Abstract
As a community-led methodology, Asset-based Community-led Development (ABCD) enables community members to drive their own development by using their own knowledge and resources first and thereafter leveraging activities, resources, and investments from outside the community, even as they retain control over the process. The ABCD approach addresses the internalised powerlessness and dependency of many South Africans caused by colonialism and apartheid. This chapter, through examples from South Africa and a case study from the Eastern Cape Province, demonstrates how community practitioners can use the ABCD tools to enable communities to recognise their own assets. Such awareness and mobilisation of local knowledge and resources can, as the case study demonstrates, prevent exploitation, restore people’s power, pride, and independence, and raise their consciousness about taking control of their future.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Community-Led Development in Practice |
Subtitle of host publication | We Power Our Own Change |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
Pages | 205-222 |
Number of pages | 18 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781040264409 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781032456263 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2024 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Social Sciences
- General Environmental Science
- General Engineering