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Myanmar Cyclone and China Earthquake Disaster Responses   
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G'Day All --

People and organizations interested in making a contribution for the delivery of humanitarian assistance in response to the recent cyclone disaster in Myanmar (Burma) will find an extensive list of Private Voluntary Organizations (PVOs) involved in the effort at:

http://www.interaction.org/burma

Similar information regarding the severe earthquake that took place a few days later in China is available at:

http://www.interaction.org/china

I hope you will find the above information to be useful.  If you have questions or need further assistance, please let me know.

Visit and explore the growing International Civic Action, Community Service, and Development Film Clip Collection, at:

http://www.angelfire.com/ca4/yourturf/civactnet.htm#FilmClips

>>>  If you want to forward this material to others, the correct URL is:

http://civact6.tigblog.org/post/370841

Best wishes to all,

Dave Matthews,  Facilitator
The Civic Action Free University
http://www.tcafu.net
"Nation-Building:  Are You Serious ??"
E-Mail Address:  civact6@yahoo.com


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May 13, 2008 | 4:58 PM Comments  0 comments

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Tiger Tanks Versus "Do-Gooder" Civic Action & Community Service Projects
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G'Day All --

An occupational hazard often encountered in the "helping professions" is an attitude that good intentions, altruism, energy, and enthusiasm will be sufficient to solve complex community, social, or economic problems.

Program participants who are excited about launching a given civic action or community service project occasionally seem puzzled and impatient when questions are raised regarding the adequacy of funding support, organizational capabilities, knowledge, information, skill, professionalism, coordination, or research and preliminary testing that are likely to be essential for success.

For purposes of illustration, consider the kinds of knowledge, research, skill, and organizational effort that we humans routinely allocate for the purpose of developing, manufacturing, and deploying any significant military weapon system.

By comparison, many of the most elaborate and well funded community, social, or economic development projects are laughably simplistic and superficial.

A YouTube filmclip that may help to exemplify this point is: "How to Build Your Own Real Tiger Tank" (Germany's main battle tank during World War II), at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMN_GG9qISQ

If you watch this clip, give a little serious thought to how much time, money, and human effort went into the design and production of this one vehicle.

Although there may be other analogies that would be better for the purpose, the above example helps to illustrate the difference between "half-baked do-gooder" projects -- that end up being either unsuccessful or even counterproductive -- as compared with thoroughly planned, adequately resourced, professionally operated projects that result in success.

I hope the above material will be of interest. If you have questions or comments, please post them.  Differing and/or alternative perspectives are always welcome.

Visit and explore the growing International Civic Action, Community Service, and Development Film Clip Collection, at:

http://www.angelfire.com/ca4/yourturf/civactnet.htm#FilmClips

>>>  If you want to forward this material to others, the correct URL is:

http://civact6.tigblog.org/post/365375

Best wishes to all,

Dave Matthews,  Facilitator
The Civic Action Free University
http://www.tcafu.net
"Nation-Building:  Are You Serious ??"
E-Mail Address:  civact6@yahoo.com


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May 2, 2008 | 5:52 PM Comments  0 comments

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