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Salvation as healing John Wesley's missional theology /Hiatt, R. Jeffrey January 2008 (has links)
Thesis (D. Miss.)--Asbury Theological Seminary, 2008. / Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 265-291).
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The evaluation of World Vision's Area Development Programme in Lesotho : the case of TaungMotsomi, Napo F. (Napo Francis) 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MPA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2003. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study was embarked upon to evaluate the contribution which World Vision as agent and catalyst
of development has made towards addressing social issues in Lesotho. Specifically, the study
evaluates Taung Area Development Programme which is one of the World Vision community
development programmes established to improve social conditions in the rural communities
particularly, in Tsoloane, Ha-Mopoane and Qhalasi. The study seeks to investigate three important
areas;
1. Participation: to assess whether the communities have been involved in the planning of the
projects, identified their own priorities for the projects or used their lands and other resources to
exercise control over their economic, social and cultural development.
2. Empowerment: to assess how the projects have strengthened the capacity of local communities.
This includes the transfer of skills through training for the purpose of equipping people to engage in
their own development.
3. Sustainability: to assess the long-term viability of the projects.
Data was gathered through the use of qualitative and quantitative data collection techniques. To
conduct both methods a snowball technique was applied. The data gathered was tabulated in graphs
and pie charts. The results were then discussed and analysed in terms of the aims of this research.
Regarding participation, the findings of the study revealed that to a large extent people were able to
participate in the planning of the projects. People were able to identify their objectives and make a
decision to embark on Income Generating Activities (IGA) such as raising poultry and pigs, sewing,
and making baskets, candles and soap. The IGA enabled project members to feed and earn income for
their families. The study further revealed that while certain people were able to participate in the
planning of their projects, in development activities such as the building of feeder roads, people’s
participation was minimal. This blueprint and top down planning approach allowed for little public
participation. The study also found that World Vision’s religious involvement was appreciated for the
moral support it provided. Another important issue the study brought to light was that people had an
opportunity to use their indigenous knowledge in their projects.
Regarding empowerment, almost all the respondents believed that World Vision played an important
role by training people to handle various activities within projects. Apart from the training given,
people also acquired different skills and knowledge. Most of the respondents acquired technical and
economic knowledge, while others became skilful in farming and health matters as well as in
handcraft. Empowerment in the Taung Area Development Programme has also manifested itself
through the improved living conditions of the local people. The study found that infrastructure such as
schools and roads have been established. As regards primary health care, respondents indicated that
they had access to clean water due to the presence of a community tap. HIV/AIDS awareness, disease prevention campaigns and the building of toilets have contributed to improved living conditions in the
Taung Area Development Programme. Though HIV/AIDS awareness and disease prevention
campaigns were essential for primary health care, few people were knowledgeable about deadly
diseases such as HIV/AIDS. As a result there was still a need for World Vision to underpin the spread
of HIV/AIDS awareness within the communities.
Sustainability has been attributed to the long-term survival of the development projects and their
future operation. The findings of this study confirmed that people in the Taung Area Development
Programme were optimistic that the skills and knowledge they have acquired, and the projects
themselves will generate resources and continue to operate after World Vision’s departure, especially
with regard to IGA projects. The study results confirmed that people who mainly engaged in
development activities such as at Qhalasi showed that they could only utilise their skills and
knowledge to a small degree.
The main conclusion reached by the study is that the Taung Area Development Programme as one of
World Vision’s programmes has to a large extent transformed the lives of the local people. As a result
of World Vision involvement in the Taung Area Development Programme, people-centred
development is manifestly seen to promote the participation and empowerment of the people as well
as the sustainability of the development projects. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie studie was om die bydrae wat World Vision as agent en katalisator van
ontwikkeling gemaak het om sosiale kwessies in Lesotho aan te spreek te bepaal. Die studie, meer
spesifiek evalueer die Taung Area Develoment Programme, wat een van World Vision se
gemeenskapontwikkelingprogramme is wat gevestig is om maatskaplike toestande in landelike
gebiede te bevorder veral in Tsoloane, Ha-Mopoane en Qhalasi. Die studie poog om drie belangrike
areas te ondersoek;
1. Deelname: om te bepaal of gemeenskappe betrek was by die beplanning van die projekte, deur die
identifikasie van hulle eie prioriteite vir die projekte, of die gebruik van hul grond en ander
hulpmiddels om beheer oor hul eie ekonomiese, sosiale en kulturele ontwikkeling uit te oefen.
2. Bemagtiging: om vas te stel in watter mate die programme die kapasiteit van plaaslike
gemeenskappe versterk het. Dit sluit in die oordrag van vaardighede deur opleiding, om mense toe te
rus om in hulle eie ontwikkeling betrokke te raak.
