VillageEarth.org Company working with disadvantaged communities worldwide.
Title
Village Earth: The Consortium for Sustainable Village-Based Development
Description
The mission of the Village Earth is to achieve sustainable community-based development by connecting communities with global resources through training, consulting, and networking with organizations worldwide.
Village Earth was born in 1993 at an International Conference on Sustainable Village-Based Development in Fort Collins, Colorado, where more than 300 participants from 30 nations created the Consortium for Sustainable Village-Based Development (CSVBD) and gave it the mandate to implement and train others in the strategies discussed during the conference. Since its inception Village Earth has trained and consulted with hundreds of individuals and organizations in countries such as Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Bosnia, Nigeria, Namibia, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Mexico, Columbia, and elsewhere.
The Village Earth approach holds that communities already possess the seeds of their own development. Unlike traditional methods, it it employs a bottom-up approach to development. It listens rather than dictates. It provides access to resources rather than aid.
