Want to better understand what we do? Listen to Five & Two’s Interview with ABCD Institute co-founder Jon McKnight on the Tamarack Institute Podcast.

In this month’s issue of Faith Today, Five & Two director Jamie Munday wrote about a necessary fundamental shift in the direction of missions.

One woman in Burundi never lost hope after funding for a school dried up. In fact, the failed funding left the community in a better place.

Here is a little piece about how one community is applying the principles of CCD to lift themselves out of poverty.

The Centre de Sante la Charité is a health centre in the rural town of Gungu that serves over 15,000 inhabitants. The health of the general population is worrisome…

Hosted by global asset and strengths-based practitioners from around the world, with over 48 hours of rolling time events, this virtual (un)Conference will engage global groups with all levels of formal and informal experience to hold space and facilitate conversations about the questions that have been keeping you up at night about assets and strengths-based action.

We recently caught up with our network member, Jaya Thapa, from Rescue Network Nepal (RNN). RNN is a powerful example of the impact of community volunteers. It is difficult for poor and remote communities to access proper health care in Nepal…

Although Community-Centred Development -or ABCD -is known for its innovative and practical community development process, all of its methodologies and practices are built upon these time honoured foundational principles.

Our Executive Director, Jamie Munday was recently interviewed alongside renowned community organizer John McKnight, co-founder of the Asset Based Community Development Institute.

During a recent meeting, one of our partners made an interesting statement that resonated with all of us on the call. One of our partners said: ‘money is the last resort when it comes to community development’. We all paused for a moment…

Over the past year we have had great success with our online training and global meetings. To keep this momentum going, we are excited to announce that the next natural step for us is developing our own online training modules that correspond with our Five & Two Learning Pathway!

We recently caught up with one of our members, Khotso Mokotimi of Basotho Building Lesotho (BBL). He is a firm believer in ABCD (Asset Based Community Driven Development). He shared a compelling story with us about how effective development work is turning the tide…

Five & Two’s network spans the globe. We work across many different cultures and we are always intrigued by foreign languages and particularly words that do not translate into English…

We want to share news about our friends in the Philippines, E-Care (Episcopal Church Action for Renewal and Empowerment), and the creative development work that they are doing during these times…

One of our most powerful training sessions involves looking at the same community through two different lenses. The possibilities are astonishing when you build off of a positive perspective. Read on and you will be pleasantly surprised…