Podcast: Shirantha Perera on fostering hope

Hope, and having hope are profoundly important for a well-lived life, but in faith-based development circles, we lean towards focusing on tasks and measurable outcomes; we don’t tend to think about whether our interventions are fostering hope or degenerating hope. We don’t design or evaluate for hope despite they way it is foundational to people’s well-being. In this episode I have a chat with the wonderful Shirantha Perera about his Masters research looking at the impact that a project has had not just on people’s livelihoods and environment in Timor Leste, but how it has impacted their faith or spirituality, and their hope specifically. You can also access the podcast here.

About Clinton Bergsma

I live near Fremantle in Western Australia with my sweet wife and our four children. I love exploring the intersection between theology and practice for all aspects of life, and get excited about finding ways to bring those two together in the life choices available to me. I love learning and making things with my hands, family days, gardening and home produce. I am terrible with a paint brush or camera, and I know nothing about cardiology. I do not own a cardigan. Yet. I also manage Amos Australia, help facilitate a Masters of Transformational Development through Eastern College of Australia, and am undertaking some additional study. I tend to order more books than I can read. Actually, I don't tend to. I do.

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