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Motivators


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Group members:

Jamiel AMBROSE

Jessica DHANOOKOHARRY

Shaniece KENNEDY

Kasha LORD

Rena SUCHIT

Tamara WHITE


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Charity Organization Society


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Table of Contents

What is the Charity Organization Society?

What effects the Charity Organization Society had on Social Work?

The meaning of Charity Organization Society

The function of Charity Organization Society


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What is the Charity Organization Socie

The Society for organizing charitable Relief and Repressing Mendabetter known as Charity Organization Society.

Non profit Organization

It was founded by Octavia Hill, Lord Shaftesbury, William GladstoneRuskins and Cardinal Manning.


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What effects the Charity Organization Sohad on Social Work?

The general methods by which this society seeks to effect its objectscarry out its principles are:

1. Cooperation of existing charitable agencies.

This movement existed through the aid of the mayor, the police, the ov

of the poor and the heads of the institutions, as representatives of the aid given; The local charities, fraternities, private institutions and churchrepresentatives of the private aid given and individuals who are interestmovement.


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2. Districting the city.

Together with the aid churches, clergies, local charities as well as societitogether with delegates from the overseers of the poor and dispensarieformed a district committee or ward conferences.

Moreover, it was the business of the superintendent to familiarize himsthe needs, abuses, evils and remedial agencies.


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3. Organized visitors

Members of this particular society perform social working practices as a routitowards individuals who are in need. The individuals become members of a cdealt with by rule. There is absolutely no personal relation of individuals of th

with individuals of the class.

Nonetheless, particular individuals seek to abuse the Charity Organization Sowith cunning and deceit. To counteract these tendencies bands of organized vboth men and women will visit poor homes. In spite of this, these organized are expected to give no aid, nor are they allowed to use their position for purpproselytism but to offer their warm hearts, cheery spirits and wise thoughts.


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The meaning of Charity Organization Soc

The Charity Organization Society (COS)was known for their work ofriendly neighbourliness. It is a private unit which sole purpose is to hnot to harm. The (COS) was put in place to improve social services aaid people who were either not able to work or were disabled but the

consensus was on family.


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The meaning of Charity Organization So

The movement of the Charity Organization Society grew rapidly ovpast decades and the leaders believed that poverty could be eradicatewas an introduction of scientific techniques which were interventiontreatment.


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What was the function of Charity Organiz

Society? The Charity Organization consisted of a number major functions

1. To rehabilitate dependent families


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1. To rehabilitate dependent families.

The Charity Organization Society began to systematize the giving ofThis movement mainly focused on dependent families by offering inwork. By assisting their social conditions and by lending an ear to pumatters of social reform.


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Society?2. To teach the community correct principles of relief


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2. To teach the community of principles

relief

(the poor were poor primarily because they received inadequate wagfrequently lost employment through no fault of their own as a resultcyclical downturns in the economy).

The Charity Organization Society taught individuals about moral caupoverty. They taught the less fortunate individuals they were poor bethey were often indolent (lazy or idle), improvident (not providing orfor the future) and intemperate (lack of self control)


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Society? 3. To help eliminate the causes of poverty.
http://article.wn.com/view/2014/04/11/Ending_can_only_be_bad_for_SA_s_good_story_on_statistics/


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3. To help eliminate the causes of pover

The theory of Laissez faire (the policy of leaving things to take theircourse, without interfering) It was found that man's environment wecauses of poverty such as disease and crime. However the environmcapable of immediate modification. So the COS incorporated social

convince the public that poverty is curable and preventable.


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Society? 4. To reduce vagrancy and pauperism.
http://www.tocqueville.culture.fr/en/engagements/e_convi-pauper.html


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4. To reduce vagrancy and pauperism

In order to reduce vagrancy and pauperism they provided relief. Reliform of providing clothes, feeding the hungry and providing shelterbasic needs.


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Bibliography

Social Welfare History Project, (2013). Charity Organization Societies: 1877-1893 - SoHistory Project. [online] Available at:http://www.socialwelfarehistory.com/organizations/charity-organization-societie1893/ [Accessed 17 Sep. 2014

Stgite.org.uk, (2014). Charity Organisation Society. [online] Available at:

http://www.stgite.org.uk/media/cos.html [Accessed 17 Sep. 2014 Watson, F. (1922). The Charity Organization Movement in the United States(1st ed.). Re

from http://www.hks.harvard.edu/var/ezp_site/storage/fckeditor/file/pdfs/centprograms/centers/hauser/programs/past_programs/philanthropy_classics/Watsoy_Organization.pdf


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