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Community Psychology: Common Values, Diverse PracticesConclusionsThis study allowed us to have a more deep understanding of poverty fighting intervention. Therefore, we mayconclude that the NGO “O sonho” has been creating gradually a more comprehensive intervention in itsgeographical area, throughout an entrepreneurial process, confirming that entrepreneurship is a process built withone step at a time (Drucker, 2001) and it takes time and effort so it can have an impact in community and socialchange. So, this organization is building a poverty fighting intervention, focusing mainly on children, families, andtraining and education.“O sonho” is also fostering local innovation, as it is playing a role of catalyst and mediator between national’s andpublic programs, and local people’s development needs and interests. By this approach, it created new settingsand solutions that were implicit needs and that was still remaining as gaps in this territory.It is also important to state that establishing strategic partnerships and creating teams focused on innovation andintegration was also relevant factors, as well as participating, contributing and integrating the networks of cityinstitutions that work around these issues – developing a more collaboratively and thereby sustaining coalitions(Butterfoss, 2007) and boosting community empowerment and community capacity.Poverty can be therefore fought through development (Yunus, 2007), and comprehensive community approachesat the local level can be an innovative way to bring policies and programs closer to families and communitiesneeds and development.Future ResearchFuture research can focus on issues like the crucial elements that enabled organizational capacity to develop anentrepreneurial process; and matching results and strategies used.Research limitationsThe main limitations may come from the researcher’s participative role that also enabled the action researchmethod.Thanks toThe board and the collaborators of “O sonho”.ReferencesAguiar, J. & Moniz, M. (2006). A promoção do empowerment comunitário a partir de um processo de mudança.Monografia de Licenciatura apresentada ao ISPA, Lisboa.Butterfoss, D. (2007). Coalitions and Partnerships in Community Health. Jossey-Bass: San Francisco.Cash, J., Earl, M. and Morison, R. (2008). Teaming up to crack Innovation Enterprise Integration. HarvardBusiness Review, Nov 2008, pp.90-100.Chavis, D., Trent, T., Crocker, J., Fatiregun, O., Mahon, S. (2007). Scope, scale and sustainability: what it takesto create lasting community change. Consultado em 2 de Dezembro de 2008 através dehttp://www.communityscience.com/assets.php.Drucker, P. (2001). The essential Drucker. Collins: New York.McGrath, R., MacMillan, I (2008). Discovery Driven Planning. Harvard Business Review, Jul-Aug 1995, pp.44-54.165