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Book

Basic Accounting for Credit and Savings Schemes

01/01/1996

1 documents

102 pages long

Languages: English

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Intended for readers without any formal accountancy training, this book explains in clear and simple language how to document the financial transactions associated with credit and savings schemes.

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Book

Reducing Risk: Participatory teaming activities for disaster mitigation in Southern Africa

01/01/1996

9 documents

339 pages long

Languages: English

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In 1991 -92 Southern Africa was severely affected by the region’s “worst drought in living memory”. The response which followed drew together the international community with Southern Africa’s governments, NGOs, and private companies to mitigate the drought’s impact. In partnership with the Department of Adult and Community Education at the University of Natal, the Regional […]

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Book

Adult Literacy: A handbook for development workers

01/01/1995

7 documents

180 pages long

Languages: English

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Adult Literacy: A Handbook for Development Workers is written for agency staff with no formal training in adult education who have to respond – as planners, trainers, or teachers – to requests for literacy skills. It sets out to deepen their understanding of literacy and its importance in the process of development and change.

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Journal article

Training indigenous workers in mental-health care

01/05/1994

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

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This article develops issues raised in Hans Buwalda’s article, ‘Children of war in the Philippines’. It considers the training of indigenous workers in mental-health care in areas of recent or continuing armed conflict. It explores the possibilities of combining Western therapeutic techniques with local and culturally appropriate ways of working. It stresses the need to […]

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Discussion paper

Strategic Planning Review

01/01/1994

1 documents

74 pages long

Languages: English

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From May 1991 until February 1993, the Overseas Division of Oxfam (UK and Ireland) was engaged in a strategic planning process. The first mandatory planning exercise ever carried out in Oxfam, it was an ambitious and complex process. Many lessons were learned, both positive and negative.

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Discussion paper

Trees of Somalia: A field guide for development workers

01/01/1994

1 documents

203 pages long

Languages: English

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The most comprehensive reference work to date on the useful tree species of Somalia, this extensively illustrated manual provides detailed information about the 44 most useful woody tree varieties common to Somalia. Designed as a basic reference tool for use by forestry extension workers, it include botanical data, local names information about uses, and notes […]

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Book

Developing and Managing Community Water Supplies

01/01/1993

1 documents

184 pages long

Languages: English

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External support agencies need to adopt a partnership approach to the development of community water supplies if communities are to he successful in managing their own supplies in the long term.

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Journal article

Working with local NGOs: WaterAid’s programme in Nepal

01/05/1992

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

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This article describes the evolution of WaterAid’s programme of work in Nepal, based on the author’s experiences while working as WaterAid’s Representative Engineer in Nepal from 1987 to 1991. It examines how WaterAid’s philosophy of working in partnership with local organisations was actually put into practice. Various problems and constraints are identified and discussed, and […]

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Book

Basic Accounting for Small Groups

01/01/1992

1 documents

157 pages long

Languages: English

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The success of any venture, whatever its size, depends on proper financial control. This book offers a step-by-step guide to basic accounting and financial management techniques. It is written in plain language for people who have no previous experience of accounting and book-keeping. Using simple case studies, the author shows how to: construct a budget […]

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Book

Looking After Our Land: Soil and water conservation in dry land Africa

01/01/1991

5 documents

88 pages long

Languages: English

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Soil and water conservation projects in sub-Saharan Africa have had a troubled record over the past 50 years. Their failure has had extremely serious consequences especially for those people living in the marginal dry land areas.

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