The Kuru Development Trust (kdt) in Botswana is a development support programme owned and controlled by the communities in which it works, the majority being San or Bushmen communities. Its activities include income generating projects, cultural activities and a training programme. It also operates a preschool project in which community members are trained as preschool teachers, and communities are supported to run their own schools. kdt looked back at the lessons it had learned over the years, and studied other programmes. This helped kdt develop a clear strategy and a vision that would guide it in its new work with the communities. The paper sets out that strategy and takes an honest look at kdt's approaches and philosophy, and how these have evolved through the years. NB: some formatting is missing from the pdf version of this document.
