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Showing papers in "Transformation in 2006"


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TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate how the philosophy and actions of two faith-based organizations demonstrate Transformational Development by highlighting the issues each has encountered, and considering how successful their development initiatives have been in presenting an integrated gospel of faith and action.
Abstract: On December the 26th 2004, a series of events occurred that had catastrophic consequences for hundreds of thousands of people throughout much of South East Asia. A series of earthquakes, the largest recording 9.3 on the Richter Scale, rocked the province of Aceh on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. This was immediately followed by a tsunami, with four waves reaching the height of thirty metres. The effect of this disaster was felt as far away as India and Sri Lanka. Aceh suffered substantial damage. The provincial capital, Banda Aceh, lost approximately one third of its population (an estimated 150 000 people died), as a result of the tsunami event, (United Nations Humanitarian Information Centre, personal communication, 7th August, 2005). The scale of the physical devastation in the city and surrounding area was immense, as was the level of response by government and non-government organisations alike. When I visited Banda Aceh in August of 2005, the crisis phase of the disaster response had generally been completed. Organisations were focussing on rebuilding and development programmes. This paper considers some issues that might arise for Christian Faith-based Organisations (CFBOs), seeking to implement development initiatives based on the transformation themes of salvation, the justice of God, good news to the poor, and the nature and role of Christian community. It focuses on two CFBOs, investigating how each has responded to the rebuilding and development needs within Aceh in the post-tsunami context, (organisation names have been changed to protect identity). It seeks to investigate how the philosophy and actions of both organisations demonstrate Transformational Development by highlighting the issues each has encountered, and considering how successful their development initiatives have been in presenting an integrated gospel of faith and action.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a helpful framework for analysing the sustainability of development occurring in communities suffering from poverty, and assess the validity of Streeten's definitions is beyond the scope of this article.
Abstract: The term ‘sustainable development’ has largely been born out of an environmental background resulting in a monopolisation of the term from this perspective (Belshaw, 2005a). Paul Streeten, amongst others, widens the concept. He suggests sustainable development is about the maintenance, replacement and growth of capital assets; the rehabilitation and maintenance of the physical environment; the resilience of a community to shocks and crises; keeping debt levels to a minimum so as not to burden future generations with unnecessary and debilitating debt; economic, political and administrative sustainability; and the ability to hand over each development project to be managed by citizens of the communities in which they are carried out, so that outside experts can withdraw without jeopardizing its ongoing efficiency (1991).2 While assessing the validity of Streeten’s definitions is beyond the scope of this article, they provide a helpful framework for analysing the sustainability of development occurring in communities suffering from poverty.