Translating global thinking to community-level practice: How a southern-based organization is influencing improved practice in violence prevention in East Africa

• Global South-to-global South technical assistance promotes more effective regional learning. • Unlike donor-driven models, this model allowed local NGO partners to reflect, learn, fail, adapt, and scale more effectively. • Partner pairing strengthens collaboration, capacity sharing and access to proven innovations • ‘Walking with’ partners means accompanying the partner along the implementation journey • Long term donor investments provide ample time and space to produce sustainable results.