Discussion Community development can be defined as “working with people at a local level to promote active participation in identifying local needs, and organizing those needs” (Wright, 2004, pp.36). Community development is an active process, and values local participation, while promoting self-reliance. Community development is important in all communities, as it empowers community members, as well as creates authentic partnerships. There are many forms of community development such as asset…
Organizational development and sustainability advisory services and coaching. * Managing and sharing knowledge with other NGOs, the public and private sectors. * Networking and interchange among NGOs, the public and private sectors, for policy analysis, skill improvement and information sharing. Strategy for involving citizens in development process Well-designed development projects (such as those that have been financed through social funds) can be a catalyst for community…
of this treatment (Shiva 25). The imperialistic trends exercised by Britain, Spain, France and the Netherlands rapidly advanced their economic development at the expense of many Africa lives. The process of imperialism boosted European economies, creating a world system by which removing autonomy became the most efficient way to stimulate economic development (Chanda 179). There are many “beneficial” side effects of imperialism, but all of which act in a negative fashion for the underdeveloped…
8) Hulme points out it has been very difficult, if not impossible, to generate social movements of poor people or poor nations to advocate on national or global levels for action to redress poverty and inequality. Why is this? Are the advocacy efforts emanating from the rich countries nevertheless worthwhile? Can or should they help foster poor people’s movements from afar? The subject matter “Global poverty” is an important issue that is addressed nationally and internationally by various…
As the aforesaid, the current development approach failed to solve human suffering or poverty, as well as fulfill commitment of improving people life (Eversole, Mcneish, & Cimadamore, 2005), and indigenous knowledge-based development approach seems to provide more fruitful in a sustainable ways. Sustainable development in Buddhist perspective in P. A. Payutto point of views is a “sustainable development must emphasize on human development as core” that consists of three aspects, such as…
reasons why Byrne ran for congress. On the daily television news coverage video, Byrne talks about how he is a candidate for governor in 2010. During this time Byrne mentions his priorities throughout the election will be based on the 3 E’s; Economic development, education, and ethics reform. Byrne said he made his final decision to run for governor after the legislator failed to pass any ethics…
Purpose and aims: Nowadays, there are several mobile applications released in marketplaces daily. Most mobile development agencies apply software development model to their development teams such as Waterfall, Agile and Rapid Application Development model. Many arguments on which software development model is the best are discussed. However, these issues are related with several factors, for instance, size of projects, developer skills, tools, etc. Based on these arguments, it raises me a…
Even though mobile phone devices and its related services offer immense benefits to people all over the world, older adults are lacking behind as they encounter difficulties in accessing these devices and its services. These difficulties they encounter are mainly due to the natural decline of their cognitive abilities and the rarity of mobile phone developers and service providers considering older adults as users in the development of their products. The existence of current mobile phone…
of innovations will always happen without any breakdown when it comes to the mobile phones or cell phones there are so many changes occurred and also new kind of technologies took place in the mobile industry. In 1973, Martin Cooper, an engineer who worked in Motorola had an idea of creating a handheld communication device which can carry by everyone to everywhere with the help of John. F Mitchell, he developed a mobile device, which weighs about two pounds and for just 35 minutes of…
the technology. Parents like to give mobile device to kids simply because it is easy to make them calm. However, there has been many criticism on especially preschool kids using smartphones and tablets. Many people claim that mobile device is harmful for kids because it hinders social skills and mental growth in kids and kids can get in trouble. Although many parents do not let kids use mobile devices for those reasons, mobile devices actually help kids development because they can learn many…