CMDV Tut 4 Final
CMDV Tut 4 Final
CMDV Tut 4 Final
Tutorial Task: 4
Tutor: Mr Ntshalintshali
BODY
1.1) Quality Education (SDG 4)
• After-school tutoring programs: To help pupils with their academics, several groups in
Glenwood have set up after-school tutoring programs. These programs provide tutoring in
disciplines like math, science, and language arts to help pupils do better in class.
• Scholarships and bursaries: Plans have been made to offer community students scholarships
and bursaries. This financial assistance tries to ensure that academic advancement is not
hindered by finances by enabling students from low-income homes to access quality
education at the basic, secondary, and university levels.
• Mentorship initiatives: In Glenwood, mentorship initiatives have been put in place to help
students by connecting them with seasoned professionals and community people. Mentors
assist students by imparting their knowledge, abilities, and experience.
• Skills training programs: Glenwood has seen the implementation of skills training programs
to improve community members' employability. These programs provide vocational
education in fields such as computer skills, entrepreneurship, crafts, and trades. These
initiatives attempt to promote economic possibilities and enhance livelihoods by providing
persons with necessary skills.
• Small business assistance: Initiatives have been developed to aid and resources to
Glenwood's small companies. This offers workshops for business development, mentoring
programs, financial access, and networking possibilities. These projects attempt to boost
economic growth, job creation, and revenue generation in the community through aiding
small company owners and entrepreneurs.
• Public space enhancements: Glenwood has undertaken efforts to improve public places such
as parks, playgrounds, and recreational facilities. This involves creating more green spaces,
installing fitness equipment, upgrading seating areas, and assuring accessibility for all
members of the community. These enhancements are intended to create lively and welcoming
public places that encourage community interaction and physical well-being.
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https://www.yorku.ca/unsdgs/sustainable-cities-and-communities/
b) Collaboration and Partnership: Community development experts would encourage
collaboration and partnership with a variety of stakeholders, including local government,
non-governmental organizations (NGOs), businesses, and community organizations. They
can increase the impact and durability of actions by fostering synergies and pooling
resources. Collaboration also ensures that interventions are consistent with broader
community development objectives and initiatives in Glenwood Durban.
c) Participation, for the projects to be successful, the community must participate in them.
The only way to establish a community initiative is to enlist the help of your neighbours.
Transparency requires the community to be honest about the challenges it is facing, and if
there is anything they know that could possibly help the community, they should do it. Every
community member, regardless of skin colour, race, or creed, must be included in communal
affairs. No member of the community may be excluded from any community activity.
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SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: AN INTERACTIONAL PERSPECTIVE — Northeast
Regional Center for Rural Development — Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education
(psu.edu)
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Asset-based community development - Wikipedia
cohesion, and economic empowerment have all been the emphasis of these programs. Let's
look at few examples:
1.3) 1. Education initiatives: Several groups and individuals in Glenwood have established
educational initiatives to provide access to quality education. After-school tutoring programs,
mentorship programs, and scholarships for impoverished students are examples of these.
These projects attempt to boost academic performance while also providing possibilities for
children and young adults.
3. Social cohesion activities: Community development efforts have arranged events and
activities that bring residents together in order to build a sense of unity and social cohesion.
Cultural festivals, sports tournaments, community clean-up days, and neighbourhood watch
programs are examples of these4. Such events promote resident engagement, break down
boundaries, and strengthen community bonds.
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Building Social Cohesion in our Communities (2015) | Australian Human Rights Commission
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Skills Training | SEESA
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Operation #PickItUp aims to clean up Glenwood | Berea Mail
The clean-up drive kept Glenwood from becoming a dumping ground and from losing its
value as a residential area that people want to buy.
CONCLUSION
In summary, this essay has discussed three of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, briefly
explained the principles of practice a community development professional will apply in our
chosen community to increase the success of community development interventions, and
finally made a list of some of the community development initiatives implemented in our
chosen community as well as explained some of the processes that occurred and described
some of the initiatives. It further demonstrates and emphasizes the sustainable development
goals' (SDGs') purpose of fostering communities that work to raise their social, economic,
and environmental standards of living by taking into account both the expected outcomes and
current results.
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