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The purpose of this guide is to provide volunteers with a method to learn about the biophysical, economic and social aspects of their host-communities by exploring how people relate to the local environment. As volunteers learn about their host-communities' relationship with the natural resource...
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Key Resource 01/01/1991 The ideas contained in this booklet are neither new nor are they complex. Anthropologists have been talking about culturally appropriate approaches to community development for at least 30 years. Missiologists have discussed culturally appropriate evangelism--if not discipleship--for at least as...
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01/01/1957 This book is concerned mainly with how people in tropical and underdeveloped countries can be stimulated and helped to develop their own local communities. It covers agencies, aims and approaches, methods and techniques, and some criteria.
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Key Resource04/11/2015 Active learning and exchange of knowledge are key to farmer adoption of beneficial agricultural innovations. Community health worker (CHW) and community animal health worker (CAHW) programs have led to a rich body of knowledge about extension, much of which is applicable to efforts aimed towards...
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This article is from ECHO Asia Note #18 “Participatory methods” in community development initially emerged in the 1970s, and interest in their use has continued to increase among practitioners, especially in recent years.1 Many practitioners agree that this growing acceptance is a good thing, as...
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01/01/1981 This handbook is a guide for the village level worker. It can also serve as a teaching aid and text to teachers of village level workers. It is intended for use by personnel in home economics extensions, community development, home economics clasroom teaching, health education, and other programs...
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This volume contains Parts II, III, IV and V, together with an appendix for US AID users. Part II identifies the role of projects in each sector in economic and social development together with the policy implications of such projects, describes the characteristics of projects likely to have high...
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This book describes how Heifer Project International plans, manages, and evaluates its development program. This model can be especially helpful to non-governmental organizations and grassroots organizations who want to learn how to do sustainable community development.
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01/01/2001 Cultivating Community explores some basic principles and values that underlie successful community empowerment programs of any kind, and illustrates how these principles have been applied to community gardens across the country. This paper is intended as a resource for individuals, organizations...
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04/10/2019 The multi-functional and inclusive Intergenerational Self-help Club (ISHC) is a mechanism for community strengthening that is inclusive of sustainable development. The ISHC aims at promoting the well-being of the poor and disadvantaged people, their families and communities. The model is based on...