An integration of the livelihoods and asset-based community development approaches: A South African case study

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Figure 1: The integrated SL/ABCD practice model

Table 1: Categorising of livelihood analysis

Assets	Activities	Capabilities
Household composition	Employment in the mine	Government grants
Type of housing	Job skills improvement	Schools in community, and school fees not needed to pay
Prominent role of women, children live with one or both parents	Informal sector activities	Existence and access to informal associations and network (e.g. stokvels and burial societies)
Level of education	Saving schemes	Claiming rights of people for grants and resources
Health – clinics	Combat crime	Access to clinics
People support each other, social and spiritual assets	Handling of crime	Access to mining jobs
Cultural habits and customs	Spiritual needs satisfaction	Welfare and government services and NGOs
Skills and talents of people – human assets

Table 2: Outcomes for Bapong community

Asset outcomes	Activity outcomes	Capability outcomes
Strengthening and preservation of families; empowerment of single parenthood	Education and skills training	Grant coordination
Women empowerment	Health improvement	Grant education
Infrastructure development: housing, sanitation, electricity	Economic development through, for example, small entrepreneurial skills development	Infrastructure and services development
Youth development	Crime prevention	Health improvement through lifestyle improvement
Social and spiritual development	Cultural and spiritual upliftment	Education of people of their rights