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That the Community Development Resource Association (CDRA) that came into being in the dying years of the South African apartheid regime as part of a broader movement of liberation and social change is very significant. The context formed and shaped its mission and analysis. The number of organizations and leaders reached and influenced by the CDRA is truly impressive. That it chose to be a civil society organizations (CSO) rather than a profit-making enterprise testifies to its self-understanding and its appreciation of those it serves as co-workers and not merely as clients. Its 2018 decision to close its doors is not sign of failure but evidence of its ability to read its context and determine how best to carry forward in a changed environment.
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Community Development Resource Association (CDRA), PO Box 221, Woodstock, 7915, South Africa, http://www.cdra.org.za
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The Community Development Resource Association (CDRA) is a South African-based...
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Community Development Resource Association
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Community Development Resource Association, “Annual Report, 2017–2018”, and earlier years.
Further Reading
CDRA. (n.d.) The Barefoot guide to working with organisations and social change. Multiple titles, a practitioners series of five (5) handbooks. https://www.barefootguide.org/download-the-guides.html
Community Development Resource Association, “CDRA lets go!”, “About Us”, “An overview of CDRA’s history and work”. http://www.cdra.org.za
Kaplan, A. (2002). Development practitioners and social process- artists of the invisible. London: Pluto Press. https://www.cdra.org.za/bookshop.html
SANGONET: A development information portal for NGOs in South Africa, Community Development Resource Association. http://www.sangonet.org.za
Soal, Sue. (2003). Holding infinity – guiding social process: A wrrkbook for socialPracxtitioners, Woodstock, S.A. https://www.cdra.org.za/bookshop.html
Taylor, James. (2003). Organizations and development – towrds building a practice, Woodstock, S.A., CDRA, Revised: 08/06/20.
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Cumming, L.S. (2020). Community Development Resource Association. In: List, R., Anheier, H., Toepler, S. (eds) International Encyclopedia of Civil Society. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99675-2_334-1
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