CMP is breaking new ground. Many agencies that claim to be participatory do so only to impress their funders, and yet demonstrate little understanding of community decision-making processes when they operationalise their activities. . We in CMP see shelter and human habitat as far more than the technology of dwellings or houses. A house exists because of people and for people. Human settlement development is community development. .
Poverty is more than a lack of money and income.
It is also more than lack of access to facilities and services such as water, roads, education or clinics. For a more comprehensive set of key words, see the training document, Key Words , in which are not dictionary definitions, but notes to the field worker. . In CMP Uganda, it goes much further in its role of poverty alleviation and capacity building. Where there is a high level of dependency, community members will expect us to provide resources, not guide them to identify their own resources. . Both are aimed not at individual skill transfer alone but at group formation and organizing for increased capacity and effectiveness.