenberg, VOICE, Netherlands
Lucia Nass, VNG International associate, Nepal
Tracey Martin, VSO, CDRA Associate & Barefoot Guide Connection, United Kingdom

WHAT HAVE OTHERS SAID ABOUT THE bAREFOOT gUIDES...

This unusual and exceptional volume (and series) is hugely accessible yet deeply rooted in solid theory and extensive practice across a wide range of contexts and fields. Expect from it something truly unique in its combination of insight, reflection, experience and highly usable mixed text/visual presentation. It is not "dumbed down." I have seen it bite as deeply at high academic and professional level as at grassroots community leadership level, an astonishing achievement worth honouring. 
Professor Jim Cochrane Cape Town 

The Barefoot Guides have been the key influences in my life and work… my constant companions in my community and organisational development work. 
Marie Corcoran-tindill, Trainer, Facilitator of community and group processes, Dublin 

The Barefoot initiative is itself an exciting expression of social change. 
Inez Hackenberg, Utrecht University 

As a trained action learning facilitator their guides have helped me work with grassroots communities in Myanmar and Thailand. 
Kevina Maddick, Program Manager at Right To Play, Bangkok 

The Barefoot Guide's transformative process… shows us the way to transcend borders, sectors, limits, to break the silos! 
Vincent Stevaux, ITECO, Bruxelles

Barefoot Guide has been creating phenomenal content for the critical process of experiential reflection at both individual and organizational levels. 
Jesse Chen, Changemakers, Washington 

…a wonderful contribution to open access knowledge, grounded on a great depth of experience and horizontal learning from across the world. 
Samantha Button, East Africa Program Head, Maliasili 

…the Barefoot Guide collection is having a great influence, especially the lives of field workers and communities. 
Muta Wakilu Tamasco, Ghana 

The Barefoot Guide Connection has a unique and truly transformational approach to collaboration, learning and facilitating social, transformational change across borders. 
Tobias Troll Director, EDGE Europe at EDGE Funders Alliance, Bruxelles 

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