TY - JOUR
T1 - “To donors, it's a program, but to us it's a ministry”
T2 - The effects of donor funding on a community-based Catholic HIV/AIDS initiative in Kampala
AU - Mubanda Rasmussen, Louise
PY - 2013/12/17
Y1 - 2013/12/17
N2 - Combining social movement approaches to resource mobilization and collective identity, this article investigates the role of external material resources in shaping the direction of collective action against HIV/AIDS within the Kamwokya Christian Caring Community (KCCC), a Catholic community-based initiative in Kampala. From its origins in the late 1980s as a community of Christians providing “holistic care” to people living with HIV/AIDS, the KCCC has in the wake of increasing external funding been transformed into a professional development non-governmental organization (NGO). In the process, the ideals of holistic care have gradually been overshadowed by neo-liberal development rationalities and bio-political concerns. The article therefore argues that successfully mobilizing donor funding can have unintended consequences for the nature of religious collective action against HIV/AIDS.
AB - Combining social movement approaches to resource mobilization and collective identity, this article investigates the role of external material resources in shaping the direction of collective action against HIV/AIDS within the Kamwokya Christian Caring Community (KCCC), a Catholic community-based initiative in Kampala. From its origins in the late 1980s as a community of Christians providing “holistic care” to people living with HIV/AIDS, the KCCC has in the wake of increasing external funding been transformed into a professional development non-governmental organization (NGO). In the process, the ideals of holistic care have gradually been overshadowed by neo-liberal development rationalities and bio-political concerns. The article therefore argues that successfully mobilizing donor funding can have unintended consequences for the nature of religious collective action against HIV/AIDS.
U2 - 10.1080/00083968.2013.829952
DO - 10.1080/00083968.2013.829952
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0008-3968
VL - 47
SP - 227
EP - 247
JO - Canadian Journal of African Studies
JF - Canadian Journal of African Studies
IS - 2
ER -