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When Helping Hurts: Chapter 6
This chapter expands and goes into great detail about the participation level of the community that is being served in the process of determining and implementing a strategy for poverty alleviation. The authors provide a continuum where they show the …
Another Book We Recommend
I (Joel) recently finished a book that I would recommend for you to read, if you haven’t already. The book is “Too Busy Not To Pray” by Bill Hybels. This is a very popular book which many have read; I …
Chapter 4 – When Helping Hurts
Sorry it has been a little while since we have posted an update on our book that we are reading. We had read this chapter a little while ago but just have been so busy with travel and all that …
When Helping Hurts-Chapter 3
This is my first time posting on our book that we are reading together. This is for a couple of reasons. Partly, because it was Kim’s idea to post on the book and share with our blog community. For the …
When Helping Hurts-Thoughts on Chapter 2: What’s the Problem?
The 1st part of Chapter 2 starts with asking the question: What is poverty? In the 90’s, the World Bank asked this question to the poor themselves to try to get a better understanding of poverty. Those results, FYI, were …
WHEN HELPING HURTS: Thoughts on Chapter 1
…WHY WAS ISRAEL SENT INTO CAPTIVITY?…
It seemed like a pretty easy question when I first read it. All of us probably read or heard as a kid about how the Israelites worshipped idols and that is why they were …
Our book selection for this month (hopefully it will only take a month to read!)
This is a book that Joel and I just started reading. We will be blogging about what we are learning and hopefully inspire and encourage you to read this book as well.
The Santiago Partnership
