...Community development From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia | It has been suggested that Community mobilization be merged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since July 2014. | | This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. No cleanup reason has been specified. Please help improve this article if you can. (February 2009) | Part of a series on | Community | | Concepts | * Sense of community * Social capital | Perspectives | * Community psychology * Community studies | Types | * Community of interest * Community of practice * Community of place | Development | * Community development * Community organizing | See also | * Outline * Community portal * WikiProject Community | * v * t * e | The United Nations defines Community development as "a process where community members come together to take collective action and generate solutions to common problems."[1] It is a broad term given to the practices of civic leaders, activists, involved citizens and professionals to improve various aspects of communities, typically aiming to build stronger and more resilient local communities. Community development seeks to empower individuals and groups of people by providing them with the skills they need to effect change within their communities. These skills are often created through the formation of large social groups working for a common agenda. Community developers must understand both...
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...second grade, I have been involved in community service that has supported numerous organizations. This passion for service has lasted far beyond my Eagle Scout project for the Durham Ronald McDonald House. While in college, I have taken on several large service learning projects and donated my time at a variety of organizations, such as: the Crisis Assistance Ministry, the Jamil Niner Student Pantry, the Historic Washington Heights Neighborhood, Second Harvest Food Bank, Charlotte Humane Society, Habitat for Humanity Restore, Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, Sow Much Good, Project Linus, and the Food Bank of Central and Eastern of North Carolina. Each semester, I look for new ways to get involved and give back to the community that has provided me so many amazing opportunities. One such service learning project that I completed was with the Crisis Assistance Ministry of Charlotte. This organization seeks to restore dignity and provide emergency help to those facing basic needs insecurities. Every month, clients are able to come to the Free...
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...Community Project Paper Trista Baldwin MGT/522 October 27, 2014 Cara Koch Community Project Paper The Heart in the Park Labyrinth located in Tonkawa began in 2006 with a group of community members who expressed interest in local artist Audrey Schmitz idea to recognize and celebrate Oklahoma's Centennial. The city's motto "Wheatheart of Oklahoma" and the Native American translation of the towns name "Tonkawa" meaning "they all stay together" was the inspiration behind the design. The park contains pavers and art panels depicting local culture and history. In less than one years’ time fund in excess of $150,000.00 were raised through donations, grants, and in-kind services. The park is utilized for a variety of community activities including educational presentations to high school and college students, fundraising events, an annual Harvest Walk, Valentine's Day Walk and weddings ("Heart in the Park Labyrinth", n.d). Community projects such as this can be successful when elected officials come together with residents. Collaboration amongst various team members has proven to be an effective tool when utilized to accomplish common goals that may not have been achievable on their own (Swindell & Hilvert, 2014). When different partners come together it is important to ensure that all team players are on the same page. There are seven characteristics that can influence the success in achieving goals in a community project; assessing funds available, contract specifications...
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...MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY PROJECT: Brazil Brazilian Food Since every country has its own special diet, Brazil is no exception with its staple food revolving around three types of food namely black beans or as the locals would call it feijao, farinha–some kind of flour, and white rice also referred to as arroz. These staple foods are eaten alongside other dishes like fish, chicken, or red meat. There are a lot of restaurants from which to eat, lanchonete being the most popular. A lanchonete is a snack bar where one can buy take out pastries, burgers, and sandwiches. The restaurants on the other hand allows for sit-down meals where customers can order anything from expensive 7-course meals to buffets to quick snacks. Pizzarias are food joints which specialize in making pizzas but they also make pasta as well. Charrascarias sell all you can eat barbequed meat including other meals at fixed prices whereby the waiters go round offering food to their customers till the latter feel full. There are also salad bars from which vegetarians can enjoy a decent meat-free meal. Brazil’s Demographic Data The latest census shows that Brazil’s population numbered 192,376,496 people in August 2011. Sao Paolo is Brazil’s largest city with a population if 11,316,149, where as the country’s most popular city–Rio de Janeiro has a population of about 6,355,949 and was once the capital city of Brazil. The city of Salvador has approximately 2,693,305 inhabitants. The country’s growth rate has...
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...A. Define the community issue that you chose to impact. Include all of your research on this topic and cite your sources. If you worked with an organization, also include your independent online or library research on the community issue. The community issue that we chose to impact included a school called Walter Junior High. They were in need of an newly and improved garden. Their garden was not safe for children and needed new equipment. We provided them with it. We got them new supplies such as pavers (some made some bought) and benches. We bought them at Home Depot for amazing prices. Another benefit of the benches we got was that they were everlasting. They wouldn’t just rot in a few months, they will stay for a long period of time. We also painted them maroon color which blended in with the garden. For the pavers, we made some with ingredients such as cement and some we bought. We also got the pavers at Home Depot....
