Journey on the Community Leadership Program with facilitators Mike Dendle and Susan Black from the Centre for Social Response.

Closing date for this program NEW CLOSING DATE is 30th November 2008

Our Community Leadership Program (CLP) was originally an initiative of Oxfam Australia and is now managed by the Centre for Social Response and endorsed by Oxfam. It is part of the thrust to build a global movement for social justice in Australia. It is a unique journey to the heart of development work. This will be a journey to remember and treasure and perhaps the beginning of seeing the world and others differently.

With over 10 years experience in programs dealing with community development, travel and learning, the facilitators will ease your entry into the country and the communities and villages we visit. Together with our local partners, a mixed group of participants will travel to experience first-hand how economically poor and marginalised people are organising themselves to overcome poverty and injustice.

Small voluntary community organisations in developing countries are creating change and hope in the lives of many people. As we visit these organisations and villages we will learn from their experience and use this experience on our return home.

The Program is not designed to train people for overseas work nor to equip people for work on development projects. What it will do is to give people an effective analysis and deeper understanding of community mobilising and community building techniques in real life settings.

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