scholarly journals Sustainability of the Aging Network's COVID-19 Responses: Isolated Impact or Transformative Change?

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 465-466
Author(s):  
Suzanne Kunkel ◽  
Suzanne Kunkel
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Community Change ◽  
Community Response ◽  
Transformative Change ◽  
Delivery Methods ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Needs ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Title Vi

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic mobilized individuals, organizations, and communities. Area Agencies and Aging (AAAs) and Title VI Native American Programs, core organizations of the network of community-based organizations (CBOs) that serve older adults and their families, pivoted their service delivery methods to provide life-sustaining services. Their long-standing expertise in community needs assessment, pre-existing cross-sectoral partnerships, and an infusion of emergency federal funding, enabled this rapid response. Recently concluded studies using key-informant interviews and national surveys of AAAs and Title VI programs highlight these service adaptations, from expansion of home-delivered meal programs to new partnerships in telehealth. These organizations also reported expansion of services offered and people served, and the emergence or strengthening of partnerships with other CBOs, businesses, and governmental organizations such as public health entities. For example, 78% of the respondents to the recent survey of AAAs reported that they have a role in vaccination outreach, scheduling support, or delivery. The papers in this symposium will use these new studies to describe the nature, origins, and potential sustainability of new and expanded services and partnerships. The Collective Impact Model for community change (introduced in the Stanford Social Innovation Review) will provide a framework for the discussion. Built on the importance of cross-sector coordination, the five pillars of success for collective rather than isolated impact are: a common agenda, mutually reinforcing activities, continuous communication, shared measurement, and a backbone organization. Each of these five pillars is relevant to the heightened community response during the pandemic, and to the likelihood of sustainability.

Community Based 3R Waste Management Strategy (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) Bantas Village, Selemadeg Timur District, Tabanan Regency

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (09) ◽  
pp. 21041-21049 ◽  
Author(s):  
I Putu Sudana Satria Artha ◽  
Nyoman Utari Vipriyanti ◽  
I Putu Sujana
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Waste Products ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Inorganic Waste

Garbage can be interpreted as a consequence of the activities of human life. It is undeniable, garbage will always be there as long as life activities continue to run. Every year, it can be ascertained that the volume of waste will always increase along with the increasing pattern of public consumerism. The landfill which is increasingly polluting the environment requires a technique and management to manage waste into something useful and of economic value, Bantas Village, Selemadeg Timur District, Tabanan Regency currently has a Waste Management Site (TPS3R) managed by Non-Governmental Organizations (KSM ) The source of waste comes from Households, Stalls, Restaurant Entrepreneurs, Schools, Offices and Ceremonies which are organic and inorganic waste. The waste management system at Bantas Lestari TPS with 3R system is Reduce (reduction of waste products starts from the source), Reuse (reuse for waste that can be reused) and Recycle (recycling waste) to date it is still running but not optimal. The method used in this research is descriptive quantitative with data analysis using SWOT analysis. This study produces a Waste Management Strategy which is the result of research from the management aspect, aspects of human resources and aspects of infrastructure facilities.

Formalization as a tool for environmental peacebuilding? Artisanal and small-scale mining in Liberia and Sierra Leone

2021 ◽  
Vol 97 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-55
Author(s):  
Christina Ankenbrand ◽  
Abrina Welter ◽  
Nina Engwicht
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Transformative Change ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Benefits ◽  
Sustainable Peace ◽  
Underlying Causes ◽  
Ethical Sourcing ◽  
The Ideal

Abstract Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) has long been a vital source of livelihoods for rural populations in the global South. Yet, it has also been linked to a host of social, political and environmental adversities, including violent conflict. As environmental peacebuilding increasingly stresses the importance of livelihood improvement as a means of fostering peace in conflict-affected extractive societies, ASM formalization has been identified as a solution to mitigate the sector's challenges, thereby addressing underlying causes of conflict. This article critically investigates the contribution of ASM formalization to sustainable peace by focusing on its impact on the livelihood dimension of peacebuilding. It analyses the livelihood impact of three formalization interventions in the diamond sectors of two countries: cooperatives in Liberia, and, in Sierra Leone, ethical sourcing schemes and a community-based natural resource management initiative. In line with calls for a paradigm shift from a narrow legalization-centred understanding of formalization to a broader approach that accounts for livelihood quality, the analysis presented here focuses on interventions that were informed by the ideal of improving the well-being of ASM workers and communities. We propose three pathways through which ASM formalization could potentially contribute to livelihood enhancement: income security, working conditions and community benefits. Based on fieldwork, this article highlights the challenges of generating livelihood improvements through formalization. Even when specifically designed to address the needs of ASM communities, during implementation, they risk prioritizing a narrow conceptualization of formalization and thus failing to become a conductor of transformative change.

