Poverty Without Borders

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Comment by RAFAEL PABLO MOLINA FERNANDO on August 14, 2009 at 1:27am

Poverty robs a person of the most basic power inherent in every human being, and that is: THE POWER TO PROTECT OURSELVES AND THOSE WE LOVE. At Integral Transformation Group, Inc., we believe that "DEVELOPMENT, TO BE AUTHENTIC, MUST START FROM WITHIN THE HEARTS OF MEN; ONLY THROUGH A NEW MIND CAN HUMANITY REMAKE ITSELF AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SUCH A NEW MIND IS NATURAL."

Comment by roger pholo mvumbi on May 13, 2009 at 3:53pm

from my country D.R.CONGO we are facing many problems of poverty so we are in a great need of partners to solve those many problems.as a president of a recognised ngo i am looking to get connected to partners and friends and see how to help my rural community.ROGER PHOLO.00243-998218472.

Comment by Umashankar Sahu on January 27, 2009 at 2:42am

Poverty is not just lacking resources rather its closly related to dignity too. The discrimination in existing social, economic, political and cultural structure is the root causes of poverty which offen deprived the marginalised communities to equally access and control the resouces. So poverty reduction need multi-dimensional approaches

Comment by Gottlieb Keller on January 25, 2009 at 3:20pm

Welcome to everybody in these group. I am looking forward to work with you on this very important issues.

All the best
Gottlieb W. Keller

Comment by Ram Bahadur Raut on December 28, 2008 at 6:40pm

Although Nepal is very beautiful country, but it is under developing.more than 42 are below the poverty line. So we must work in these country.we are working against the poverty. But we do not cover the whole so We need more helping hand for deduct it.
More than twelve years we had suffered from arm conflict,it also support to create this situation .
So how we do better work in here?

Comment by SPHP GLOBAL NETWORK on December 22, 2008 at 2:13pm

For ALL members of this Group:


A Blessed Christmas and A Peaceful New Year for you and your loved ones!


May there be time in 2009 for us to be able to work together in trying to make Planet Earth a better place for our humankind and all the rest of the other living organisms, sentient and otherwise, as close as possible to the enigmatic, seemingly unfathomable design and purpose of the Infinite Supreme Being.


Peace be with us,


JM Nepomuceno
Site Administrator
SPHP GLOBAL NETWORK
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Comment by Lena Mikhaylova on November 25, 2008 at 2:41pm

Dear everyone!

I'm a member of the non-commercial organization /creative collective called Loesje. One of our latest projects (“Picture Your Rights”) was devoted to the theme of Human rights and Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It was an on-line competition where people could upload the photos on the topic and propose slogans. The results of this competition materialized in a form of 10 double-sided posters with different photos, texts and opinions on the topic of human rights.

This project is a human rights info campaign, so now we printed 50.000 posters and send them to people for personal use, for exhibitions, for placing them in libraries, schools, offices and other places where people can see them.

If you want to get a free package with the posters for your organization or just for yourself – you're welcome to order them at books@loesje.org.

Thank you!

Comment by Robert Mills on November 13, 2008 at 10:12am

2008 is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60th anniversary. It's time for a global conversation about human rights and the values that unite us as one human family. But it can also be a time when each of us chooses to take human rights into our daily lives, by joining a powerful people network.

Just months ago, EHHR campaign partner Internews called on journalists and citizen journalists all around the world to submit their best work to the Every Human Has Rights Media Awards. They received 482 applications, with stories from 108 countries and on November 1st, Internews announced the 30 winners.
Read more at http://www.everyhumanhasrights.org/

Comment by Robert Mills on October 13, 2008 at 10:19am

It would seem to me, after some 30 years of working with the poor in some capacity or another, as well as living in solidarity with them, that most develpment models which have been used are solely based on the false presumption that 'western capitalism' is the only viable means of developing a country. And during the cold war, there was additionally the 'soviet form socialism' which was still based on a similar objective of expansionism, forcing those who were being helped to accept wholeheartedly ideological motivations which did not place those being helped in first place. Both models merely use those being assisted, as canon fodder to ideological gains. So currently, development models seek to exploit resources, and have caused serious injuries to the poor, and to the environment, for so called progress.

Mahatma Gandhi observed this when faced with the terrible poverty suffered at the hands an upper caste and the British empire. He once remarked that poverty is the worst kind of violence which can be afflicted upon a people.and when Nehru and the all India Congress essentially wanted to adopt socialism as form of government, Gandhi wanted no part of it, any more than he wanted capitalism. Instead he had proposed that India adopt a program called Sarvodaya (literlly meaning the uplifting of all creation), based upon the two pillars of causing no harm and adopting an economic sytem based based on smaller and more personal village craft industries.
Of which, the development paradigm would be circular, rather than top to bottom or bottom to top, and would be upon consensus rather than being dictated to, by either a minority or majority.

Comment by Cindy L. Calago on August 22, 2008 at 7:42am

I have always worked in development organizations after graduating from university. I have worked for several years with various non-government organizations in the areas of rural development, gender, human rights, and environment and natural resources.

These work experiences have given me first-hand knowledge and insight into the current development trends. It has made me realize that there is a lot more that needs to be done and changed in the current development models, systems and paradigms. In the past decades, development has moved from top-to-bottom approach to the more participatory bottom-to-top approach. It is believed to address the sustainability and accountability issues of development. Yet, development programmes and projects are still very much dictated by models and paradigms that are forced to fit the developing countries’ context despite their socio-political and economic differences.

My volunteer experience in Bangladesh alone has shown me that one cannot ignore the planning and management of development programmes, the variances and nuances of the socio-economic, political and cultural traditions and customs specific to a country. If one has to use the bottom-to-top approach, these forces have to be considered as they have direct impact and influence on the processes and outcome of development efforts. The Philippines is another example, being one of the countries most bombarded with development programmes and funds for more than half a century. These development activities were based on the current development models and paradigms. And while progress can be seen in many areas, the Philippines is still far from being a socially and economically developed country as envisioned by the development actors fifty years ago.

In the pursuit of “fast-tracking” development, some successful pilot programmes of the bottom-to-top approach are being applied in other areas, largely ignoring actual development needs peculiar to them, as well as particular contexts. Most development efforts are still very much donor-driven and donor-dependent. These trends have put development efforts at a stand-still.

It is my intention to remain in development work for the rest of my life. But I do not subscribe to the current development models and paradigms that guide and mold development work in developing countries today. I am still in search not of a perfect development model, but of a more responsive and culture-sensitive approach that caters to the real problems and issues of poverty and development particular to the country. Anyone who has any idea is very much welcome to share...