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Question: Dear Sir's
I am very happy to find this tool box and I send my appreciation. This, for a very long time I have been struggling to find; thank you so much for exemplary good work.
However, I intend to create a social enterprise targeting working to build healthy community and bring about a social change. I am looking at how better I can prepare my community to work together to change conditions that affect their lives. My community (the Iteso) had a pride over their cows and this was their bank; it was a source of school fees and general well being of the community. Between 1986 to 1993, the Iteso lost their pride to cattle rustlers. The Iteso now rely on subsistence farming as a source of their general well being including school fees for their children. Through universal primary/secondary education, Educational standards have gone down as compared to years before 1986. Recent poverty statistics show 54% of the Iteso community are below poverty line. Please advise me.
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Simon Peter Achaitum
Answer: Hi Simon, Thank you for your question. It can be hard to mobilize a community to change the conditions that affect their lives. There are a few chapters that might help you. First, chapter 1 might be a good place to start. This chapter focuses on community change and improvement. Another chapter that might be helpful is Chapter 4 . This chapter might be useful in helping to organize a community wide meeting. Other options include organizations such as World Vision or Global Volunteers. Organizations such as these work well with lower-income communities to increase capacity to educate. There are many organizations such as these who are already working in Africa, and you may need to research the one that would be the best fit for your community. We hope we have helped. Please let us know if you have any further questions.
Question Date: Tue, 04/01/2014