Guestbook Entries

Submitted:
First Name: JD
Last Name: Arch
City/Town: Cherokee
State/Province: NC
Country: US
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
J.D. Arch is a 20 year retired Naval Submariner that is an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in Cherokee N.C. He has experience in managing, securing and penetrating computer networks. He served two separate instructor tours in Kings Bay Georgia and Yokosuka Japan where he taught how to manage, secure and penetrate computer networks. After retirement, he obtained two undergraduate degrees in business management and public relations to move away from the IT world.

He believes that perspective of life, family and culture guides our steps as we travel through life. His ambition is to form a non-profit that will address the need to change this perspective through culture and community. By learning traditional Cherokee gardening, use of plants, dancing, laughing and communicating with the creator, perspectives will change. Then, opportunities that seemed impossible to attain begin to transform into experiences that lead.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I have not
I took a Grant Writing Class from Western Carolina University and this website was a resource listed to help
Submitted:
First Name: Faiz Ullah
Last Name: Kakar
City/Town: Quetta
State/Province: Balochistan
Country: Pakistan
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a community development professional. I recently designed and implemented a course titled Development Studies Course: Learning from People and Communities. This course motivated me to work with ordinary people in rural communities. I am interested in studying, understanding and utilizing sources of Community Tool Box in my future initiatives
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Not yet.
Submitted:
First Name: Francisca
Last Name: Rios
City/Town: San Francisco
State/Province: CA
Country: USA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Currently enrolled for the Child Development, Programs Development and Advocacy for Spring 2020. During the Spring, I will continue with the certification program and hope to have completed by the Fall of 2020. With the hope to reach as many foster youth as an Education Advocate hoping to give them some thing to bring them stability.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I had been on the website before, but since then I lost my computer. I remembered your website and it is going to be a key component to be able to implement future projects. As of right now, I am looking for a way to become an advocate for those who feel they can't or just won't try to gain benefits they have a right to gain access to. Not as a beneficiary, nor a payee, just to be voice they need to speak up for theirs
Submitted:
First Name: Whitney
Last Name: Hope
City/Town: Elwood
State/Province: IN
Country: United States
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
33, DWF, FREELANCE JOURNALIST, ACTIVIST, COMMUNITY ORGANIZER, VOLUNTEER, POSS. FUTURE POLITICIAN
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
To train myself & other volunteers, To share tips & resources
Submitted:
First Name: Marit
Last Name: Doshi
City/Town: Berkeley
State/Province: CA
Country: USA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I'm an East Bay, California resident in service to several food and land justice-oriented groups and communities. I was originally trained as a conservation ecologist but my passion for people and place has led me to develop into my fuller facilitator, organizer, and advocate self, along with the scientist part of me.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I have drawn on multiple components of the Tool Box to develop research/analysis protocols, develop interview questions, and guide project frameworks. The huge difference the Tool Box has helped me with is doing all of that with a solid foundation and consistent orientation in equitable, respectful community participation. So very grateful!
Submitted:
First Name: Ahmed
Last Name: Abdelmoety
City/Town: Cairo
State/Province: Egypt
Country: Egypt
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am Egyptian by birth, dentist by graduation, global health learner/practitioner by passion, and health promotion supervisor with Doctors without Borders by profession.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I use the tool box to learn about community health development programming. I find the resource extremely rich in content, organized in its outline and global in it's perspective. This resource is directly and indirectly affecting the learning and development of thousands of community health professionals like me, and influencing health related behaviors of even more.
Submitted:
First Name: Amy
Last Name: Smith
City/Town: Beaverton
State/Province: OR
Country: United States
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a KU grad (’97 Human Dev and Family Life, spec in Behavior Analysis) and just moved to Oregon in June 2019. I previously worked as a volunteer management professional for an environmental nonprofit in Kansas City, Missouri, for more than 10 years. Coming across this gem from my alma mater makes me feel closer to home. :)
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I’m in the process of developing a plan to increase neighborhood engagement for a specific Neighborhood Association Committee in Beaverton Oregon. I just came across your Community Toolbox and am looking forward to diving in! Thank you for this valuable resource!
Submitted:
First Name: SPENCER
Last Name: KORANKYE
City/Town: ACCRA
State/Province: ASH
Country: GHANA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
My name is Spencer T. Korankye, Founder/Team Lead of Mpact Lane Consult. It is a consulting firm that I intend to use support non-profits in Ghana and West Africa to access resources for their smooth operations.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I have just accessed and I would be using it train and build capacity of non-profits, SMEs and public sector agencies to contribute to socio-economic development of Ghana.
Submitted:
First Name: Sherry
Last Name: Summers
City/Town: Aurora
State/Province: Ontario
Country: Canada
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a Developmental Service Family Peer Mentor for caregivers of adult children with a developmental disability.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I just came upon it and I found it very informative and it will be a very useful resource.
Submitted:
First Name: DEEPALI
Last Name: CHOUGULE
City/Town: KOLHAPUR
State/Province: MAHARASTRA
Country: INDIA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am Ms Deepali , postgraduate in Medical And Psychiatric social work .Experience of working in development sector from last 7 years.currently am not working as my child is so small. Just I have been registered a NGO, and wanted to work for our rural community . Eager to work for marginalized children's. Passionate about child development era.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I came to know about Community Tool Box while surfing the internet .After that i became a fan of Community tool box. I regularly using this CTB site. lots of information is there.social work methodology is there. If earlier i was aware about it then i pass out MSW course in Distinction. anyway really its helpful, knowledgeable site. i regularly recommend this site to my friend..

