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« Union makes strength » : building a peasant organization in rural Haiti

World Neighbors - Lessons from the field

Oklahoma city, 2002

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« Union makes strength » : building a peasant organization in rural Haiti / [World Neighbors]. - Oklhoma city : World Neighbors, 2002. - 52 p. - (Lessons from the field).

NOTE DE L'ÉDITEUR : This report details the growth of the grassroots peasant association OPD-8, supported by World Neighbors - Haiti. The program and resulting organization were intentionally designed to encourage broad-based participation and democratic decision-making, and to test the theory that strong local organizations are essential to the effectiveness and sustainability of any development program.

This case study shares :

• methods used to improve members' overall well-being by providing tangible benefits in the areas of sustainable agricuture and food production, income and asset building, and comunity and reproductive health.
• valuable lessons in how to help marginalized people begin to develop the skills they need to participate in decision-making processes through their involvement in a democratically run local organization.

Natalie Elwell