ERIC Number: EJ515311
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0733-6608
Harvesting the Bounty of Citizenship: The Fight against Hunger and Poverty in Brazil.
Garrison, John W., II; Landim, Leilah
Grassroots Development, v19 n2 p38-48 1995
The Citizens' Campaign Against Hunger and Poverty and For Life is a nongovernmental organization in Brazil that recruited and organized more than three million volunteers to distribute food baskets, support gardening and water projects, provide basic health care, create jobs, assist homeless children, and encourage local and state governments to improve social services for the poor. (LP)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Development, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Foreign Countries, Human Resources, Nongovernmental Organizations, Organizational Objectives, Poverty Programs, Program Descriptions, Public Policy, Resource Allocation, Self Help Programs, Social Action
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Brazil; Citizens Groups; Empowerment
Note: Theme issue topic: Resource Mobilization.
