Contributing to Poverty Alleviation Through Short Term Mission: It’s a Difficult Dance

September 28, 2015

Presented by Mr. Steve Corbett, Covenant College

Short Term Missions potentially provide a great opportunity to understand the dynamics of good poverty alleviation. This is primarily done by witnessing it being done by good organizations/ministries. But are there ways that the participants on a Short Term Mission trip can contribute to the development process? This workshop will explore why this is difficult but certainly not impossible to do.

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