Our members

Who are our members?

Members of the Constellation are individuals, communities and organizations who believe in the strengths of communities.  Visit or join our online community. To become a member, contact Marlou de Rouw at derouwm[@]gmail.com.

Member organisations

Member organisations share the same vision and mission as the Constellation. They are also National Facilitation Teams. More about Member Organisations.

Facilitators and Coaches

Today, more than thousand facilitators accompany communities around the world on their way to Life Competence.

Some facilitators are nominated 'coach' by the Constellation. A coach is able to facilitate the Community Life Competence Process in diverse contexts with the aim to transfer it to others, always as being part of a facilitation team. There are 65 coaches around the world. To become a coach, you need to be nominated by two coaches of the Constellation who have worked with you. Visit our coaches gallery and find a coach in your country. To become a coach, contact Marlou de Rouw at derouwm[@]gmail.com.

Founding members

The Constellation was initiated by twelve founding members in December 2004. They bring different experiences from various organizations such as UNAIDS, the Salvation Army, the AIDS Education Program (AEP) of Chiang Mai University, the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Rwanda, British Petroleum, and the business school of the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Board Members

The Board members have been elected in May 2011 and they will serve for the next three years. The Board members are:

Jean-Louis Lamboray Belgium	April Foster Kenya	Marijo Vazquez Spain	Philip Forth United Kingdom	Sirinate Piyajitpirat Thailand	Louis Marie Butoyi, Burundi
Sanghamitra Iyengar India

Voting Members

The Constellation is governed by its members. Twelve Voting Members have the ability to vote at the Membership Meeting and to appoint Board members.

April Foster Kenya	Blaise Sedoh Togo	Dusit Duangsa Thailand	Fabiola Ngeruka Rwanda	Farellia Venance Madagascar	Geoff Parcell UK
Ian Campbell UK	Jean-Louis Lamboray Belgium	Joseph Senesie Sierra Leone	Prince Bosco Kanani Rwanda	Usa Duongsaa Thailand	Eric Ngabala DR-Congo

Global Support Team

Daily management of the Constellation is carried out by Marlou de Rouw, with support for financial administration by Loli Rey.

The work programme for 2012 is delivered by The Constellation Global Support Team which has four functional teams: CARE, SHARE, LEARN and TRANSFER. The Constellations Global Support Team consists of Constellation members and teams from all parts of the world. For each function there is one facilitator whose task it is to coordinate, encourage and accompany the work of the team.

Marlou de Rouw Facilitator CARE

Rituu B. Nanda Facilitator SHARE

Philip Forth Facilitator LEARN

Olivia Munoru Facilitator TRANSFER

The year 2012 has started off nicely with forty of our eager members finding their feet in a new way to support the Constellation. Being a Global Support Team, means we are a virtual team. Some of us are working from our homes, others from an office. Some can dedicate time to the Constellation on a daily basis, others one day per month. Some have smooth, fast and stable internet access, others have to travel to internet café to be in touch. And we all have something valuable to contribute!