Master of Arts in International Community Development (ICD): Recent submissions
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Inclusive Financial Services for People Living in Poverty
Northwest University, April 2013
228 pagesThis paper is intended to be a supplemental justification to an asset-building, financial literacy curriculum, which is provided as an appendix at the end of this document1. The following paper is the big picture framework ... -
Refugee Resettlement in Seattle: Building Partnerships between Community-Based Organizations and Resettlement Agencies for Better Refugee Integration
Northwest University, March 2013
48 pagesWhile refugee resettlement has been primarily the responsibility of voluntary agencies, it cannot be completed, understood, and effective without community-based organizations (CBOs). This research focused on how CBOs can ... -
Corporate Social Responsibility and Organizational Outcomes: a Case for Fair Trade
Northwest University, 2013
33 pagesCorporate social responsibility (CSR) is a multifaceted, complex branch of business that can yield positive outcomes for producers in developing contexts and businesses in the West. Fair trade, a sub-set of CSR, shows mixed ... -
Business Plan: Mobile Measurements Consulting
Northwest University, 2013
42 pagesThis is a business plan and supporting papers for a newly formed corporation in Washington called Mobile Measurements Consulting (MMC). MMC provides cloud solutions consulting, delivery and sustainability for enterprises, ... -
Rethinking Strategy to Youth Development in Pujehun District: Pujehun Computer Learning Center
Northwest University, 2013
58 pagesSierra Leone represents a microcosm of the myriad challenges facing the entire sub-Saharan African continent. It is one of the countries recently ravaged by war and challenges including poor health, lack of educational ... -
Partnerships for Transformational Community Development: Prioritizing Churches as Assets
Northwest University, 2013
67 pagesIn this era of globalization, tackling the root causes of poverty cannot and should not be done from one perspective or by one organization alone. Addressing the complexities of poverty with a goal of sustainable change ... -
Best Practice Evaluation Models to Improve Patient Outcomes and Clinical Performance for Faith-Based Organizations in a Free Clinic Setting
Northwest University, 2013
58 pagesWorking to promote health equity and improving the quality of health care delivery in the United States are vital for the health of the population in the United States of America. Unequal access to health, racial discrimination, ... -
Moringa oleifera: Potential as a Sustainable Therapeutic Solution for Under-nutrition
Northwest University, 2013
42 pagesThe nutrition intervention project proposed herein is written for the rural Ugandan, East African context. This thesis first examines the Ugandan context, including general demographics, political history since independence, ... -
Reducing Environmental Impact of Disaster Relief
Northwest University, 2013
33 pagesReducing environmental impact of disaster relief – Poverty in time of disaster – How are organizations managing their waste? – Why is it important to consider the environment in disaster relief? – Case studies: addressing ... -
The Ram Foundation: Abled Hands Project
Northwest University, April 12, 2012
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A Multi-Cultural Holistic Approach to Alleviating Economic and Social Poverty
Northwest University, April 12, 2012
72 pagesThe four pillars. Values; Relationships; Controls; Goals – Programmatic framework. Vocational training project; Mentorship model; Spiritual development plan – Framework implementation. Market analysis; Pilot study -- Conclusion -
Community Development Partnerships
Northwest University, April 11, 2012
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Effectively Equipping Volunteers for Greater Impact
Northwest University, April 11, 2012
45 pagesVolunteerism is the act of selflessly giving of one’s life by responding to a need in one’s local or global community as an act of service free of pay. Community development through volunteer efforts and effective leadership ... -
The Role of the Western Church in World Vision’s International Development Work
Northwest University, 2012
52 pagesAs the largest Christian humanitarian organization in the world, World Vision naturally asks churches to partner with them in their mutual Biblical calling to serve the poor. As its foundational methodology, World Vision ... -
Change and Healing in the South Seattle Somali Diaspora: How Lessons Learned can Help Heal Somalia
Northwest University, 2012
89 pagesThe Somali Diaspora is spread throughout the globe, in both more and less developed nations. Their perspective in living with other cultures is prepping the second generation of these refugees with the knowledge that, when ... -
Fighting HIV/AIDS and Transforming Communities through Interfaith Partnerships: Why and How Christians and Muslims Must Collaborate
Northwest University, 2012
37 pagesInterfaith partnerships are the key to combatting a global, complex problem like HIV and AIDS. Since globalization has turned all of humanity into neighbors, partnerships that build social capital, foster reconciliation, ... -
Academic Advisors as College Culture Brokers: a Model for Serving First-Generation College Students
Northwest University, 2012
48 pagesAn increasing number of first-generation students (students whose parents did not earn baccalaureate degrees) are attending college in the United States. First-generation college students struggle to understand the college ... -
Addressing the Challenges Rural Based NGOs Face in Southern Malawi, Africa in Their Endeavor to Provide Sustainable and Empowering Development Work
Northwest University, 2012
67 pagesNongovernmental organizations (NGOs) working in the Phalombe and Mulanje districts of southern Malawi, Africa face many challenges in their endeavor to provide sustainable and empowering development work. These challenges ... -
Giving a Hand Up to Youth Through: Social Enterprise Program
Northwest University, 2012
43 pagesIn the past year, adults of the Lake Hills neighborhood have expressed discontent about the growing rate of low grades, school drop out, and engagement in high-risk behaviors among young adults; while young adults have ... -
Social Entrepreneurship, Compassion and AGWM: An Investigation of Organizational Sustainability and Economic Development in Nonprofits
Northwest University, 2012
114 pagesThe purpose of this study was to investigate how Assemblies of God World Missions (AGWM) missionaries working in Compassion Ministries through the nonprofit sector could apply the concepts of social entrepreneurship to ...
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