Participatory development is where organisations create projects for the people in the community to take part in and make changes within their own community. In this way the organization will know what is needed because there will be communication between the people actually living within the community and the organisation. Thos community members know best what is needed for their community and what can best help them. Thye are given the power to bring change into their own community and help where there is help needed and they actively play a part in making decisions as opposed to instances where the government makes decisions on behalf of the people. Most of the time when the community pushes towards creating development it gets taken over by local organisations who come with their own ideas, hence, the community members end up not participating in the projects created. With participatory development poverty is an issue because not everyone is educated to deal with something such as finance especially within a poor community. An example of the Participatory Development Approach in South Africa is the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) which encourages people in communities to start their own small businesses and build entrepreneurial skills and service the community. Organisations help give people the tools  to start their own business, and then members of the community take it upon themselves to take that knowledge they have learned, and open up a business to support them and their families.