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...Running head: Community Health Project 1 The Community Health Project and Proposed Intervention Yvette Sanford Hall Loyola University of New Orleans Fall 2011 Community Health Project 2 This paper discusses the summary of the community health project carried out in the Eastern New Orleans Community in New Orleans, Louisiana, to encourage health promotion and disease prevention. This discussion includes a profile of Eastern New Orleans Community with its strengths and challenges as noted during the windshield survey conducted in the community. I will share with you a few problems identified in the community and plans proposed to address them. Also included will be a brief description of the aggregate group, a summary of the interventions, and practicum activities based on a health indicator chosen from Healthy People 2010. The theoretical framework or model that guided the interventions will be discussed. Profile of Eastern New Orleans The community identified throughout this paper is within eastern New Orleans area and its resident boundaries are Read Boulevard, Chef Menteur Highway, Dwyer Road, and Crowder Boulevard. Eastern New Orleans is a large section of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. Developed from the 1960s onwards...
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...together who could be living in the same place, or believing in the ideas, and commonly share the same characteristics is defined as a community. Which means a community is much more than just sharing the same neighborhood (Walden University Discussion Lecture, n.d.). The power of a community depends on their ability to clique together for a common cause. Besides the basic definition of community, a community can also be defined as being united like a k-cliques which mean that all member of the community would be well connected; however, one individual from a community can also belong to many other communities (Palla, Derenyi, Farkas, Vicsek, 2005). With that said, the affiliated communities are Cotes-De Fer Haiti (CDFHA), World Health Awareness Team (WHAT), and Haitian American Nursing Association (H.A.N.A)....
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...Competitiveness Project (AACP) ! " # $ % & '( ) *+ #, - CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF VILLAGES CRITERIA FOR SL.NO SELECTION OF VILLAGE B A WEIGHTAGE FORMULA (MAXIMUM=5 POINTS) 1 2 3 4 5 C D E F G 1 BPL HH Intensity 10-20% 20-40% 40-60% 60-80% 80-100% 2 Remoteness (Distance from Dt. HQ) <20KM 20-40KM 40-60KM 60-80KM >80KM 3 Proximity to the RF (indicative of forest 800 mts-1 Km dependency) 600-800 mts 400-600 mts 200-400 mts 200 mts 4 Extent of natural resource base 10-20% degraded 20-40% degraded 40-60% degraded 60-80% degraded Maximum degraded with no tree cover 5 Proximity to DEF establishment for better assistance 3 Km 2-3KM 1-2KM 500mts-1KM 200-500 mts . )/• • • 0 * "+ 1 + Improve forest productivity to strengthen the natural resource base for communities. 1 • • • • ! # 2 3 + # Capacity building of Department of Environment and Forest (DEF) for improved service delivery. Preparation of IEC material Budgetary allocation: Rs 13. 45 crores ! ! & '( '4 5 2 7 6 + & 26 + & 6 8 6 + ! + + 0 * 8 0 " ; ! 9# % : 6 & 8! & 26 ; + ! & 0 ! $ ! + " + # ! + 8! < # # 9 8 ) * 3 " & 26 # SEQUENCING AND SCHEDULING OF THE PLANNING PROCESS FOR NARMIL SL. NO ACTIVITY Selection of the Districts B SUB-PROJECT PLANNING Kamrup Nagaon DFO, field staff, participated in the selection of the villages which is based on the criteria (section ???) and established willingness of the community SCHEDULE 15...
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...necessary manpower or resources, able to submit an application without being rejected due to the slightest violation of a guideline? Before we address that question, let’s review a few of the program’s basic facts and challenges. An Excellent Program in Spirit The Broadband Stimulus Program is an excellent program in spirit. According to statistics, more than 10-million residents in rural communities through this country are without high-speed broadband; which, according to the NOFA, is a very modest 768k. That’s a speed most of us upgraded from 10-years ago. But to rural Americans, it equates to exchanging the mule for a tractor. It provides farmers with access to agriculture markets, students with access to school, and families with access to an incredible array of tools and opportunities to improve their quality of life. The broadband program is to primarily focus on 1) infrastructure, 2) public computing centers, and 3) sustainable broadband adoption projects. The most significant focus is the building of infrastructure, as that is the key ingredient to get rural communities onto the “Information Super Highway” (an old word for most of us, but a new reality for rural America). However, like most government...
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...Community Nursing in the 53218 Zip code University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee College of Nursing NURS 415 David Deau, Elizabeth Kuss, Blessing Lee, PaKou Lo, Nygil Matthews, Terresa Novak, Dami Olaniyi, Edith Sardea, Tiffany Theard, and Houa Xiong November 30, 2012 Community Nursing in the 53218 Zip code Each community has its own positive and negative features. The zip code community of 53218 is no exception. Some of those positive features of the 53218 community has prospective features such as its existing available clinics, multipurpose community centers, such as the Silver Spring Community Center, and numerous outreach programs through organizations including Growing Power and the Milwaukee Outreach Center. Unfortunately, it is still considered one of ten zip codes in the Milwaukee County designated in the “lower socioeconomic status” group as reported in the Milwaukee Health Report (Chen, et al., 2011). The lower SES group, including 53218, as a whole is at risk for (1) a growing rate of obesity related to a poor nutritional lifestyle, (2) a continually decreasing gynecological health among the female population between ages 12 and 19 related to a lack of enforced education and rising teen pregnancy-related issues, and (3) a consistently low level of neighborhood safety related to motor vehicle accidents and rising crime rates. Community Strengths The community of 53218 has three main areas of strength: (1) several available clinics, (2) an abundance...
