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Recovering hope: Why developed
countries also need GK
Andrew Chalk – GK Australia
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GK – A universal template for addressingpoverty and alienation?
A perspective from Australia
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Addressing severe disadvantage in
Australia
1. What is the problem
2. Why GK is the solution
3. How we propose to do it
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Australia - Background
• A rich country – one of the highest GDP’s per
capita in the world
• Stable democracy
• Successful multi cultural society
• Universal health care and education to highest
standards
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Vibrant cultural, recreational and sporting life• Good equality of opportunity
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The situation of Indigenous
Australians
Many Indigenous Australians suffer gross
poverty and despair; not only as individuals but
as whole communities.
• Health
• Employment/ income
• Education• Housing
• Crime and violence
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Factors contributing to the situation
Historic• Colonisation and loss of land;
• Long history of discrimination and exclusion;
• Remote locations;
• Cultural factors;
• History of welfare dependency and
government control;
Also• Sense of victimhood, alienation and despair;
• Internal conflict.
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Efforts to address the disadvantage
Since late 1960’s concerted efforts by successive
governments to address the disadvantage.
While there are some great individual successstories, at a communal level generally the
situation has not improved and in many
instances has deteriorated.
Resources and technical support are not lacking.
The Australian government currently spends
over $4 Billion per annum addressing Indigenous
disadvantage.
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Why GK, as a model of community
development, will work.
A radical commitment to love;
A radical commitment to honour.
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• GK’s starting principle is that until people believe
in their own dignity and capacity to contribute for
good, no amount of resources or technicalsupport will overcome their alienation.
• The pain is in the heart more than the pocket.
• GK commits to the person and the community
without seeking anything in return. The quality of
this commitment is the secret of its success.
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• When people have a sense that they are loved, itbecomes much easier for them to respond to andengage in other measures which will improve
quality of life.
• The quality of GK’s love and how that is formed inthe volunteer care groups and in the supportedcommunities is everything.
• There can be no development without values tounderpin it. These values must reflect the highestdesires of the people and they can be taught.Volunteers make better teachers than paid
officials.
• This care and love is universal and beyond culture.
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What Values does GK put in play•
Servant leadership – first to serve last tobenefit;
• No-one gets left behind;
• No-one is so poor that they have nothing to
give;
• Relationships are more important than
resources;
• There is no exit plan; GK never leaves nor
never gives up.
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What aspects are most relevant to
Australia
It’s community organising and values formation;
not house building.
It’s self-reliance as a community where
governments become partners rather than
benefactors and controllers.
It’s relationships with the wider society leading
to partnerships that support development that is
eventually self sustaining; fundamentally GK
provides ‘a platform for convergence.’
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How will we do it in Australia
1. Seeing is believing – we have the GK
communities in Philippines as proof.• Immersion trips for communities that have all but given
up hope.
• Young leader programs in the Philippines in conjunction
with future volunteers.
2. Building the relationships
• Building relationships with communities over time; this isalready well underway in one community in central New
South Wales.
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Building the Relationships (cont.)
• Expand the engagement with partnerships involving:
• Schools;
• Universities;
• Civic organisations;
• Corporations;
• Churches• Other Indigenous organisations
All trained in the GK approach
3. The Work
Fundamental focus on community organising;• Neighbourhood beautification
• Housing repair and improvement
• Community facilities construction
• Child development programs
• Home ownership programs
• Gardens and food production
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The Work (cont.)• Adult literacy programs
• Student homework programs
• Employment and training programs
• Finance schemes
• Mental and physical health programs
The resources are available for all of these programs; it iscreating the motivation to engage them and on terms where
the community has some real say in how they are delivered.
GK as EnablerGK can empower communities to take these steps and can
provide them with the partners to support them in theprocess.
GK becomes a facilitator in creating the platform for
convergence; the platform for development.
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Frank and Bai – True GK Heroes
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