Paraprofessionals in Village-Level Development in Sri Lanka: The Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement

摘要

Despite increasing worldwide interest in the use of paraprofessionals as frontline workers to provide services to the rural poor, knowledge needed to plan and conduct paraprofessional programs remains scant. To remedy this lack, model programs in six countries were studied. This report, the fourth of the series, details Sri Lanka's Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement (SSM), a private voluntary organization that began in 1958 and has since gained national status (involving 2,500 villages) and international acclaim for its holistic development approach.