Documenting Development through Stories of Change
‘Poverty was screaming in my household, at one time I ended up thinking that poverty was mine.’ Sarah Matongo
Narratives of Hope: ‘It Starts Within Us’ – Documenting Development through Stories of Change
It Starts Within Us is the product of a group of Zimbabwean NGOs who sought to discover their relevance in promoting development. They engaged with communities to discover if their development partners had benefited from their interventions – or not. This important book not only documents stories of change but also interrogates the process of evaluation, allowing members of marginalized communities to speak for themselves, and providing the reader with a ‘narrative of hope’. We discover how the need to change and develop begins with the harsh realities of poverty – exacerbated in Zimbabwe in the past decade by the effects of an economic, social, and political crisis of debilitating proportions. Insights about how a people-centred approach to development can be sustained, even in difficult operating environments, will be of interest to any development practitioner, researcher or academic as well as to the general public. The stories are accompanied by impressive photographs.
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