Development versus Relief

Our posture here is to see through a lens of Asset Based Community Development. Basically what that means is that we begin with the questions, “What gifts, talents and resources are already here, and what is good here and working well?” Rather than to ask, “What do you need, or what is wrong?” Both are good questions, but to move in the way of Development versus Relief mode it seems a far better approach. We also find that finding the solutions and gifting’s within the community affirms people’s dignity and ownership of the process. With this is mind, we are working closely with the community leaders, artisans and present health care providers.