Evaluation of Youths Participation in Self-help Community Development Projects in Asaba
Evaluation of Youths Participation in Self-help Community Development Projects in Asaba
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the study
From the earliest time of human history people have enjoyed and shared together the good tidings of nature because of the presence of communities and the social activities performed by the people for the advancement of their community, which is better called Community Development (CD). The notion of community development was first stated publicly in 1948 at the Cambridge Conference on African Administration at which community development was considered as a movement aiming to promote better living for the entire community. For Hill (2011), it signifies a coordinated strategy whereby the community members conduct activities and initiatives in order to ameliorate the living situation of the...
