skip to main content
Language:
Search Limited to: Search Limited to: Resource type Show Results with: Show Results with: Search type Index

Focus on communities and not projects: challenges faced by development centres in attaining sustainable livelihoods in Tshwane, South Africa

Social Work, 2024, Vol.60 (1), p.61-79 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. ;ISSN: 2312-7198 ;EISSN: 2312-7198 ;DOI: 10.15270/60-1-1251

Full text available

Citations Cited by
  • Title:
    Focus on communities and not projects: challenges faced by development centres in attaining sustainable livelihoods in Tshwane, South Africa
  • Author: Skhosana, Rebecca Mmamoagi ; Nel, Hanna
  • Subjects: Social Work
  • Is Part Of: Social Work, 2024, Vol.60 (1), p.61-79
  • Description: Community development interventions are welcomed in communities; however, their sustainability is often questioned. The goal of this study was to explore and describe the challenges faced in the development of community interventions by the development centres in the Tshwane region, Gauteng province, South Africa. The research study adopted a qualitative research approach. A non-probability sample was chosen, utilising a purposive sampling technique to select participants. The raw data were analysed and interpreted according to the eight steps outlined by Tesch. The article argues that top-down interventions can create dependency and hinder communities from achieving sustainability and self-reliance. More emphasis should be placed on facilitating a process in which community members take charge of their assets and strengths to mobilise local solutions and improve inward functioning.
  • Publisher: Department of Social Work, Stellenbosch University/ Universiteit Stellenbosch
  • Language: Portuguese
  • Identifier: ISSN: 2312-7198
    EISSN: 2312-7198
    DOI: 10.15270/60-1-1251
  • Source: SciELO
    DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Back to results list
INSPIRE LIBRARY - TON DUC THANG UNIVERSITY (84-028) 37 755 057 Feedback
19 Nguyen Huu Tho St. Dist.7, HCM thuvien@tdtu.edu.vn

Copyright © 2017 INSPIRE LIBRARY - TON DUC THANG UNIVERSITY

Searching Remote Databases, Please Wait