{"product_id":"reach-out-africa-dorothy-h-ettling-9781480807945","title":"Reach Out Africa: Studies in Community Empowerment, Sustainable Development, and Cross-Cultural Engagement","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis guidebook is a collection of stories of African development projects that have transformed the lives of individuals and communities through collaborative partnerships. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough the study of these successful collaborations, readers will learn to: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- Engage in capacity-building for collective problem-solving at the community level. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- Work collaboratively for women's empowerment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- Mobilize culturally diverse communities to plan, implement, and evaluate sustainable community development.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- Build meaningful collaborations among university and grassroots partners.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- Maximize volunteer skills and match them to community needs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Women's Global Connection (WGC; www.womensglobalconnection.org) embarked on this journey of cross-cultural engagement and capacity-building with one intention, grounded on three pillars: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- Local ownership demanded individual and community involvement and buy-in.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- Social empowerment required that each of our endeavors resulted in the local community's capacity to share the knowledge and replicate the training that was offered.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- The promise of sustainability curbed our efforts to engage only in projects that held the hope of long-term sustainability by the community itself.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYears of collaboration among the women's cooperatives, WGC, a private Catholic university, and countless volunteers has demonstrated the unbounded potential of reaching across boundaries and barriers to build a more responsible sense of global citizenship in today's inequitable world society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dorothy H. Ettling, Kevin B. Vichcales\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 148080794X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781480807945\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Archway Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.76d","brand":"Dorothy H. Ettling","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44123955790079,"sku":"9781480807945","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1a15e58e-9226-4b80-af82-d5c63f88040d.jpg?v=1687433890","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reach-out-africa-dorothy-h-ettling-9781480807945","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}