A biblical approach to poverty alleviation : a case study of Pinelands Methodist Church, phambili ngeThemba's community building efforts through job creation in Langa township

dc.contributor.advisorMuller, Julian C.en
dc.contributor.emailtim@reachafrica.org.zaen
dc.contributor.postgraduateBlack, Timothy Jayen
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-07T11:46:48Z
dc.date.available2010-08-26en
dc.date.available2013-09-07T11:46:48Z
dc.date.created2010-04-22en
dc.date.issued2010-08-26en
dc.date.submitted2010-08-26en
dc.descriptionDissertation (MA(Theol))--University of Pretoria, 2010.en
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this research project was to determine an appropriate intervention to assist in bringing transformation to the poverty-stricken community of Langa, Cape Town, South Africa. Intense poverty is a fact of life for almost 3 billion people in the world, a figure which includes approximately 50 per cent of the South African population. The Bible gives clear instruction mandating care for ‘the poor’. Therefore, those claiming to follow the teaching of Scripture must make poverty alleviation a priority. Phambili ngeThemba began as an intervention in the Langa Township community to discover ways to engage with issues around poverty. Research facilitated by Learn to Earn, a non-profit organization offering skills training and job creation, was done to understand if individual and community development was necessary and, if so, how it could be structured as a method to alleviate poverty in the Langa Community. Both quantitative and qualitative research was undertaken. Through random proportionate sampling in a thorough needs analysis of the businesses in and around Langa, the ideal character qualities desired by local business for the workforce were elicited. These were traits that could be developed in unemployed people. Use of basic questionnaires and oral feedback by three selected focus groups comprised of Langa residents enabled evaluation of local human service resources and identification of the felt needs in the community. The Priority Index (P-Index) research technique distinguished between the actual needs of the community and their perceived needs or wants. The results became the training foundation for the Zanokhanyo Training and Resource Centre, providing holistic development for the unemployed to equip them for placement in the workforce. Copyrighten
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dc.description.departmentPractical Theologyen
dc.identifier.citationBlack, TJ 2009, A biblical approach to poverty alleviation : a case study of Pinelands Methodist Church, phambili ngeThemba's community building efforts through job creation in Langa township, MA(Theol) dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27554 >en
dc.identifier.otherE10/504/gmen
dc.identifier.upetdurlhttp://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08262010-175332/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/27554
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoriaen_ZA
dc.rights© 2009, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.en
dc.subjectZanokhanyo training and resource centreen
dc.subjectLangaen
dc.subjectMentoringen
dc.subjectSelf-sufficiencyen
dc.subjectPooren
dc.subjectEmploymenten
dc.subjectPoverty alleviationen
dc.subjectSchutte scaleen
dc.subjectBiblical approachen
dc.subjectPriority indexen
dc.subjectNeed assessmenten
dc.subjectP-indexen
dc.subjectPinelands methodist churchen
dc.subjectPhambile ngethembaen
dc.subjectSkill trainingen
dc.subjectLearn to earnen
dc.subjectUCTDen_US
dc.titleA biblical approach to poverty alleviation : a case study of Pinelands Methodist Church, phambili ngeThemba's community building efforts through job creation in Langa townshipen
dc.typeDissertationen

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