Análise das actividades da ONG - ADCR usando o modelo teórico dos meios de vida sustentáveis

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the influence of rural development activities implemented by a national NGO (Association for the Development of Rural Communities - adcr) on the livelihoods of its beneficiaries in the omm village in gaza. Contributing in this way to the construction of knowledge by providing information inherent to the experience of this NGO. The methods used in data collection were: literature review, semi-structured interviews, simple observation, historical profile and for data analysis, pattern matching and the matrix of sustainable livelihoods and their approaches. The programs implemented by the NGO under study contributed to the increase of human and social capital, through the construction of basic infrastructure such as schools, health posts; the constitution of groups, promotion of exchange of experience, emphasis on collective work. Thus, the capital goods for these beneficiaries are sequenced in the following descending order: human capital, social capital, physical capital, natural capital and physical capital. With these goods, the interviewees develop agriculture and farming as their main activities and the exploitation of the forest (cutting grass, stakes, firewood, etc.) as alternatives. The results will show that even if the z-matrix of sustainable livelihoods is not taken into account when designing development programs, it ends up influencing beneficiaries' livelihoods in some way. But this influence is not the impetus for development because the five capitals are not intervened and the aspects of vulnerability that are often the cause of setbacks are not taken into account. Therefore, it is recommended to use these potentials (human and social capital) to increase the weak (financial and natural), it is also recommended to identify livelihoods and their constraints for subsequent planning of activities that should be implemented in an articulated manner. to ensure an increase in livelihood strategies and better respond to environmental vulnerability. Not only, the matrix of sustainable livelihoods should also be taken into account as it gives a more global vision of development through the interconnection between the different components