Community development

The neighborhood you live in during your prime development stages is crucial to the type of person you will become in the future. The impact is so great that it has created stereotypes and social innuendos for the people that live in these communities. My philosophy about these two neighborhoods as well as any is that they are very much similar in the fact that they both raise up children with different values and mindsets. However, despite what most people think, this is actually a beneficial…

As of today, many churches, ministries and some individual Christians embrace, practice, and tap into some of the 8 key components of the CCDA in various ways. All who are engaged in the process of transforming communities, whether directly through their affiliation with the CCDA or individually understand that we “are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepare in advance for us to do” (Ephesians 2:10). In the following paragraphs…

rather steeped in the ability to use our hands and knowledge in constructing something. [ADD] Introduction. We are the Maker Education Initiative, which was founded in 2012. Our organization is a non-profit that supports and empowers educators and communities, particularly, those in underserved areas, to facilitate meaningful making and learning experiences with youth. Our Vision, every child is a “Maker”. Our Mission, to create more opportunities for all young people to develop confidence,…

Mkomazi National Park in Tanzania. The two regions have both implemented conservation initiatives, and have a strong relationship with tourism. This paper will examine community conservation in the ACA (ACA) that draws on Hulme and Murphree 's (1999) idea of “new conservation”, which involves “the merging of conservation and development goals”, conservation to be “based in society” and the notion that the “achievement of conservation goals requires that ‘people and parks’ be good neighbours “…

The team were guided by the Development Officer from Singida District council. The enumerators were trained in a 5-day training to conduct structured interviews. The questionnaire was translated into Swahili reviewed for clarity. One day of the training includes pre-testing and practicing…

particular place grabbed my attention. The name of this place was Waite House, and thankfully it is the organization where I am currently engaging in my service-learning. Waite House is located in the Ventura Village neighborhood within the Phillips community in Minneapolis. This organization caught my attention because not only was it relatively a short commute on the public transit system, but the description mentioned youth fitness and obesity/diabetes prevention. Not only…

Community Settings for Family Health Nurses Family nurses work in a number of diverse settings, including schools, occupational sites, public health departments, physician offices, family homes, and community nursing centers. Even though the populations vary with each setting, the family nurse uses the same concepts and principles altering them to fit the needs of each family or group. In the community, the role of the family nurse is to educate, promote health, prevent disease, and influence…

The Ounce of Prevention conference was an overall knowledgeable experience. I learned about organizations that have been in my community for years, which I never heard about. I was happy to know the successful people that were involved in our public health community. The impact that they made as a whole. Everyone working health industry were so passionate about their involvement. They even spoke about their motivation, life experiences, and why did they choose to work in this field. I noticed…

Committed, Generous, Supportive these are words describing volunteering. Volunteering to me is a person who loves to help other people, they aren't selfish but determined to make a change in the community. In fact if you want to hear about a place you can keep reading. The founder of the establishment is Anna Marie Hackett, she came up with the idea. The purpose of this establishment is because they saw a need to help the elderly. The audience they hold is the elderly. If you would like to…

colleague David Fuertes from Kohala and then she attended training facilitated by Bob. That was the beginning of her Community Connections, a nine-month capacity building training for community-based organizations or community members with ideas on how to support their community but unclear on how to act on them. That was also Jane’s introduction to community based economic development (CBED), which she doesn’t have a clear one-sentence definition of it. Her introduction was an “aha’ moment…