Exclusion by Design: Lack of Information about Community Participation in COVID-19-related Mobile Apps and its Relationship to Digital Health Disparities (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammed Yassin Idris ◽  
Maya Korin ◽  
Faven Araya ◽  
Sayeeda Chowdhury ◽  
Humberto Brown ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Participation ◽  
Mobile Health ◽  
Medical Information ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Health Technologies ◽  
Community Needs ◽  
App Development ◽  
Communities Of Color

UNSTRUCTURED The rate and scale of transmission of COVID-19 overwhelmed healthcare systems worldwide, particularly in under-resourced communities of color that already faced a high prevalence of pre-existing health conditions. One way the health ecosystem has tried to address the pandemic is by creating mobile apps for telemedicine, dissemination of medical information, and disease tracking. As these new mobile health tools continue to be a primary format for healthcare, more attention needs to be given to their equitable distribution, usage, and accessibility. In this viewpoint collaboratively written by a community-based organization and a health app development research team, we present results of our systematic search and analysis of community engagement in mobile apps released between February and December 2020 to address the COVID-19 pandemic. We provide an overview of apps’ features and functionalities but could not find any publicly available information regarding whether these apps incorporated participation from communities of color disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. We argue that while mobile health technologies are a form of intellectual property, app developers should make public the steps taken to include community participation in app development. These steps could include community needs assessment, community feedback solicited and incorporated, and community participation in evaluation. These are factors that community-based organizations look for when assessing whether to promote digital health tools among the communities they serve. Transparency about the participation of community organizations in the process of app development would increase buy-in, trust, and usage of mobile health apps in communities where they are needed most.

scholarly journals Peran Gerakan “Sewu-Sewu” dalam Pembangunan Desa dengan Berbasis Gotong –Royong

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Muhammadun Muhammadun
Keyword(s):  
Physical Development ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Mutual Cooperation ◽  
Community Needs ◽  
Public Facilities ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Surrounding Environment ◽  
Distribution Process

This research was conducted by observing the location to see how the community looks for alternative policies that can help solve the problem of limited development funds in the surrounding environment, and finally to explore and understand sewu-sewu activities as a way to generate community-based development funds. This study used a survey method with direct observation, structured interviews and tested the validity of the data using source triangulation. The results showed that the provision of public goods (public facilities) can be realized through mutual cooperation which is reflected in sewu-sewu activities. This activity includes regulation and management in which there is a money collection process, distribution process and a process of managing sewu-sewu collection. The implementation of this activity is carried out in RW. 4 villages of Karang Asem, Luwemunding District, Majalengka Regency. Through the implementation of this activity, it can increase the independence of a community to be able to provide community needs, one of which is in the form of physical development through community self-help. Abstrak Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan pengamatan ke lokasi untuk melihat bagaimana cara masyarakat dalam mencari alternatif kebijakan yang dapat membantu memecahkan masalah keterbatasan dana pembangunan di lingkungan sekitar, dan akhirnya menggali serta memahami kegiatan sewu-sewu sebagai suatu cara untuk menghasilkan dana pembangunan yang berbasis komunitas. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode survei dengan observasi langsung, wawancara terstruktur dan menguji keabsahan data menggunakan triangulasi sumber. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa penyediaan barang publik (fasilitas umum) dapat di wujudkan melalui gotong royong yang tercermindalam kegiatan sewu-sewu. Kegiatan ini meliputi pengaturan dan pengurusan yang didalamnya terdapat proses pengumpulan uang, proses pendistribusian dan proses pengelolaan hasil pengumpulan sewu-sewu. Pelaksanaan kegiatan ini dilakukan di RW. 4 desa Karang Asem Kecamatan Luwemunding Kabupaten Majalengka. Melalui pelaksanaan kegiatan ini, dapat meningkatkan kemandirian suatu komunitas warga untuk dapat menyediakan kebutuhan komunitas yang salah satunya berupa pembanguna fisik melalui swadaya masyarakat.    

