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is, I think, the ultimate goal of any social
work field education, and of course, the
essence of almost all professions and sciences alike.

References
Kretzman, J. P., & McKnight, J. L.
(1993). Building communities from the inside
out: A path toward finding and mobilizing a community’s assets. Chicago: ACTA
Publications.
Phillips, R., & Pittman, H. R. (eds.).
(2009). An introduction to community development. New York: Routledge.
Mukerem Mifta Shafi, MSW, was born in
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He studied sociology
and social anthropology in the undergraduate
program of Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
Immediately after completing his BA degree
with a distinction point in July 2009, he
was assigned by the Ministry of Education,

Ethiopia, to teach at
Jigjiga University,
Ethiopia. In this
university, he served
as an instructor and
taught many courses
in the department of
sociology from 2009
to 2010. Following this, he had the
opportunity to pursue his master’s degree at
Addis Ababa University. Given his prior
interest in social welfare and social policy, he
decided to study social work with a specialization in family, youth, and children at Addis
Ababa University, where he received his MSW
in 2012. He has written articles for a local
English magazine called Addis Standard
and also serves as a co-chair for a local book
review club organized by Islamic Research and
Cultural Center (IRCC) in Addis Ababa.
He and ten close friends founded an NGO,
Muslim Graduates Initiative for Education
and Training (MGIET), in Addis Ababa.

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