Ubuntu and its potential impact on the international social work profession
Bernard Mayaka,Rory Truell +1 more
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The current theme for the Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development (GAWSDSSD) as mentioned in this paper represents the highest level of global messaging within the social work profession for the years 2020-20.Abstract:
Ubuntu is the current theme for the Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development and represents the highest level of global messaging within the social work profession for the years 2020–20...read more
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Establishing the relevance of the Ubuntu philosophy in social work practice: Inspired by the Ubuntu World Social Work Day, 2021 celebrations and the IFSW and IASSW’s (2014) Global Definition of Social Work
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