Ashakacem Signs Community Development Agreement with Communities

Ashakacem Signs Community Development Agreement with Communities

By Gbenga Akinfenwa

18 December 2016   |   2:29 am

Ashakacem

In its bid to develop positive relationship, for the benefit of all stakeholders the management of Ashakacem has signed a community development agreement with its host communities around Maiganga Coal Mine in Akko Local Government Area of Gombe State.

FMBN to Aid Re-Construction of Insurgency-Ravaged Houses

FMBN to Aid Re-Construction of Insurgency-Ravaged Houses

By Clement Nwoji, Abuja

20 November 2017   |   4:25 am

PHOTO: AFP / STRINGER

The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) has pledged support to the Borno State government in reconstructing and rehabilitating houses ravaged by the Boko Haram attacks.This is even as the State government has expressed its commitment to return to the National Housing Fund Scheme as part of its efforts towards solving the state’s housing problems.

Cross River State Communities Demand Compensation Over Superhighway Project

Cross River State Communities Demand Compensation Over Superhighway Project

Urban Development

By Anietie Akpan, Calabar

20 November 2017   |   4:25 am

Ongoing clearing of the project site for the super highway. PHOTO: Heinrich Böll Stiftung Nigeria

Some communities in Cross River have decried the commencement of work by the state government on the 275 km superhighway project without meeting the 23 stipulated conditions prescribed by the Federal Government.

Frontline Workers Push Guinea Worm Disease to The Brink Of Eradication

Frontline Workers Push Guinea Worm Disease to The Brink Of Eradication

By Elizabeth Dickinson

23 November 2017

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter tries to comfort 6-year-old Ruhama Issah at Savelugu Hospital as a Carter Center technical assistant dresses Issah's extremely painful Guinea worm wound. Photo by: The Carter Center

ABU DHABI — When Northern Nigeria was down to its last remaining cases of Guinea worm disease, Dr. Adamu Keana Sallau and his team had to get creative. As the Carter Center director for integrated health programs in the country’s Imo and Abia States in Nigeria, Sallau knew that stigma and far flung geography would made it difficult to spot infections — and every case had to be found to end the disease.

PART 3 - Dispelling Media and Public Misconceptions about Community Development as a Discipline and Profession.

PART 3 - Dispelling Media and Public Misconceptions about Community Development as a Discipline and Profession.

Examining the Concept of Community Service and The Practice of Community Development.

As part of our effort at dispelling public misconceptions about community development as a discipline and profession, we will be looking at the concept of community service and community development practice. Community service and community development are two concepts that have been incorrectly and interchangeably used by many. Community development has been confused with the term community service and I suggest that this conceptual confusion must not be under-estimated because of its impact on people who may want to pursue a career/ job in the development field.

The Giant of Africa takes bold strides to invest in early years

The Giant of Africa takes bold strides to invest in early years

                                                    By Amaka Momah-Haruna

                                                          Thu, 11/02/2017

A year ago, if you had asked me how best a child could reach its potential, I would have looked through my myopic, public health, physician’s lens, and responded that making sure children (0-5years) are healthy and well-nourished is all it takes.
However, six months into the World Bank’s “Africa Early Years” fellowship and I realize I would have been abysmally wrong.

The World Needs You. Students for Community and International Development (SCID)

                 The World Needs You.

Students for Community and International Development (SCID)

                                                     

The quest to find solutions to the widespread and increasing levels of poverty and the accompanying human suffering and misery in the developing countries and many parts of the world has propelled and elevated the practice of community and international development as a very viable and growing sector.