3. Volhoubaarheid: om die langtermyn lewensvatbaarheid van die projekte te bepaal.
Data is versamel deur die gebruik van kwalitatiewe en kwantitatiewe data-insamelingstegnieke. Om
albei tegnieke uit te voer was die sneeubal steekproeftegniek toegepas. Die data wat versamel was, is
in grafieke aangebied. Die resultate was daarna geanaliseer en bespreek in terme van hierdie studie se
doelstellings.
Met betrekking tot deelname, het die bevindings van die studie bewys dat die betrokke mense in ’n
groot mate bevoeg was om deel te neem aan die beplanning van die projekte. Mense was bevoeg om
doelwitte te identifiseer en besluite te neem om inkomste-genererende aktiwiteite (IGA) aan te pak.
Die aktiwiteite het pluimvee en varkboerdery, naaldwerk, en die maak van mandjies, kerse en seep
ingesluit. Die IGA het dit vir projeklede moontlik gemaak om kos en ’n inkomste vir hulle families te
verdien. Die studie het verder vasgestel dat, afgesien van die feit dat sommige mense bevoeg was om
aan die beplanning van hul projekte deel te neem, die deelname in ontwikkelingsprojekte soos die bou
van toeganspaaie, minimaal was. Die tipiese “van bo na onder’’ voorskriftelike benadering tot
beplanning het min geleentheid vir publieke deelname toegelaat. Die studie het ook bevesting dat die
godsdienstige betrokkenheid van World Vision, weens die morele ondersteuning wat dit bied, hoog
gewaardeer was. Nog ’n belangrike aspek wat die studie aan die lig gebring het, was dat die mense die
kans gebied was om hul inheemse kennis in hul projeke aan te wend.
Met betrekking tot bemagtiging, het feitlik al die respondente geglo dat World Vision ’n belangrike rol
gespeel het om mense op te lei om veskeie aktiwiteite binne hul projekte uit te voer. Benewens die
opleiding wat ontvang was, het die mense ook verskeie vaardighede en kennis opgedoen. Die
meerderheid van die respondente het tegniese en ekonomiese kennis opgedoen, terwyl andere in
landbou en gesondheidsaangeleenthede en ook handwerk vaardig geword het. Bemagtiging in die Taung Area Development Programme is ook deur die verbetering in die lewensomstandinghede van
die plaaslike bevolking geopenbaar. Die studie het ook gevind dat die infrastruktuur met die bou van
skole en paaie verbeter was. Met betrekking tot primêre gesondheid, het die respondente bevesting dat
hulle toegang tot skoon water gekry het deur middel van ’n gemeenskaplike kraan. Veldtogte soos
MIV/VIGS bewusmaking, voorkoming van siektes en die bou van toilette het tot verbeterde
lewensomstandinghede in die Taung Area Development Programme bygedra. Afgesien van veldtogte
soos MIV/VIGS en siektevoorkoming wat vir primêre gesondheidsorg belangrik is, beskik min mense
kennis van dodelike siektes soos MIV/VIGS. Dit blyk dus dat World Vision meer klem sal moet lê op
die verspreiding van kennis van MIV/VIGS binne die gemeenskappe.
Die langtermyn oorlewing van die ontwikkelingsprojekte sal aan volhoubaarheid gekoppel moet word.
Die bevindings van hierdie studie bevestig dat mense in die Taung Area Development Programme
optimisties was dat die vaardighede en kennis wat hulle verkry het, en die projekte, selfhulpmiddels
sal genereer wat nog in werking sal wees lank na die vertrek van World Vision, veral met betrekking
tot die IGA projekte. Hierdie studie bevestig dat persone wat hoofsaaklik betrokke was by
ontwikkelingsprojekte soos by Qhalasi, net tot ’n geringe mate hulle vaardighede en kennis kon
gebruik.
Die belangriskte slotsom wat hierdie studie bereik het was dat die Taung Area Development
Programme, as een van die World Vision programme, in ’n groot mate die lewens van die plaaslike
mense getransformeer het. As gevolg van World Vision se betrokkenheid in die Taung Area
Development Programme, word mensgesentreerde ontwikkeling nou gesien as bevordelik vir die
betrokkenheid en bemagtiging van die bevolking sowel as die volhoubaarheid van die
ontwikkelingsprojekte.
