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Yeadon, A. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1990
Nongovernment organizations providing services to visually handicapped persons in developing nations should direct increased efforts toward project evaluation, monitoring, documentation, and dissemination, to ensure that innovative, flexible strategies direct self-help information to the "grassroots" level in forms that are familiar,…
Descriptors: Adults, Delivery Systems, Developing Nations, International Organizations
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Holdsworth, J. K.; Winkley, B. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1990
Establishing community-based rehabilitation projects for visually impaired populations in developing countries in the South Pacific presents challenges in communication, logistics, security, and other factors. Program development must consider differences in geography, population distribution, resources, cultural and religious values, and needs.…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Delivery Systems, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Magarrell, Gary W. – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1988
The Canadian National Institute for the Blind offers services to individuals with vision loss due to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Described are the concerns and feelings of staff members, public and staff education activities, establishment of a referral and service delivery system, and rehabilitative and other services offered. (JDD)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Agency Role, Blindness, Delivery Systems
Van Leuven, Patricia O'Brien – 1989
Background information and recommendations related to the support of child care services in Fort Wayne, Indiana is presented in six chapters. Chapter I discusses the feminization of the workforce and demographic data bearing on the need for child care, the child care workforce, and child care arrangements. Chapter II reviews child care services in…
Descriptors: Background, Community Characteristics, Community Development, Day Care
Michigan Community Coordinated Child Care (4-C) Council, Lansing. – 1976
A resource document for implementation of community coordination of child care (the 4C concept), this organizational guide is based on the experiences of 24 local programs in Michigan communities, 1969-75. Flexible models are presented, capable of accommodating to the uniqueness of each community. Functioning to maximize resources, a 4C Council is…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Advocacy, Child Care, Child Welfare
Smyke, Patricia – 1989
This review describes the progress of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in addressing children's needs worldwide in the 10 years since the International Year of the Child in 1979. Specific aims of the study were: (1) to review major NGO initiatives for children, especially initiatives involving interaction with the United Nations, during the…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Labor, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs
Zahniser, Gale L.; Ashley, William L. – 1984
This guide, one in a series of three publications for vocational program developers and others to use in planning and developing a community-based response to worker dislocation, provides a generic approach to program development. Discussed first are the causes, future, and impact of worker dislocation. The next chapter is devoted to various…
Descriptors: Community Education, Community Planning, Community Resources, Community Services