Mapping Current Teaching and Learning Practices to Multi-User Virtual Environments

2011 ◽  
pp. 17-30
Author(s):  
Niccolo Capanni ◽  
Daniel C. Doolan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Virtual Environments ◽  
Virtual Environment ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Delivery Methods ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Learning Practices ◽  
Teaching In Higher Education

During the course of this chapter, the authors will examine the current methods of pedagogical teaching in higher education and explore the possible mapping into a multi-user virtual environment. The authors consider the process of construction and delivery for a module of student education. They examine the transition of delivery methods from the established, slow changing traditional media, to the modern flexibly of community based, open source driven methods which are the foundation of virtual environments.

Environmental Justice, Political Ecology, and the Three Bodies of a Mohawk Community

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Hoover
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Political Ecology ◽  
Settler Colonialism ◽  
Community Based

The first chapter introduces the Superfund process, and describes how concepts and theories around environmental justice and political ecology need to be framed with an understanding of settler colonialism to be applied to Native American communities. This introduction also describes the community based methods from which this project was born, and lays out the three bodies (individual, social and political) through which Akwesasro:non responses to topics throughout the book are framed

The Maoist people's war and conservation in Nepal

2005 ◽  
Vol 24 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 2-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nabin Baral ◽  
Joel T. Heinen
Keyword(s):  
Civil Wars ◽  
Wildlife Trade ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Military Force ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Maoist Insurgency ◽  
Developed Nations

Civil wars are frequent in lesser-developed nations, wherein is harbored a disproportionate share of the world's biodiversity. These wars have had serious detrimental effects, direct and indirect, on conservation programs. From 2001 to 2005, we conducted site visits, personal interviews, and document searches bearing upon this problem as exemplified by Nepal's ongoing Maoist insurgency. Cases of insurgents usurping full control of several protected areas have come to light, as has a rapid increase in poaching and illicit wildlife trade nation-wide. Staff and infrastructure of conservation agencies and non-governmental organizations have been attacked. The Nepalese situation invites reassessment of traditional “fortresses-and-fines” conservation strategies as well as more modern “community-based” approaches that require local governmental offices to remain functional. Also called into question is the role of military force in the protection of parks and reserves. In times of civil strife, we conclude, robust conservation may most likely be achieved by nongovernmental organizations that are politically neutral and financially independent.

scholarly journals Do non-governmental organizations bring change or maintain the status quo in times of crisis? A case study of the Marikana massacre in South Africa

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malose Langa ◽  
Steven Rebello ◽  
Linda Harms-Smith
Keyword(s):  
Social Transformation ◽  
Psychosocial Interventions ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Humanitarian Assistance ◽  
Transformative Change ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Crisis Events ◽  
The Status

Abstract This article reflects on the Marikana massacre of August 2012, subsequent violent strikes and responses by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as a case study, and provides an analysis about whether these interventions bring transformative change or maintain the status quo in times of crisis. Events associated with Marikana are seen to be embedded in social structures of the time and part of deeper frictions and fractures of social transformation. The role that NGOs might play in this context must be interrogated as to their facilitation or hinderance of such social transformation. Interviews were conducted with representatives of NGOs intervening in Marikana that provided services of humanitarian assistance, and legal and psychosocial interventions and with mine workers and residents of Marikana about their experiences and views of these services. Findings from the study are illustrative of how NGOs were not primarily motivated to bring about lasting, transformative change but rather attempted to address immediate or short-term needs which, while important, did not account for underlying causes of the crises that they set out to address. Both ideological underpinnings of NGOs and structural conditions produced by state and capital impact on outcomes of interventions. Given these limitations, it is argued that there is a need for deep critical interrogation through praxis, for NGOs to intervene differently in times of crisis to bring ‘real’ change and transformation in the lives of those who are marginalized.

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