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The Institute for Social Transformation (IST) is the East African home for Training for Transformation. It is based in Uganda and spreading its services to the seven East African countries; namely Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. It promotes the philosophy and practice of Paulo Freire.History An approach to transformative community development was developed in Kenya in the 1970’s by Sally Timmel and Anne Hope and has continued to expand and deepen until the present. This integrated approach spread to over 60 countries around the world. The originators of this work captured some of the methods in four volumes called Training for Transformation: A handbook for community workers, which were updated in 1995. These books have been translated into French, Spanish, Thai, Sotho, Arabic, and several pirated editions have been printed. The Training for Transformation books and methods are the key tools for the work of the Institute for Social Transformation.

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