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Introduction to Good Aid and Development [ES]

Now we know the individual and system level responses to poverty and have a greater understanding of what effects and define poverty, yet what about the groups and organizations or agencies that work in poverty reduction?

All development work, and some mission and aid work, is designed to help alleviate poverty or to see better outcomes for the people they are working with. However, different organizations are taking different emphasises and approaches. Taking different focuses and specialisations are good things but sometimes, we can act in a way that actually causes more harm to those who we are trying to help. This session is designed to help you to learn what type of questions to ask so that you can evaluate the different approaches to development that you will meet in different countries, like Cambodia, Indonesia, Australia, and help you to consider how you can personally make a difference.

  • NGOs, Social enterprises, not-for-profit and charities aren’t they the same things?
  • What does good development look like?
  • What is the best practice?
  • How do you know or tell whether the groups you support are being effective or not? What can you personally do?
  • What are/is the role/s of the outsider in development? All these questions are going to be explored in our next courses.
Learning Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Curriculum Connections
Learning Objectives
  1. Participants will be able to identify the groups that work toward poverty alleviation.
  2. Participants will be able to define the principle of good aids and development.
  3. Ability to critique the different models of development.
  4. Able to identify the actions to make the difference.
  5. Able to identify different approaches responding to poverty deduction.
Learning Outcomes
  1. Understanding the different ways of working together to reduce poverty internationally.
  2. Figure out the roles of outsiders in the work of development.
  3. Identify the models of development that promote best practice.
  4. Identify the principle of good aids and development.
Curriculum Connections

Australian National Curriculum

Level 6 General Capabilities

  • Personal and social capabilities (Contribute to civil society)
  • Ethical Understanding (recognise ethical concepts; Examine values; Consider points of View) ( Link)
  • Creative and Critical thinking (Pose questions; identify and clarity information and ideas; Reflect on process; Transfer knowledge into contexts)

Level 6 Geography

  • The role of international and national government and non-government organisations’ initiatives in improving human wellbeing in Australia and other countries (ACHGK081)

Course Content

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Lesson 1: Whose Job is Development Anyway?  1hr 3 Activities
In this lesson we are going to explore the different groups that contribute to poverty alleviation and how they approaches to it.
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Activity 1.1 A Brief History of Development  45min
This activity will give you a broad overview of the main sectors and types of organization that involved in development work around the world.
Activity 1.2 Fingers in Different Pies: How Different Sectors Work to Solve the Problem of Poverty  45min
In this session, we will identify the different parties in the aid and development sector and what type of work they each do in poverty eradication.
Activity 1.3 Further Resources
Further resources
Lesson 2- Principals of Good Development  1hr 3 Activities
How can we tell if the organisations or groups we’re supporting are making a positive impact on the communities they work in?
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Activity 2.1 Whose Stories Do We Tell?  45min
One of the big questions in development is who gets to decide what development work needs to happen. In this activity we explore whose voice that we should listen to.
Activity 2.2 Defining Good Development  45min
This activity gives broad definitions of some of the key principles of good development.
Activity 2.3 Further Resources
Further resources
Lesson 3: Learning to Critique Aid and Development Models  1hr 3 Activities
How do we know that the organisations that we are supporting are making a positive impact on the communities they work in?
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Activity 3.1 “Buy 1 Get 1 Free Model” Does it Help?  30min
Today we are going to dig a bit deeper into what healthy approaches development be like. What values, principles and good development should be added into our list? We will put lesson 1 and 2 into practice.
Activity 3.2 Learning to Critique Models “How Can I Be Part of It?”  1.5hrs
This activity gives 6 stations to think and reflect on what the principles we have been learning look like in practice.
Activity 3.3 Further Resources
Further resources
Lesson 4: The Role of the Outsider  1hr 4 Activities
In this lesson, we are going to explore together what we can do to really make a difference in the world.
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Activity 4.1 Togetherness  15min
This activity reflects on how poverty alleviation works best when we see neighbours, not strangers.
Activity 4.2 Five Ways to Make A Difference  20min
This activity gives 6 stations to think and reflect on what the principles we have been learning look like in practice.
Activity 4.3 So What Is Advocacy?  20min
One of the biggest roles of the outsider is that of an advocate. But what does that actually mean?
Activity 4.4 Further Resources
Further resources
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