Development in Practice
Volume 25, Issue 1, 2015
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cdip20/current

Community rehabilitation workers as catalysts for disability: inclusive youth development through service learning
Theresa Lorenzo*, Jane Motau, Tania van der Merwe, Elize Janse van Rensburg & Jane Murray Cramm
DOI:10.1080/09614524.2015.983461
pages 19-28
Abstract
This paper explores access to health and education for disabled youth in sites with and without community rehabilitation workers (CRWs). A cross-sectional survey using a structured questionnaire was undertaken in nine sites in South Africa, and a snowball sample of 523 disabled youths of both sexes, aged between 18 and 35 years, was selected. The survey found that a significantly larger proportion of disabled youth living in sites with CRWs were seen by health care workers at home, and that there was a large difference in educational access between sites with and without CRWs. CRWs are well positioned to promote equal citizenship for disabled youth through service learning with occupational therapy final year students to improve access to health and education, so that barriers to their participation in economic development are removed.

Challenges and dilemmas of international development volunteering: a case study from Vanuatu
Adam M. Trau*
DOI:10.1080/09614524.2015.985633
pages 29-41
Abstract
This article looks at the key challenges and dilemmas of international development volunteering (IDV) as experienced within a community project in Vanuatu. By focusing on the nature and significance of IDV engagements at the local community level, it offers critical insights into roles and relationships among international development volunteers and local host communities, together with the complex global–local interface in which projects are negotiated and constructed. The article concludes by offering some ways in which IDV can be more effective in assisting community projects address the needs of contemporary village life.