The PONT Community to Community (C2C) Centre grew out of a multi-disciplinary volunteer group of Glamorgan academics that support the work of PONT-Mbale. It was recently constituted as a Glamorgan University R&D Centre with a commitment to the Millennium Development Goals, a focus on connecting communities and recognition that indigenous knowledge is key to successful development interventions. In this new form, the Centre is also engaged with activities in Kenya, Cameroon, Zambia and Botswana.
Its objectives are:
- to build a more substantial base to support the work of PONT and other initiatives in East Africa;
- to engage more broadly with poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa;
- to develop a reputation for distinctive, cutting edge research and practice in sustainable community transformation;
- to develop humanitarian engagement and advocacy in pursuit of the University’s corporate social responsibility mission; and
- to create an extensive network that accesses research and humanitarian resources on firm theoretical foundations.
Centre personnel are currently engaged in business planning processes ahead of a formal launch.
