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Sustainable Cities - Manila Program: The Role of Partnerships in Capacity-Building and Empowerment in Southville, Cabuyao
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010. The Role of Partnerships in Capacity-Building and Empowerment in Southville, Cabuyao. It found common goals among the community and developed relationships with individuals to ensure that the needs of the community were met individually, and as a cohesive unit. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Read more about the Program at DePaul University's School of Public Service. Read about the Program in relation to Daniel H. Burnham and urban planning for poverty reduction HERE.
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Sustainable Cities - Manila Program: A WORLD OF URBAN POOR - What are we doing about it?
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Saturday, December 12, 2009. A WORLD OF URBAN POOR - What are we doing about it? 1] UNFPA, State of the World Population 2007: Unleashing the Potential for Urban Growth. http:/ www.unfpa.org/swp/ (December 2007). [2] Ibid. [3] UN Millennium Project, Taskforce on Improving the Lives of Slums Dwellers 2005. Available full text at http:/ www.unmillenniumproject.org/documents/Slumdwellers-complete.pdf. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A WORLD OF URBAN POOR - What are we doing about it?
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Sustainable Cities - Manila Program: Urban Sustainability
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Manila, like most megacities in the global south, shows. Contrasting realities between affluent neighborhoods and informal settlements. Http:/ www.newint.org/. Urban Explosion: the facts). Watch this video with Prof. Hans Rosling explaining trends on urbanization. In four minutes he gives a short overview over the urban challenges, showing the last 40 years of development in urbanization and economic growth in relation to slums. HABITAT: International Forum on Urban Poverty. A home in the city. The Manil...
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Sustainable Cities - Manila Program: December 2009
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Saturday, December 12, 2009. A WORLD OF URBAN POOR - What are we doing about it? 1] UNFPA, State of the World Population 2007: Unleashing the Potential for Urban Growth. http:/ www.unfpa.org/swp/ (December 2007). [2] Ibid. [3] UN Millennium Project, Taskforce on Improving the Lives of Slums Dwellers 2005. Available full text at http:/ www.unmillenniumproject.org/documents/Slumdwellers-complete.pdf. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Read more about the Program at DePaul University's School of Public Service.
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Sustainable Cities - Manila Program: January 2012
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Friday, January 20, 2012. Manila: international service learning bridges students, community. We follow the needs of people in the community, not our own needs.”. Tavanti speaks about how the experience allows participants to connect with a community. “This work is really an example of international service learning,” he says. “But we work not only as visitor. We are also part of a collaboration.”. Article published in the Steans Center 2011 annual report]. Http:/ steans.depaul.edu/.
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Sustainable Cities - Manila Program: Unheard Voices and Prevalent Corruption: An Insight on Urban Poverty in Metro Manila
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Monday, February 1, 2010. Unheard Voices and Prevalent Corruption: An Insight on Urban Poverty in Metro Manila. By Meredith A. Koch. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Manila Program promotes to sustainability in the metropolitan area of Manila, Philippines through participatory poverty assessments. This program, designed and directed by Dr. Marco Tavanti, is the fruit of a collaboration between Vincentian academic institutions and the Vincentian Center for Social Responsibility (VCSR).
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International - Dr. Marco Tavanti
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Dr Tavanti in front of the United Nations flag at the UN Headquarters in New York. The flag was recovered from the bombing of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq where Sergio Viera de Mello, one of the most inspiring international public service leaders, was killed in 2003. In the other photo is Dr. Tavanti and international sustainable development students visiting Kinal Antzetik an indigenous women organization in Chiapas, Mexico (2007). International Public Service (IPS). The Sustainable Int...
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Sustainable Cities - Manila Program: Stand With The Poor
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Monday, February 1, 2010. Stand With The Poor. Do not pity the poor. You do them no favors, your help is limited. Even with the most altruistic motives, when you move on, you leave them behind. Do not pity the poor. You extend help out of guilt, appeasing an internal need. You extend help as far as you think you can, without asking the poor what they need. Do no pity the poor. Stand with the poor! Stand with the poor! Stand with the poor! The residents in turn want to partner. They do not ask for foo...
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Sustainable Cities - Manila Program: Vincentian Social Responsibility
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The Vincentian Center for Social Responsibility and Urban Poverty. Reflections of Fr. Nonong, Director of VCSR. Vincentian Center for Social Responsibility (VCSR). I From the ICES process to the involvement of the entire university community (institutional commitment). Ii From program-centered to community-initiated planning (Community Participatory Approach). Iii From a requirement-lead to a community-sustainable interface (the emphasis is not just on learning, but on impact). During the inauguration of...
