This paper is based on the reflections of Samuel Musyoki who participated as an observer and co-facilitator at the CLTS training workshop held in Dar-es-Salaam by Plan International between the 11th and 18th February 2007. Samuel Musyoki is a trainer and facilitator in participatory approaches/methods to development who was coordinating a networking and capacity building programme on participatory action research and learning with the Participation Power and Social Change team at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the time of writing, before joining Plan Kenya as Strategic Programme Support).