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Introduction to
A 3-part Journey:
1.A Lack of Choice
2. Top-down vs. Bottom-up
3. The Self-Developing Village Model
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About CHOICE
Founded 1982
Co-founded by Dr. James Mayfield
±Author and Professor Emeritus, University of Utah
± World renowned expert in rural village developmentCountries of Focus: Kenya, Nepal, Guatemala,
Mexico and Bolivia
CHOICE stands for the 'Center for Humanitarian
Outreach and Inter-Cultural Exchange'.
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About CHOICE
³CHOICE Humanitarian is ending poverty by
focusing on sustainable village development.
Our goal is to connect motivated villages to
resources and tools to change their lives. By building skills, capacities and leadership of the
villagers ± the entire community brings itself
out of the cycle of poverty.´
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Part 1:
A Lack of Choice
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The Cause:
Lack of Tools, Lack of Choice
³Development is about expanding the
choices people have to lead lives that
they value.´
± UN Human Development Report, 2008
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Part 2:Top-down vs. Bottom-up
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A Story
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The Top-Down Pattern
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The Top-Down Result
300 latrines
³completed´ @
$5000 each Over a million
dollars invested
Latrines are
never used
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The Top-Down Summary
$1.3 trillion invested since the '50s
Outsiders "fix" problems
No local input or ownership
³50% of all "Top Down" projects fail
within a year of NGO departure.´Dr. James B. Mayfield, lead researcher, United Nations Rural
Development Project Implementation Assessment Study
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So what¶s an alternative?
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The Bottom-Up Approach
NGO involves the locals
NGO provides:
±Technical skills±Community organization
±Some resources
Results: Sustainable
projects
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The Top-Down
Approach:LARGE Resources,
Small Impact
The Bottom-Up
Approach:LARGE Impact,
Small Resources
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The CHOICE Approach
Top-Down
+Bottom-Up =
LARGE
Resources,
LARGE Impact
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The CHOICE Approach
Self-Developing
Village Model
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Part 3:
The Self-DevelopingVillage Model
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Self-Developing Village Model:
The Process
Self
Assessment
Action
Plan
Execution
Learning Team
Building
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Self-Developing Village Model:
The Process
Self
Assessment
Action
Plan
Execution
Learning Team
Building
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Self-Developing Village Model:
The Process
Self
Assessment
Action
Plan
Execution
Learning Team
Building
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Self-Developing Village Model:
The Process
Self
Assessment
Action
Plan
Execution
Learning Team
Building
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Self-Developing Village Model:
The Process
Self
Assessment
Action
Plan
Execution
Learning Team
Building
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Self-Developing Village Model:
The Process
Self
Assessment
Action
Plan
Execution
Learning Team
Building
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Self-Developing Village Model:
The Process
Self
Assessment
Action
Plan
Execution
Learning Team
Building
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Measuring Results
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CHOICE Measurement Tools
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80s and 90s: Focus on
Sustainability
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Self-Developing Village Approach:
Leveraged impact
Leadership trained
Community
organized andmobilized
Resources leveraged
through networks
Village continues their own
development
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Example: Okhlepani, Nepal
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The Ripple Effect:CHOICE-trained villagers mentor neighbors