Neighbourhood Transformation: Relief vs Development

Posted under Uncategorized on June 25th, 2008 by Steve Kellar with no responses

	RELIEF (Doing For)	BETTERMENT HELPING	DEVELOPMENT EMPOWERING
When Do	Crisis short or medium term EMERGENCIES	Persistent need not going away	Long term need that is holding the community back. When Community had goals
Target Individual or Community	Individual	Generally Individual	Community
Need	Can be quickly Identified / Emergency Situations	Lingering need, outside steps in beside individual to alleviate	Real need might be different than presenting need
Orientation	“Do something NOW”	Relationship Oriented	Relationship Oriented
Who Does	Outsiders pour in	outsider does WITH individual	Insider does for self.
Fosters	Dependency	Inter-Dependency	Independence
Behavior Change	No change	Small	Transformation
Duration	Short term	Mid Term	Long Term
Resources Come From	Outside	Generally from Outside	Inside people help themselves
Ownership	Outsider	Outsider	Insider
End Result	Few people are affected but not change in lifestyle	Few people are affected and limited change in lifestyle beings to happen	Physical, spiritual, social Transformation taking place throughout community
Examples	Providing Food, Clean Water during Tsunamis / Earthquakes	TEACHING -Sanitation -Literacy -Life skills -Job Training	When those that know teach others. You begin to see Multiplication process. Job Training.

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