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is sometimes related to a fatalistic philosophy. "Pray to God, but also
row to shore," a Russian proverb,
demonstrates that we are in God's hands, but we also have a responsibility
to help ourselves. |
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We were created
with many abilities: to choose, to cooperate, to organize in improving
the quality of our lives; we should not let God or Allah be used as an
excuse to do nothing. |
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than merely songs and dances, culture, in social science, means the overall
social system, the total of all learned attitudes and behaviour, consisting
of socio-cultural systems belonging to six dimensions: technological,
economic,
political,
interactive,
ideological
and world view. |
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The basic unit
of culture is the "symbol." Culture is not genetic; it is transmitted by
communicating symbols. Sometimes called the "superorganic,"
because it is composed of systems that transcend the biological entities,
humans, that compose and bear culture. |
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dependency syndrome is an attitude and belief that a group can not solve
its own problems without outside help. |
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It is a weakness
that is made worse by charity. See: The
Dependency Syndrome. |
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Illness is one
of the five major factors of poverty.
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is cheaper, more humane, and more productive for a society or community
to prevent than to cure disease and to direct limited resources towards
the treatment of a few common diseases affecting the majority of the population,
rather than towards sophisticated equipment and skills for the treatment
of a few wealthy people (thus the reasons for WHO promoting and supporting
the principles of primary health care). |
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Knowing this,
you the mobilizer may challenge a community's first and lightly considered
choice of a clinic, and perhaps let them see the logic and reasoning for
first choosing effective water and sanitation systems to prevent water
borne diseases. |
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of integrity and lack of honesty. |
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Dishonesty
is one of the five major factors of poverty. |
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with various labels, including corruption, embezzlement, extortion and
theft. It happens when wealth intended for development of the whole society
is illegally, and usually secretly, diverted to benefit individuals who
betray their positions of trust as servants of society as a whole. |
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The resulting
lack of trust contributes in turn to apathy and poverty. That is
why you, as mobilizer and organizer of community organizations, promote
transparency, integrity and honesty in the groups you organize. |
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| Poverty
is more than a lack of money and income, more than lack of access to facilities
and services such as water, roads, education or clinics. It is the result
of “poverty of spirit” ie an attitude of hopelessness, an ignorance
of available resources, a dependence upon others, lack of confidence, discouragement,
lack of skills, lack of trust, lack of integrity and lack of effective
sustainable organization; in short, lack of good management. See
Factors
of Poverty. |
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Poverty is
a social problem, and calls for a social solution; poverty is not merely
the lack of income among a collection of individuals. Poverty can be reduced
by organizing and guiding poor people towards helping themselves, and by
getting stronger (empowerment) as a result
of engaging in struggles and meeting challenges. The eradication of poverty,
therefore, calls upon a sustainable improvement in management. |
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word “alleviation,” means to temporarily take away pain and discomfort.
Giving money to poor people does not end poverty. |
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As mobilizers
dedicated to fighting the causes not the symptoms of poverty, we avoid
this approach (mere alleviation by transferring money). |
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mobilizers, we work towards the elimination of the social problem of poverty
by analysing its causes, and taking steps to oppose and remove those causes.
Since poverty is a social problem, the solution to that problem is
social. |
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Two complementary
approaches to poverty elimination (communal and private) are found in two
complementary modules here: Community
Mobilization Cycle, and Income Generation
Scheme. |
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word "reduction" means to make something smaller. See Principles
of Community Empowerment. |
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In contrast
to “alleviation” which temporarily treats the symptoms of poverty,
reduction is seen as on the right pathway towards eradication. |
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concept of society is easily misunderstood, in that many people think that
a society is a collection of human individuals. In sociology, in contrast,
a society is something that continues even though all of its individual
humans come and go, through birth, death or migration, thus society transcends
the very individuals through which it is manifested. |
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If society
is not its individual human members, what is it? It is the systematic
behaviour, actions, reactions and interactions, and the beliefs and shared
attitudes that relate to those actions. It is carried on by symbolic communication,
not by genes. See Culture. |
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society, Español:
sociedad,
Français: société,
Português:
sociedade) |
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