When Community Development becomes TRANSFORMATIONAL  

–Jeff Power, GHNI US Partnership Development Director

Global Hope Network International helps the poorest villages of the world transform themselves. Here are critical elements to ensuring that our Transformational Community Development (TCD©) programs are truly transformational:

BUILDING MOMENTUM

Outside Investments – The community agrees that their worldwide partners’ investments are there to selectively multiply their own investments, never to replace them.

Projects as Models – We help implement specific development projects such as farming, water, income methods, etc. as models to be learned from, replicated and improved upon by households throughout the community.

Initiative – We’re approaching the sweet spot of development when the community members say, “We have an idea for how we can do that ourselves, even better!” Now things begin to take off!

CELEBRATING!

Sharing the Wealth – A community gets excited when other communities see their great progress and want to come learn from them! They then become catalysts of change in helping other villages!

Hitting the Marks – We cheer the community on as it reaches sustainability in each of the five TCD sectors (water, food, wellness, income & education)!

Eye on the Exit – From the beginning of a development program the community is wise to keep remembering, “We’re looking forward to the day when we no longer need outside help, just many outside friends!”