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looks great if u live in the states
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Thanks April - not sure I can order Community Transformation due to not living in the USA - is there any other way of ordering this book.
The other reads look interesting
Dave
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Hi April
I live in a neighborhood in South Auckland. There are about 5000 ppl in this neighborhood (Randwick Park)and the community is made up of Pacific Islanders (samoans, tongans etc), Maori (NZ Indigenous), NZ European and Indian. There is low education, high unemployment, high crime etc etc. We have a high percentage of young people (under 20), many young families and solo parents, there are very few old people living in the area.
The area has a mixture of old housing welfare, and new development (new homes, 10 years old), but the area is very under-developed with no/little shared space (no community halls, churches, developed parks ((but we have lots of empty green parks)), public toilets, one pre-school education centre, four shops (takeaways and liquor outlet). There is a small skate park, but no youth groups or youth faciities, very few local businesses, no doctor or health centre).
My family and I have relocated into this neighborhood because we come from 'faith-based' values, wanting to share what we have with others, sharing our of skills, resources, energy, time and housing with others who havent necessary had the same opportunities that we had. My wife is Maori, and has suffered from some of the injustice that is part of our NZ history, but who was also lucky to have educational opportunities.
The area has been over surveyed with 'needs based' goverment agencies that has created suspision of goverment promises.
My wife and I have joined the small local Resident Association, which we have just formed into a legal identity, and the group has becoming passionate about ABCD approach (which i am slowly introducing to the group). They want to see employment, community events, celebrations, youth activities, sports etc develop within the community, but they are not sure how to encourage this development. However the concepts behind ABCD will really help the group to plan and work on building community. The group does have a good relationship with the City Councilors and can now attract funding to help.
I'm with a Christian organisation called Urban Neighbors of Hope www.unoh.org - we really focus on areas of poverty, we relocate and live within teh same neighborhoods that we work in, we refuse to take government contracts and we live of whatever donations we can find. Its a great lifestyle. We have a wholistic view - believing neighborhoods and individuals have needs around the physical & spiritual, family and mental - and that communities are the best places to find the resources etc to meet those needs.
Major challenges are - welfare and dependency mindsets, lack of youth support, fear of neighbors, lack of social and cultural capital, very few 'shared community space' with facilities & parks that are developed for use, umemployment, gangs and drugs.
I hope that gives you some background.
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Hi Sarasota
Thanks for your message - really nice to have contact. I checked out the workbooks - there are 15 of them - if I bought 3, which ones would you recommend.
I like the gifts of the ands, head and heart. I'd also add Family (as whanau/family is an important part of worldview in a Maori & Pacific Island culture. Very helpful.
Dave
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I'm looking for examples of asset mapping questions that I can use. I have 10 local ppl interested in this idea, but need some examples - any suggestions
Has anyone attempted this - what lessons was learnt?
updated by @dave-tims: 10/29/16 07:42:51AM
trust is the secert - and start small - I've just moved into a small community (5,000 ppl) - I discovered a Resident Association which I joined - and discovered that they had been through a hard year - I heard some of their dreams and helped them to make some of the dreams happen ie community newsletter, re-telling/ reconstructing the storries from the neighborhood. - discovered that serving others has earned me with some levels of trust - have started talking about asset mapping with individuals, which has created interest - will continue to talk one on one over coffee and tea, untill there is a high level of interest ie 10-15 ppl are interested - then will try to pull everyone together and see what happens