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Another day you wake up, turn on the radio or access current news through your mobile phone, and you hear or read information about inequality, about abuse, about injustice... And you wonder: will they one day stop making headlines? The answer is yes". Through community development it is possible to fight against the scourges of society and establish environments that benefit us all equally. Do you know how? Keep reading! community-development-ngo A group of students attend a class at the school built by the Fair Trade producer group Amar Kutir from the community of Bolpur in India. By supporting Fair Trade producers we help many families have decent work. © Pablo Tosco/Oxfam Intermón As you probably already know, social development is a process that requires the involvement of everyone . In it, the population, public authorities and professionals and technicians work side by side in search of improvement for the community and the empowerment of the people who live in it. And today we want to tell you about it. Taking as a starting point the real needs of a town, a locality or a neighborhood, following the guidelines set out in a project and through active participation, the objective of this social action is to enrich their quality of life , improving opportunities, especially for those groups at risk of exclusion or most in need.
But the aim is not only to achieve material improvement, but also to guarantee the autonomy, well-being and independence of people. In addition, community development also has an educational aspect, by promoting civic attitudes, social awareness or promoting solidarity values. Do you want to see how an NGO manages to transform society through community development? We show you through 3 of the projects where Oxfam Intermón participates. Don't miss any details! Guatemala: training of Guatemalan women Asia Mobile Number List to fight for their rights In this Central American state, aggressors enjoy impunity: 98% of the violence reported by women goes unpunished against the person who committed it. Oxfam Intermón supports organizations such as AMUTED and Majawil Q'ij, which empower ancestral authorities such as midwives, healers and spiritual guides, to raise awareness and intervene against any type of violence that is exercised in their communities against women , due to the trust and respect that the rest of the women feel towards them and also because they sadly know this harsh reality for themselves having suffered sexist violence or white slavery by their own relatives.
They have become the psychologists, doctors and lawyers who act in place of a State with deficiencies when it comes to combating this scourge. They are the leaders who fight for the victim to obtain emotional support at the community level, as well as reparation through public recognition by the aggressor of the harm he has committed on the woman. Burkina Faso: construction of agricultural warehouses In this West African country there is great rural impoverishment. Hence, it is a priority to improve the quality of life of one of the most needy social classes: that of farmers. A program started in 2010 by Oxfam Intermón under financing from the Fundació La Caixa allowed for the construction of warehouses, the necessary equipment and the training of professionals from 12 farmers' groups in the south of the country, thus promoting their activity. commercial and obtaining a greater return from the sale of their corn. In this way, it has been possible to strengthen the local economy and respond to the food insecurity that Burkina Faso suffers, and it will continue to be strengthened through an improvement in warehouse management and the support of activities related to the processing of corn, which will be carried out by women. Ecuador: social water management In this South American country there has historically been unequal access to irrigation water , and the Ecuadorian peasantry has been the most affected by this. Their lands, their crops and their families suffered from water scarcity.