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Fieldstone publishes four to six pieces a year. Some are reporting from a partner region, some are essays on how we measure, and some exist because something went wrong and a record of it seemed more useful than silence.
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Rural Learning
For six years, attendance at Kirambo school collapsed every second term. The explanation was eleven weeks of river, and nobody had thought to write it down.
Nadia Belhaj9 min read
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Sustainable Livelihoods
The Chansolo Savings Federation did not need credit, financial literacy training, or a mobile application. It needed somewhere dry to put a harvest.
Wanjiru MbatiaChansolo Basin, Zambia7 min read
Community Infrastructure
Why Fieldstone will not build anything until a committee has held a maintenance fund for a full year — told through the crossing that convinced us.
Nadia BelhajSanjala Valley, Nepal8 min read
Rural Learning
Four languages are spoken along the ridge. Until 2019, one was taught — and retention among our own fellows had fallen to 34%.
Tomás RenardVega Alta Ridge, Guatemala7 min read
Accountability
An essay on method: why Fieldstone withdrew a year of its own figures, and what an honest accountability report has to be willing to contain.
Elena DuarteLisbon, Portugal10 min read
Sustainable Livelihoods
Fieldstone's most expensive recent mistake, and the six-page letter that made it worth the money.
Priya KandelSumarai Delta, Indonesia6 min read
Accountability
Four of five handed-over water systems are still running. This is what the fifth teaches, and why we keep publishing the inspection.
Isaac MwangaleTazgart Plain, Morocco7 min read
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Four times a year. One long piece of reporting, one note on method, and whatever we have got wrong since the last one.
