Taylor and I attended a WV workshop in Kalomo earlier this week. The topic: Strategies for exiting the community and focus on sustainability strategies.
The workshop was attended by WV employees, locally, nationally and internationally as well as local NGO's and government and non government representatives.
At the end of the day:
- NGO's must have defined plans to exit communities
-NGO's must work with exisiting structures - i.e. government, community, household to build capacity and exit strategies.
- World Vision plans for exit strategies around the 15 year mark and does a post exit follow-up a few years later
Dependence is crippling. Who would leave their child in the crib when they are ready to walk? Who would not have their child out of the crib from the time he/she is born so that development can happen normally?
More about this later!
There are many, many resources these days on development and specifically on faith based development. A few are: Tearfund UK and also Food For the Hungry international. If you are serious about helping without hurting - try these!
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