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Do you take your access to water for granted? The Peruvian and Tanzanian communities featured in this album certainly don’t. This album examines how development agencies can empower communities to help themselves by introducing simple technologies, and facilitate the sharing of ideas through educati…

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    • Jul 20, 2009 LATEST EPISODE
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    Participatory development inaction

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2009 1:48


    A brief introduction to this album.

    Transcript -- Participatory development inaction

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    Transcript -- A brief introduction to this album.

    Fighting for water

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2009 6:21


    Development agency support has led to greater access and management of water. Farmers in Peru have to persevere in their struggle.

    Transcript -- Fighting for water

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    Transcript -- Development agency support has led to greater access and management of water. Farmers in Peru have to persevere in their struggle.

    Learning to change the future

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2009 3:34


    Knowledge and technical skills are passed down through Kamayoqs to other farmers. An example of how it has changed one woman’s life.

    Transcript -- Learning to change the future

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    Transcript -- Knowledge and technical skills are passed down through Kamayoqs to other farmers. An example of how it has changed one woman’s life.

    Providing communities with experts

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2009 1:26


    How a local Kamayoq is filling the role of a professional within the community.

    Transcript -- Providing communities with experts

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    Transcript -- How a local Kamayoq is filling the role of a professional within the community.

    Speeding up the pace of change

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2009 1:23


    Funding projects to implement further change in the Andean community.

    Transcript -- Speeding up the pace of change

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    Transcript -- Funding projects to implement further change in the Andean community.

    A Peruvian lifestyle

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2009 4:10


    Transcript -- A Peruvian lifestyle

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    Preserving Inca canals

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2009 3:19


    How a development agency helped farmers in Peru to renovate irrigation canals and preserve their heritage.

    Transcript -- Preserving Inca canals

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    Transcript -- How a development agency helped farmers in Peru to renovate irrigation canals and preserve their heritage.

    Collecting water for the household

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2009 1:02


    How the women of rural Tanzania get their water supply.

    Transcript -- Collecting water for the household

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    Transcript -- How the women of rural Tanzania get their water supply.

    Acting for education

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2009 1:33


    How a development agency is trying to educate the children of Tanzania about healthcare.

    Transcript -- Acting for education

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    Transcript -- How a development agency is trying to educate the children of Tanzania about healthcare.

    Educating children through drama and song

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2009 1:10


    How teachers in Tanzania are using music and drama to involve children in learning about healthcare.

    Transcript -- Educating children through drama and song

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    Transcript -- How teachers in Tanzania are using music and drama to involve children in learning about healthcare.

    Children as agents of change

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2009 1:33


    How a child is taking what she has learnt at school and putting it into practice in the home.

    Transcript -- Children as agents of change

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    Transcript -- How a child is taking what she has learnt at school and putting it into practice in the home.

    Using technology to change

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2009 1:54


    Children are taking it into their own hands to make changes in their village that will benefit the whole community.

    Transcript -- Using technology to change

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    Transcript -- Children are taking it into their own hands to make changes in their village that will benefit the whole community.

    Does empowerment disempower?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2009 3:51


    Transcript -- Does empowerment disempower?

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    Transcript -- Empowerment may lead to the imposition of outside ideas on developing communities.

    Transcript -- Self interest or altruism

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    Whose knowledge counts?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2009 4:58


    The moral dilemmas of using participatory methods, and how it may not be the ideal method of development.

    Transcript -- Whose knowledge counts?

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    Transcript -- The moral dilemmas of using participatory methods, and how it may not be the ideal method of development.

    The status of knowledge

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2009 4:05


    A discussion of whose knowledge is the most important and useful in participatory development.

    Transcript -- The status of knowledge

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    Transcript -- A discussion of whose knowledge is the most important and useful in participatory development.

    Meeting basic needs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2009 3:10


    Can participatory development meet people's basic needs?

    Transcript -- Meeting basic needs

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    Transcript -- Can participatory development meet people's basic needs?

    The importance of democratisation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2009 4:19


    Transcript -- The importance of democratisation

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    Transcript -- The achievement

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    Background to the ITDG intervention

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2009 8:18


    How the Intermediate Technology Development Group (Practical Action) has helped people in a Peruvian valley.

    Transcript -- Background to the ITDG intervention

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    Transcript -- How the Intermediate Technology Development Group (Practical Action) has helped people in a Peruvian valley.

    How sustainable was the ITDG intervention?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2009 19:22


    An analysis of the Peruvian project, and an examination of its potential to be progressed and sustained by the Peruvians involved.

    Transcript -- How sustainable was the ITDG intervention?

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    Transcript -- An analysis of the Peruvian project, and an examination of its potential to be progressed and sustained by the Peruvians involved.

    Studying international development

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2009 7:20


    Dr Helen Yanacopulos talks about The Open University course and some of the case studies on this album.

    Transcript -- Studying international development

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2009


    Transcript -- Dr Helen Yanacopulos talks about The Open University course and some of the case studies on this album.

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