From ATD Fourth World Regional Team (Romy Hoffmann-Tran, Quyen Tran, Patricia and Claude Heyberger)

In this letter, two articles look at how projects aimed at helping disadvantaged people and families can sometimes run the risk of creating division among the neighborhood and communities. Although projects are developed with good intentions, they may be ill-adapted to people’s needs—and therefore may be ineffective in fighting poverty. The two authors describe the importance of understanding the concerns and motivations of the most disadvantaged individuals and families they aim to reach, whose voices are oftentimes silenced by powerlessness and despair(…)

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ATD Asian Forum May 2012