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Social Development

In general, the Social Development Department aims:

To concretize transformative ideas of ASI and develop theories from experience to further promote justice, peace and integrity of creation;
To be a witness to the Christian values of human dignity, common good, subsidiary and solidarity;
To facilitate the realization of a meaningful life and ways of living rooted in spirituality and in the richness of nature and our culture through the following specific objectives:

To strengthen families and communities for sustainable development and improved well-being;
To train and develop grassroots and community leaders and facilitate their self-empowerment;
To help build capacities of people’s organizations as they collectively work to improve their life conditions and community life and become active citizens first of their bioregion;
To help bridge the multiple divides among people, institutions, society and the environment;
To educate, organize and mobilize children and youth for a sustainable future;
To develop capacities of People’s Organizations and communities to carry-out social entrepreneurship and strengthen community economic activities as a basis for a new politics and good governance;
To integrate communities and institutions for bioregional sustainable development;
To network with other organizations, institutions and movements in order to share transformative ideas towards a state where human dignity of all will be lived and respected, and where people live in harmony with their ecosystems.