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Community-based project staff provided a valuable human connection. The Pilares project field staff provided a valuable human connection. The field staff lived in the target communities and were able to provide close follow-up with the organizations and with the families in the distant veredas. They provided technical guidance and mentorship to the civil society organizations in developing their capacity strengthening plans, managing their monitoring and evaluation plans, coordinating their events, and developing their proposals for the subawards. This connection with the communities was an essential part of creating trust and promoting the effectiveness of collective impact.