Thanks a lot to whole team of Community Tool Box..
Submitted:
First Name: Abigail
Last Name: Obanro
City/Town: Abuja
State/Province: Federal Capital Territory
Country: Nigeria
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am an upcoming humanitarian worker in Nigeria, who is interested in community development. I intend to further my education in risk and disaster management due to my passion for community development.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Not yet but I intend to do that with time. I just started learning and I am enjoying the courses and trainings.
Submitted:
First Name: Marisol
Last Name: McDaniel
City/Town: Austin
State/Province: TX
Country: United States
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
CPBR researcher investigating how context informs implementation of interventions
Submitted:
First Name: Thalluri
Last Name: Nageswara Rao
City/Town: PEDAKAKANI, GUNTUR DISTRICT
State/Province: Andhra Pradesh state
Country: INDIA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
We wish to introduce an organisation named CREATIVE ACTION FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (CARD) established in 1987 and working in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states of rural and urban areas with undeveloped community like, DALITHS, TRIBALS, SINGLE WOMEN, YOUNG WIDOWS SMALL FARMERS, LEATHER WORKS. CARD is the non-profit non- governmental organisations (NGO) , is also was formed a wider platform with 1250 small NGOs who are working on various issues and fighting for human and women rights in India. CARD have been completed 30 years services with community and for therefore, we have been organizing a PEOPLES FESTIVAL and special event on fundraising and it has been providing INNOVATIVE WARDS to the legends like you working with various causes at international level.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
We are just gone through your website and i felt very much interested to join with you and work with your an ideology. please keep us as your partner member for further skill and training development.

Thanking you
with kind regards,
Nageswara Rao.T
Director,CARD.
Submitted:
First Name: Debra
Last Name: Jacoway
City/Town: Minneapolis
State/Province: MN
Country: USA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Currently a student at the University of MN graduate studies in Civic Engagement Leadership program
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I am in the process of relearning practical uses in the community and the impact of the overall learning will have on the communities I have the opportunity to serve.


Submitted:
First Name: Gabriel
Last Name: Salathé-Beaulieu
City/Town: Geneva
State/Province: GE
Country: Switzerland
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I work for a United Nations related research institute on topics related to evaluation and social and solidarity economy.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I have found the logic model provided on the community tool box to be the most clear and complete (yet simple to understand) template available.
Submitted:
First Name: Christine
Last Name: Garcia
City/Town: Tucson
State/Province: AZ
Country: USA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a Master's degree nursing student at Northern Arizona University. I am currently taking a rural health nursing course that has led me to your website.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I will be using the site to assist in research of a rural community.
Submitted:
First Name: April
Last Name: Bona
City/Town: conway
State/Province: New Hampshire
Country: United States
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am employed as the shelter manager for our communities crisis center and I just hired my first part time shelter advocate that i will directly be providing supervision to. I have no skills or training and hope to utilize some of your tools.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Have yet to do so
Submitted:
First Name: Raoul
Last Name: Craemer
City/Town:
State/Province:
Country: Australia
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I work for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government, which incorporates both Local and State Government level responsibilities. I am an Assistant Director in the Planning, Infrastructure and Environment Team at Policy & Cabinet Division within the Chief Minister's Directorate.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
At the moment I am working on strategic planning issues, and your toolbox includes useful reference material. I will likely adapt some of this for the Government context / perspective, but a lot of what I have read on your website applies beyond community organisations already, so will prove very helpful as I develop my thinking on strategies in general. If my work progresses further, I may adapt some of the slides and handouts for use in Workshops.
Submitted:
First Name: Amber
Last Name: Decker
City/Town:
State/Province: AZ
Country:
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am an FNP student looking to connect to those in rural areas to find out about health concerns and ways we can help improve health access
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
no I have not
Submitted:
First Name: Catharine
Last Name: Grimes
City/Town: New York
State/Province: New York
Country: USA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a program officer at the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I will be running a Community Outreach and Engagement workshop at the One Young World congress in London, and I would like to use concepts and definitions from the toolkit in my workshop. the workshop will be attended by about 70 young professionals who are interested in doing mission driven work in healthcare.