Comments - Game on: It’s time to stop looking at development issues as a matter of emergency - Community life competence2024-03-29T13:04:09Zhttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=2028109%3ABlogPost%3A115339&xn_auth=noAutry thanks for your comment…tag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2013-04-22:2028109:Comment:1160092013-04-22T07:43:02.854ZClement N Dlaminihttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/ClementNDlamini
<p>Autry thanks for your comments and I would really like to believe that where there is a will there is a way. I have countless arguments with people saying this bottom up is too expensive and time consuming. And I would like to believe that our investments in community capacity though expensive in the short term but it has long term returns which will lead to sustainability of development. The amount of money we spend churning out outputs that don't result in sustained change is just too…</p>
<p>Autry thanks for your comments and I would really like to believe that where there is a will there is a way. I have countless arguments with people saying this bottom up is too expensive and time consuming. And I would like to believe that our investments in community capacity though expensive in the short term but it has long term returns which will lead to sustainability of development. The amount of money we spend churning out outputs that don't result in sustained change is just too much, but investing in people to be results driven is the way to go as it doesn't just give them fish but works with them to the last mile of enjoying the fruits of their labor.</p> Thanks Clement for sharing yo…tag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2013-04-10:2028109:Comment:1154702013-04-10T15:53:52.919ZAutry Hayneshttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/AutryHaynes
<p>Thanks Clement for sharing your vision for community-led behavior change initiatives. I agree with your closing questions and statement "Does people-driven development require long-term, more complex, more costly investments? Maybe. Is it worth it? Definitely!" The challenge is, who will will or can invest with the risks involved. Like you I have always advocated for the bottom up approach for communities' participation in creating behavior change initiatives. I honestly thnik that…</p>
<p>Thanks Clement for sharing your vision for community-led behavior change initiatives. I agree with your closing questions and statement "Does people-driven development require long-term, more complex, more costly investments? Maybe. Is it worth it? Definitely!" The challenge is, who will will or can invest with the risks involved. Like you I have always advocated for the bottom up approach for communities' participation in creating behavior change initiatives. I honestly thnik that communities have the strengths and will but need support. I have had similar experiences here. I went to a community and people compaint about the threats of gold mining to their life and livelihood i.e negative social impacts. I asked what would like your village council, whom you have elected to do for you? the list was long (^_^). I asked, "where does the village council get its $$$$ to do things that you want, for you? the answer "from mining." So I asked do we get rid of mining because of its negative social impacts? They say "no!, but we have to learn to live with mining and do things to prevent the negatives that affect us." So the next obvious question would be "So what can we as a community do?" I am sure of what the answers would have been and from there the type of support for the long journey to behavior change would have started. Unfortunately the limited $$$ resources around the world do not permit this approach, so what do we who believes in this process do?</p>