The ASWNet aggregates information and resources to facilitate Social Work on the African continent.
Social work is an academic discipline and profession that embraces and enhances long-held methods of addressing life challenges in order to achieve social functioning, development, cohesion and liberation using diverse indigenous knowledges and values enshrined in the family, community, society, environment and in spirituality.
"we were told it is wrong" to build a welfare state. We decided to go ahead because poverty is the basic form of justice. By giving free education we were building a just society. These words can only be said by the a true believer in the God of our Lord Jesus Christ .
Very many thanks for the presentation - this has greatly broadened my understanding of the UBUNTU theory (indeed a very rich theory given its eight common aspects). Thank you.
Thanks! I have pasted the link to this video for my third year social work class module 'Theories for Social Work' (as we use some of your writings as resources too). Sending greetings and best wishes from the University of Pretoria, South Africa
