Description
Book Synopsis After directing the organization NGOabroad: International Careers and Volunteering for 20 years, the author wrote this guidebook to help both prospective and active social and humanitarian workers pursue their careers in international development. She has witnessed many individuals miss international job opportunities because they lack knowledge of the realities on the ground or the requisite skills.
This practical book fills in the gaps. Chapters detail the common problems of global poverty and injustice and instruct on community-building as a means of creating lasting change. The book is designed for those who wish to work or volunteer abroad in nursing, public health, engineering, education, entrepreneurship, environmental work, women''s empowerment and other fields.
Table of Contents
- Foreword by Cathryne L. Schmitz
- Introduction
- I—Perspective
- 1. Why Social Work Is So Valued in International
- Development
- 2. Know Poverty? How Does Half the World Live?
- II—Skills
- 3. Needs and Strengths Assessment to Program
- Development
- 4. Capacity Building: Creating Collaborators, Not Passive Recipients
- 5. Capacity Building: Other Steps to Empowerment
- 6. Partner to the Poor and Participatory Development
- 7. Community Organizing: Having a Voice
- 8. Advocacy: Impacting Policies Which Create Poverty
- III—Attitude
- 9. Attitude Is Everything
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Discussion and Skills Development
- Guide for Classroom Use
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
