LongTerm Effects of Sustainable Community Development

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Long-Term Effects of Sustainable Community
Development

• Matt Osgood
• Volunteer Administration
• Amigos de las Américas

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History of Giving

• Concepts of Charity
• Religion
• Affluence
• Child Sponsorship Agencies
• 1932 Save the Children
• 1936 Children International
• 1937 Plan International
• 1938 Christian Childrens Fund
• 1950 World Vision
• 1952 Compassion
• 1981 Christian Foundation for Children and
  Aging
• Lets fix the problem

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Volunteerism vs. Charity

• Volunteer Organizations
• 1919 International Federation of Red Cross and
  Red Crescent Societies
• 1948 World Health Organization
• 1960 Peace Corps
• 1965 Amigos de las Américas
• 1976 Habitat for Humanity
• 1994 Americorps
• Lets pool our resources

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What is Health?

• World Health Organization a state of complete
  physical, mental and social well-being and not
  merely the absence of disease or infirmity
• Health improvement and Community development go
  hand in hand

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Community Development vs. Civilization

• Infrastructure
• Electricity
• Potable Water
• Public Sanitation
• Medical Attention
• Access to clinics
• Availability of medicine
• Sanitary facilities
• Education

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Household Amenities

• Latrine
• Stove
• Food Storage
• Grains
• Meat
• Water Storage
• Durable structures
• Concrete walls and ceilings

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Sustainability

• Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.
  Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a
  lifetime. - Lao Tzu
• Importance of Education
• Why construct a latrine?
• Maintenance
• Shifting focus
• Economic sustainability

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Long-Term Effects

• Improved quality of life
• Economic stability
• Global participation

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Acknowledgements

• Websites
• www.americorps.org
• www.amigoslink.org
• www.cfcausa.org
• www.children.org
• www.christianchildrensfund.org
• www.compassion.org
• www.habitat.org
• www.ifrc.org
• www.peacecorps.gov
• www.plan.org
• www.who.int
• www.worldvision.org

• C.O.O.L. Idealist Conference
• Thank YOU