Antipoverty: England's first development education organisation (1971-1974)
The Antipoverty Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) founded by O. G. Thomas was the first development education organisation in England. During the early 1970s it aimed to increase young people's understanding of Third World issues through regional 'study-action' projects. This meant...
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| description | The Antipoverty Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) founded by O. G. Thomas was the first development education organisation in England. During the early 1970s it aimed to increase young people's understanding of Third World issues through regional 'study-action' projects. This meant
that learning about people's lives in economically poor countries should lead to action for change, either in those countries or within England. Learning from a farming community in South Korea and housing settlements in Kenya and India are examples of Antipoverty projects. Antipoverty heralded
the emergence of development education in England as more than learning about aid and poverty for the Third World but rather a process that involves everyone. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d5959b66e950403c82526920640fff042023-02-23T12:19:15ZengUCL PressInternational Journal of Development Education and Global Learning1756-52782008-01-011495810.18546/IJDEGL.01.1.05Antipoverty: England's first development education organisation (1971-1974)Don HarrisonThe Antipoverty Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) founded by O. G. Thomas was the first development education organisation in England. During the early 1970s it aimed to increase young people's understanding of Third World issues through regional 'study-action' projects. This meant that learning about people's lives in economically poor countries should lead to action for change, either in those countries or within England. Learning from a farming community in South Korea and housing settlements in Kenya and India are examples of Antipoverty projects. Antipoverty heralded the emergence of development education in England as more than learning about aid and poverty for the Third World but rather a process that involves everyone.https://uclpress.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.18546/IJDEGL.01.1.05 |
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