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How to start?

The site is open to anyone who is interested in diaconia and Christian social practice and wants to learn together in a growing learning community of practitioners and field-researchers!

Here you can download useful resources, comment on an item, join a discussion or suggest sharing materials in your national language.

Before you start we invite you to go through the useful orientation tips below and read a short introduction to interdiac.

To start:

1. Reflect on your motives and interest in engagement  with interdiac and this site.
2. Define and adjust your learning goals and then read about possible roles for this site.
3. Plan some steps for your learning and relate them to your time plan.
4. Become a member.

Things to know about us before you start:

• About interdiac (motivation and aims, programmes) 
• About the learning community 
• The people responsible for this site
• The ground rules for this site 
• Interdiac Common Concepts

I would like to... (thinking about your role):

• Read posts, use resources, participate in discussions;
• Write posts regularly, moderate discussions on chosen topics;
• Share good practice;
• Contribute to building the resources on-site;
• Begin my learning journey with interdiac.

Tips for fruitful involvement:

• Do not be frustrated if you have low English skills.
• Do not try to grasp all things at once.
• Integrate your learning into your practice.
• Keep up your motivation and learning goals.
• Approach this resource systematically.
• Trust yourself but be willing to try other things.
• Research your context and be actively present with people.