- Title
- Would an asset-based community development approach counteract a community deficit mindset in Leliefontein?
- Creator
- Hopkins, Grant Camden
- Subject
- Community development
- Subject
- Rural development
- Subject
- Sustainable development
- Date Issued
- 2011
- Date
- 2011
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MBA
- Identifier
- vital:8691
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1009316
- Identifier
- Community development
- Identifier
- Rural development
- Identifier
- Sustainable development
- Description
- This research report aims to explore the potential of an Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) approach in Leliefontein. Through the ABCD process, an inventory of the individual capacities of a sample group will be undertaken, as well as an inventory of the significant local associations, organisations and institutions, as well as their capacities. The objective will be to use the asset-mapping process to challenge negative community self-perceptions, enabling them to build new, positive images that empower and release latent potential. The information gathered will also be made available to the individuals, organisations, associations and institutions within the community, along with some ideas on how mutually beneficial partnerships can be developed. The key objective will be to assist the community of Leliefontein, to no longer regard themselves from a deficit mindset, but positively, as a community with tremendous resources, assets and relationships that can be harnessed for 4 community economic development. Asset-mapping can then be used by local organisations to build new relationships within the community, as well as relationships that harness resources outside of the immediate community.
- Format
- vi, 58, iii leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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