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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"community-based initiatives"”.
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Youth de-radicalization : best practices for Canada
… Singapore and UK were analyzed and found that community-based initiatives were missing from programming. Social identity theory is used to explain that youth join radicalized groups to feel a sense of belonging and have to be provided an alternative and moderate group identity to de-radicalize. …
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Lived experiences of single teenage mothers at KwaMsane Township, KwaZulu-Natal
… support for teenage mothers, and fostering whole community-based initiatives to promote awareness and dialogue on teenage pregnancy.
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B'More For Healthy Babies: A Case Study
… neighborhoods in Baltimore City, Maryland, local community-based programs, and funders to create a successful and sustainable program that helped improve birth outcomes and grow community involvement. Literature Review: Community-based initiatives can have far-reaching impacts. They can positively …
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Postconflict Community Development in Sierra Leone: Western, Cultural, and National Influences
… down crops and villages, and looted homes and community structures in a quest to overturn the long-corrupt government. Since 2002 communities have begun the process of developing toward a sustainable peace. Using grounded theory and inductive analysis, this qualitative research study conducted …
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Community Land Trusts: resilient in a crisis and a potential model for local development in the Outer Hebrides
This study looks at the resilience of Community Land Trusts in the Outer Hebrides and whether they can be seen as a model for sustainable local development.<br/>The evidence gathered for the study indicates that for some communities in the Outer Hebrides, a Community Land Trust has delivered …
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Climate literacy and adaptation to climate change among small-scale farmers in Chongwe, Zambia.
… small scale farmers through focused educational initiatives and support networks in order to equip farmers with adequate climate smartness in their agricultural endeavors. The findings further suggested that although some farmers are aware of climate change on a fundamental level, many are not …
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Climate literacy and adaptation to climate change among small-scale farmers in Chongwe, Zambia.
… small scale farmers through focused educational initiatives and support networks in order to equip farmers with adequate climate smartness in their agricultural endeavors. The findings further suggested that although some farmers are aware of climate change on a fundamental level, many are not …
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Collective leadership for community action: A case-based inquiry into supporting digital literacy initiatives
… success of cross-sector, multiple stakeholder initiatives, there is a need for better governance frameworks that consider the voluntary, peer-led nature of grassroots efforts, as well as increased understandings of community-based initiatives. One challenge faced by communities is how to …
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Strategies and constraints for environmental protection in Nicaragua
… strategies and the current emphasis on NGO and community based sustainable agricultural programmes are examined in detail to evaluate the importance of this approach for environmental protection. In addition to an examination of the effectiveness of the strategies of the post-revolutionary …
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Poverty, women and development: Evaluating women's perspectives and experiences of participation in World Vision area development programmes in rural Bangladesh
… to evaluate the impact on women of development initiatives by World Vision (WV), one of the world's largest development-focused Non Government Organisations (NGOs). Evidence of the impact on poverty through development initiatives is weak because many agencies have not monitored the impact of …