Jamie's Social Work Blog

Guatamalan Stove Project Teresa attempts to initiate a community based project to provide safer, fuel-efficient alternative to open air fires in homes. Resistance from Community 1)sustainable development, what does this entail. 2) gender roles in patriarchal society. GDP has increased over the past 20 years, but this has not resulted in increased quality of life.  Guatamala is among the top 6 countries in the world in population; 10% of the richest people enjoy 48% of all wealth whereas the poorest 10% survive on less than 1%.  HDI ranks the Guatamala lowest of all Latin American Countries in terms of health, education and economics next to Haiti.  Overall poverty is at 60%.  Agriculture is the primary way of living.  Guatemalan Stove Project; open-air stove is the primary way for people to cook food Stove threatens the health and well-being of families.  and community. It causes respiratory infetctions; is a burn threat; the smoke pollutes the air and home. A lot

Chapt 1: What is Macro Practice: Professions are therefore client oriented and conform to a set of values that encapsulate the community good that is to be served. In many ways, it is this commitment to the understanding and changing of larger systems that defines social work.  Porter Lee (1937) described the dual calling of social work—to address systemic social problems and to provide for the needs of individuals and families .  Being a social worker requires seeing the client as part of multiple, overlapping systems that comprise the person’s social and physical environment.  The profession of social work is committed to seeking social and economic justice in concert with vulnerable and underserved populations, and macro-practice skills are necessary in confronting these inequalities.  Macro Practice Arenas and Goals: Small groups  : collections of people who collaborate on tasks that move toward agreed-upon changes.  Small groups are often the nucleus around which