Ethos
Self-help and Team Work
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Whilst women and children carry water from distant sources, men discuss implementation of a self help water supply scheme |
The ethos of community based self-help development schemes are intended not to look at oneself as an individual or family, but as a community. Through self-help, the community develops the essentially egalitarian relationship, giving personalized people-to-people style of work, and a sense of ownership of the finished work. Maintenance of the finished product is a collective and mutual responsibility.
What are the benefits?
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