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1.12. Nobody has Nothing<br />

(Source: Coady Institute)<br />

Session Title<br />

Session Objectives<br />

Duration <strong>of</strong> Session<br />

Resources<br />

<strong>Training</strong> Materials<br />

Nobody has Nothing<br />

Challenge participants to identify the assets and creativity <strong>of</strong> people<br />

who are traditionally labelled as the “poorest <strong>of</strong> the poor”<br />

Show that everyone, no matter how poor, has access to assets<br />

20 minutes<br />

None<br />

Community Scenarios<br />

Introduction<br />

Sometimes, it can be challenging to introduce <strong>ABCD</strong> to colleagues and community members. People can<br />

be very skeptical and a common response that is given is “We have nothing…” or “that community does<br />

not have any assets…” Labelling people in this way can lead them to believe that they have nothing to<br />

contribute and can result in apathy, a sense <strong>of</strong> helplessness and a dependence on outside institutions to<br />

“develop” them.<br />

An <strong>ABCD</strong> approach, on the other hand, challenges us to identify and mobilize the multitude <strong>of</strong> human,<br />

physical, natural, financial and social contributions that even the “poorest <strong>of</strong> the poor” can make to<br />

improve their lives. These <strong>of</strong>ten go unnoticed and unappreciated by development organizations.<br />

To help the participants see that even the “poorest” people have assets, explain that the group will now<br />

look at four scenarios showing how people have pooled their assets to undertake successful activities.<br />

Explain that these scenarios have been selected because they are examples <strong>of</strong> people we <strong>of</strong>ten assume<br />

to be poor and marginalized. However, they show us that everyone, no matter how poor, has access to<br />

assets. We <strong>of</strong>ten overlook these assets because we tend to focus only on people’s needs and problems.<br />

Instructions<br />

This exercise can be done using power points or you may choose to read the four scenarios aloud or<br />

hand them out to participants in hard copy (provided in the <strong>Training</strong> Materials Guide). You may also<br />

break the participants into groups or undertake this exercise in plenary depending on the context.<br />

Give each team a written copy <strong>of</strong> the scenarios and ask them to answer the following question (you may<br />

also want to create your own scenarios based on your experience):<br />

1. Can you link these assets with potential income-generating activities? If so, which ones?<br />

Make sure that there is at least one literate person in each team who is able to read the description to<br />

the rest <strong>of</strong> the team (or you may choose to join a team yourself to be the reader). Ask each team to<br />

report their responses back to the whole group. If done in plenary, you can simply ask people to shout<br />

out their answers. You may even want to provide prizes.<br />

Scenario 1:<br />

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