Empowerment is an often used concept and the work of Paulo Freire has helped to define the application and outcomes of approaches. The researchers visited Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, during periods of political activity which had previously resulted in violence. Community members identified strategies employed in an attempt to curtail heightened risk. These factors were analysed to evaluate whether empowerment, as espoused by Freire, was still relevant in community development work. Empowerment strategies were multi-faceted and highlighted that they had created new issues for the community to address, suggesting strategy and outcomes need to be strong considerations in future work.

授权是一个经常使用的概念，Paulo Freire的工作帮助确定了方法的应用和结果。研究人员在此前曾导致暴力的政治活动期间访问了肯尼亚内罗毕的基贝拉。社区成员确定了旨在降低风险的策略。对这些因素进行了分析，以评估在弗莱雷（Freire）的支持下，赋权是否仍然与社区发展工作相关。赋权战略是多方面的，并强调指出，它们已经为社区提出了新的问题，表明战略和成果应作为未来工作的重要考虑因素。