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| Internally displaced E. Timorese women share a lighter moment as they discuss what their future home |
Church World Service recognized early in its history that to be genuinely fruitful, projects and programs must come from
the people themselves, not be imposed by others. Empowering self help is the key.
For example:
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- Habsu Abdu, a member of the women's cooperative in Balleyara, Niger, has learned how to read, write and do arithmetic
through the Tagazar project's adult literacy classes. Sixty women are attending this course, every morning for nine
months of the year, in a classroom they constructed themselves.
- In Bosnia, we're working at the grassroots with people like Franjo. With basic inputs - chicks, feet, and chicken
coops - local egg production can go forward. Support for this and other small enterprises means jobs and a source of
food for the community.
- In Cambodia, a demining team member painstakingly probes for unexploded landmines - a dangerous yet essential task to
help make daily life safer for children and families, and allow precious land to be reclaimed for farming.
- In one of the poorest and most dangerous areas of Rio de Janeiro, children and adolescents run a vital drug abuse and
HIV-AIDS prevention center for themselves and their peers, with support from Church World Service Brazilian partners.
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