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| January 13, 2008 - Tess' Story | |||
| Written by Tess Bone | |||
| As a student from the United States visiting South Africa to study development issues, I first became interested in Zimele upon discovering its declaration of an empowerment-focused development approach. I have learned of the poor track record of development NGOs in the past decades, of the lack of sustainability or of any consideration at all of the opinions or abilities of the people the NGO is seeking to help. I believe in allowing people to realize their own potential to improve their situation, that the only way to achieve true long-lasting development is, as “Zimele” means, to stand on one’s own two feet. Thus, I was eager to see if this high ideal could be seen in practice on-the-ground. I sought to learn more about how Zimele’s Self Help Groups (SHG) empower the impoverished people of this beautiful land, and to see if Zimele really achieves (as so few organizations actually do) a project that neither imposes nor condescends, but one which works wi... (4281 more chars) | |||
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