Christian Aid Research Articles

The Ju/'hoan Bushman Development Foundation and basic needs in eastern Bushmanland, Namibia

The Ju/'hoan Bushman Development Foundation (JBDF) is a multi‐dimensional development foundation which has as its main objective the raising of the standard of living of the indigenous Ju/'hoan Bushmen in eastern Bushmanland, Namibia. It has a basic needs approach to development. The development activities of the Foundation started in 1981. The Nyae Nyae Farmers’ Cooperative, through which the Foundation now directs its development activities, was established in 1986. It is funded by various international development agencies, such as Christian Aid, NORAD, SIDA, Bread for the World, Oxfam Canada, and the EEC. The basic needs approach of the Foundation addresses the following dimensions: water, food, cash, clothing, health, literacy and education, community esteem, and problems and propositions.

R. D. Mann 1989. Time running out. The urgent need for tree-planting in Africa, (mimco) Methodist Church Overseas Division, London. 52pp. Available from: Research Unit of Christian Aid, Derrick Knight, PO Box 100, London SE1 7RT.

R. D. Mann 1989. Time running out. The urgent need for tree-planting in Africa, (mimco) Methodist Church Overseas Division, London. 52pp. Available from: Research Unit of Christian Aid, Derrick Knight, PO Box 100, London SE1 7RT. - Volume 7 Issue 2

Aga Khan Foundation (United Kingdom) – seminar on small enterprise

The United Kingdom office of the Aga Khan Foundation organized a one-day seminar in London in June 1990 entitled 'Small enterprise promotion – making it work'. The thirty-seven invited participants included representatives from the Overseas Development Administration and the EEC, and from universities and research institutions, but the majority were from non-government organizations such as the Aga Khan Foundation itself, Oxfam, Christian Aid and several others.

Canadian Ethnology Today: Solitudes and Shifts

is still waiting for a comprehensive work which would place the social and economic life of the Rai on record and clarify their present position in the changing scene of Nepal. Such a publication would also be of interest and value to the Government of Nepal, and thus prove that the work of anthropologists deserves support as a contribution to the planning of tribal development. At a time when some countries of the third world close their doors to Western scholars, anthropologists would be well advised to consider the usefulness of their studies to the Government authorities on whose good will they inevitably depend. Verrier Elwin's life-work was an impressive example of such usefulness, which earned him the recognition of the Government of India and qualified him for a key position in the administration of NEFA. Admittedly the prospects for the employment of anthropologists in such posts are not as good as they used to be, but for those interested in practical work there is still scope in organizations such as Oxfam, Christian Aid, UNICEF, FAO and projects sponsored by the Ford Foundation. In Nepal alone, several anthropologists recently obtained employment in foreign aid schemes, and it may well be that by utilizing anthropological skills and experience in the pursuit of practical tasks they may emulate the achievements of Verrier Elwin.

Born to Hunger, by Arthur Hopcraft. Heinemann, London, 1968. 215 pp. 35s. - Overseas Aid, Campaign Booklets for Overseas Aid, by Jonathan Power. Christian Aid, London, 1967-68. 1s. each. - The Haslemere Declaration. The Haslemere Committee, London, 1968. 19 pp. 1s.

Born to Hunger, by Arthur Hopcraft. Heinemann, London, 1968. 215 pp. 35s. - Overseas Aid, Campaign Booklets for Overseas Aid, by Jonathan Power. Christian Aid, London, 1967-68. 1s. each. - The Haslemere Declaration. The Haslemere Committee, London, 1968. 19 pp. 1s.