Development Perspectives is a development NGO that explores, examines and acts upon a range of issues and challenges that face our world.
It is essentially a development education organisation that aims to involve people in the local and global development process.
Lets try to provide some clarity and insight into what we do and why we do it. First, lets share a few observations about the world around us from our perspective

•           The world is ever changing
•           People around the world are interdependent as are the challenges that face them
•           Presently, the world is a very unequal place to live
•           We can address and solve the challenges that face the world through individual and collective reflection and action

The world continually faces challenges that mean life or death to many people and mean hardship and struggle for others.  On the other hand, some people are afforded opportunities that others can only dream of.  This very simple observation can be looked at in various ways.  One is through the prism of “Development”, which can mean many things to different people, organisations, parties or governments. A range of these theories are further explored on the “Development” page of our website but in the meantime lets try without using jargon to get to the meaning of what we are about.

Our aim is to disturb some of the ideas that people may have about the world around us.  Disturb may seem a harsh word to use, maybe provoke, debate or challenge are more suitable terms to use.  We as humans have formed views of the world around us and those views are in turn formed as a result of conditioning by parents, teachers, family, media, peers and eventually by ourselves.  We see what we want to see in order to support and validate our idea of what the world should look like.

Our hope is to encourage people to re evaluate their perspective, to see beyond the current reality that we find ourselves in and to find ways and means of making this world of ours a more just and equal place.

Tony playing a tune in Aplhayo and Neema`s House in Arkaria

Aims of Development Perspectives
* Establish a network and pool of skilled, informed and motivated development education trainers and facilitators (multipliers). This group will develop the skills, knowledge and competencies needed to design, develop, facilitate and evaluate development education initiatives. This group will lead and multiply the quantity and quality of development education initiatives in formal, non-formal and adult education sectors.
* Address development challenges through a series of educational, learning, training, leadership and awareness raising interventions.