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...Feasibility Brief 1: Rowner Community Trust Events Management Ltd. * Rowner Community Trust summary profile - (re-phrased from the internet) Rowner community trust is a new charity organization that operates under the umbrella of Rowner World Company. They aim to support the growth of the area Rowner in Hampshire by focusing on its economic, social and environmental angles and contribute to its community development. Rowner Community Trust is a new initiative. Therefore, as any other organizations it is looking forward to grow its social business by developing new social ventures to support Rowner community and sustain its social business. * Rowner Community Trust next project Group 1 will focus on Rowner Community Trust next project. The Community Trust next project is to create an Events Management Social Enterprise. This new project will generate revenues by providing events management services such as catering, conferences and other events management services to the following target segments: * SME's * Large Corporates * Public sector * Non-profit organizations * Consumer markets in following geographic locations: * London * Regional organizations involving the following stakeholders * Rowner Community Trust * Rowner Community Trust community center * Rowner Community Events Group The revenues coming from the events management social enterprise services will help in sustaining Rowner Community Trust and will also provide...
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...Growing up, I felt that no one really emphasized the importance of giving back to the community and working hard. Even though we were told to volunteer and make a difference, the tools were never given to us and it felt like it was unachievable. However, I was not like the rest. At a young age I was taught that the tools to will never be given to you, and if you want to make a difference you need to go out and do it. In fifth grade I knew I needed to help my community in some way. I didn’t have any clue on how I could, so I joined Girl Scouts. Through Girl Scouts I have volunteered many times at the nursing home, animal shelter, girl scout house, various donation drives, painting a veteran's house, and pretty soon I am going to be assisting a friend in helping the local veterans. On top of that I am working on getting my Volunteer in Training award, and I have already been awarded the most prestigious awards Girl Scout’s has to offer, the Bronze, SIlver, and Gold Award....
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...Service Learning Project Reflection For the past six years I have worked at my district’s After-School Tutoring Program at Pinnacle Apartments in Houston, Texas. This program was established to assist lower income students by giving them free tutoring and extension activities at their apartment complex. Providing this opportunity helps to bridge the home-to-school connection, impacting over forty students per year. Most of the students in the program receive free or reduced breakfast and lunch. Due to their socio-economic status, these students often go hungry over the holidays because their parents don’t have enough money to provide additional meals while students are out of school. In an effort to assist in this area, I approached my pastor to see if we could provide a bag of groceries for each of the families who attend the tutoring program. Being the compassionate man that he is, Pastor Johnny from The Body Church, Texas, loved the idea and shared the opportunity within our church community and online....
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...IRAQ COUNTRY OFFICE JOB DESCRIPTION Community Mobilizer (CM) TEAM/PROGRAMME: Programs Development and Quality GRADE: D – 6 LOCATION: Kirkuk POST TYPE: National Child Safeguarding: Level 3 - the responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with or access to children or young people ROLE PURPOSE: The Community Mobilizer is a member of Save the Children’s International's (SCI) Program Quality Team in the Baghdad and Sulaimanihya Offices. Under the supervision of the Program Coordinator, the Community Mobilizer is responsible for: Promoting the project in communities, recruiting and engaging youth, participating in the selection processes and supporting the trainers to register youth at the start of training sessions. Monitoring and supporting all program activities in the field, conducting regular meetings with youth and trainers to identify issues and proposing solutions to address them. Responsible for coordination all field activities under the Al Salam program in Baghdad/Kirkuk/Diyala (Khanaqeen) while undertaking field visits to hold community meetings, monitor good functioning of youth action groups, community projects, advocacy campaigns, and quality of trainings delivered, as well as maintain regular contacts with community leaders. The Community Mobilizer will ensure that project activities are consistent with Save the Children’s programming principles and approaches, draw on relevant best practices and lessons learned, enable...
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...Literature and the Community, How Similar They Are ENG 125: Introduction to Literature Heather AltfeldFisher July 16, 2010 Abstract Often times, art is a reflection of life as we know it. Artists are often inspired to create based on their surroundings, and life experiences. Literature can take people to places in which they never thought they could be a part of. This paper will briefly review two works of literature. We will then review how the works reflect the communities in which the stories are based on. The Lessons of Life The Lesson by Toni Cade Bambara is a novella set in the projects of New York City in the 1970’s. Sylvia is a street wise kid living in the projects being mentored by a well educated woman named Miss Moore. Sylvia seems to be proud, and smart and is acutely aware of the surrounding in which she lives in. Miss Moore is considered to be a well educated woman in the neighborhood. She feels as if she is obligated to show Sylvia, along with the other children a different way of living. Miss Moore becomes a mentor for the children and decides to take them out on an excursion. The language of the narrative lets the reader become familiar with what kind of neighborhood in which "The Lesson" is taking place. Bambara does not give details on what kind of neighborhood this is but the reader is able to get a picture...
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