AU Tarajio (Aspirations)

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Ubuntu Aspirations for Social Work and Social Development Work

 

Social work and development training and practice is guided by 10 aspirations or standards as follows.

Tarajio Moja Aspiration  1 Workers to understand that their practice and service is an addition to practice and service that already exist in families, communities and other institutions of societies of Africa.
Tarajio Mbili Aspiration 2 That the practice and service must be founded on Ubuntu philosophy from where aspirations, values and ethics are derived.
Tarajio Tatu Aspiration 3 Professions shall work for political, economic, educational, environmental, spiritual, religious, social, cultural independence and development.  
Tarajio Nne Aspiration 4 Workers shall use knowledge available in oral sources, written sources of Africa and emerging sources created by thinkers and researchers of Africa.
Tarajio Tano Aspiration 5 Wholism, which means looking at well-being, welfare and development from all facets of life.
Tarajio Sita Aspiration 6 Recognise and work with all culturally and academically trained providers of social and development services at all levels of society: family, village, community, country, societal, regional, continental and global.
Tarajio Saba Aspiration 7 Getting support, mentoring and guidance from Elders, reciprocally involving them and getting in conversation about new developments in social and development services.
Tarajio Nane Aspiration 8 Being in conversations with others and other professions through writing, reading, speaking, indaba and listening.
Tarajio Tisa Aspiration 9 Promoting productivity, sufficiency and sustainability for everyone and everything.
Tarajio Kumi Aspiration 10 Working with everyone for the renaissance, a future where there is abundance of peace, political, economic, educational, environmental, spiritual, religious, social, cultural independence and development for Africa and every other continent.  
Aspirations in social and development work

The other name for tarajio or tarisiro means aspiration or expectation.

Key source: African Union, Aspirations of the African people in Agenda 2063

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