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Development NGOs : understanding participatory methods, accountability and effectiveness of World Vision in Zimbabwe with specific reference to Umzingwane District.Knight, Kayla Christine January 2014 (has links)
Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) have occupied a prominent role in the development of rural Zimbabwe since the time of its independence in 1980. NGO work in Zimbabwe currently takes place within the context of a tense and fluid political climate, an economy struggling to recover from crisis, international skepticism toward long-term donor investment in development, and global expectations about the methodologies and accountability measures carried out in intervention-based development work. In the light of the participatory methodologies and empowerment-based development frameworks that dominate the current global expectations for work within the NGO sector, this thesis focuses on the work of one particular NGO working in Zimbabwe, namely, World Vision. The main objective of the thesis is to understand and explain the participatory methods, accountability and effectiveness of World Vision in Zimbabwe (with particular reference to Umzingwane District) and, in doing so, to deepen the theoretical understanding of NGOs as constituting a particular organizational form. World Vision is a large-scale international NGO that has a pronounced presence in Zimbabwe and it is specifically active in Umzingwane District in Matabeleland South Province. The thesis argues that NGOs exist within a complex and tense condition entailing continuous responses to pressures from donors and states that structure their survival. Ultimately, in maneuvering through such pressures, NGOs tend to choose directions which best enable their own sustainability, often at the cost of the deep participatory forms that may heighten the legitimacy of their roles. World Vision Zimbabwe responds to donor trends, national and local expectations of the state and its own organizational expectations by building local government capacity in order to maintain the longevity and measureable outputs of its projects. In doing so, it redefines the concept of participation in pursuing efficient and practical approaches to ‘getting things done’. This compromises deep participatory methodologies and, in essence, alters the practices involved in participatory forms in order to maintain World Vision’s own organizational sustainability and presence in Zimbabwe.
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Développement local comme stratégie de lutte contre la pauvreté : le cas du Programme de développement de zone implanté par World Vision en HaïtiPierre, Mislie 08 1900 (has links)
Ce mémoire est une étude sur le développement local comme stratégie de lutte contre la pauvreté en Haïti. C'est une étude de cas sur une stratégie qui a été implantée par la WVI dans plusieurs communautés pauvres en Haïti, le Programme de Développement de zone (PDZ). Nous avons cherché à savoir comment le PDZ a permis de mettre en place un projet de développement local de lutte contre la pauvreté dans ces communautés. Plus spécifiquement, nous avons analysé, à l'aide de la perspective de Klein et al. (2011), le type de stratégie de développement local auquel le PDZ correspond et vu comment il implique les communautés visées.
En effet, plusieurs dimensions, dont la majorité proposée par Klein et al. ont été analysées : le transfert de la stratégie aux leaders locaux ; le processus de leadership local (individuel, organisationnel et socio-territorial) ; la mobilisation des ressources endogènes et exogène ; l'utilisation créative des programmes publics ; la gestion locale des conflits et apprentissage collectif ; et la construction d'une identité positive et d'un sentiment d'appartenance.
Ce mémoire fait ressortir une critique souvent adressée à l'endroit des interventions des ONGI, à savoir que la situation de dépendance qu'elles engendrent compte tenu de l'approche assistentialiste sur laquelle elles sont souvent échafaudées. Particulièrement, l'étude du PDZ, nous renseigne que dans un contexte de grande pauvreté, de cumulation de désavantages (en termes de ressources humaines, économiques, politiques), ou d'obstacles objectifs, le développement par initiatives locales soulève des défis et enjeux majeurs. Les données montrent que la stratégie du PDZ __ bien qu'elle soit parvenue à développer un leadership local ; à favoriser une circulation limité de ressources économiques ; à permettre la construction d'une identité positive chez certaines personnes ; __ ne permet pas une mobilisation locale co-construite qui viendrait maintenir les actions mises de l'avant en faveur des priorités dégagées par les communautés elles-mêmes. Enfin, à travers l'analyse nous avons pu conclure qu'elle correspond à un modèle top-down. / This thesis examines the issues of local government as a strategy to fight against poverty in Haiti. As a study case of a strategy that the World Vision established in many poor rural communities- The Area Development Program-, we want to understand and clarify how the PDZ was able to help in building a local project development for fighting poverty in these communities. More specifically, we analyze, with the help of Klein and al. (2011) perspective, the type of strategy of local development which best describes the PDZ and we determine how these communities get involved in this strategy.
Thus, we focus on many aspects that were mainly suggested by Klein and al. : the transfer of the strategy to the local authorities ; the process of local leadership (individual, organizational and socio-territorial) ; the mobilization of endogenous and exogenous resources ; creative use of public programs ; local conflict management and collective learning ; positive identity and community feeling construction.
This research highlights criticism leveled against NGOs operations, about the dependency situations that arose as a result of assistance-based approaches of their aid. The PDZ study particularly teaches us that development through local initiatives raises daunting challenges and major issues, in the context of extreme poverty, cumulative disadvantages (in term of human, economic and political resources) or objectives obstacles. The facts show us that the PDZ strategy doesn’t allow a local mobilization that could sustain the initiatives inspired by the community`s self-defined needs, although the PDZ strategy succeeds in developing local leadership, in promoting limited movement of capital and enabling some people to construct a positive identity. Finally, we will conclude that the PDZ strategy refers to a top-down model.
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