COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
What has happened to the wonderful ideas of development that were brought to the attention of people in our communities? Why the few that were implemented never sustained? CCDN wants to focus on ownership of development projects within the community. CCDN urges that it is crucial for the key players in the community to “educate” the rest of the society regarding the potential good that could spring from new ideas and the ways to make the project self-sustainable before it is implemented. With the sense of community ownership comes the drive for protection of their hard work. Furthermore, there is a sense of advocacy to counter possible corruption in local systems. In its mission for job creation and entrepreneurship motivation, CCDN engages in mentoring people of rural communities in ways that lead to sustainability.
Need for More Investment in Youth
“The most important asset of our company is people”. This is a phrase that I have heard many times, not only in the corporate world that I have had the privilege to work for, but also from various industries that value productivity and development. The corporate world progress depends on the creativity of its most important asset, its people. At Christian Community Development Network, CCDN, we believe that our faith can be an inspiring force to do good, aimed at re-building the community by re-shaping the thinking of the youth in a positive way so that they may become productive for their communities.
As a young independent nation with low establishment of Christian churches, the concern for our nation, the Democratic Republic of the Congo of the early 60s was about the extremely small number of university graduates (only a few dozens) to run the country. Today, even with so many educated people, the great concern is for leaders to understand that a house built on the sand of corruption and greed cannot stand. The Moral Education Program that CCDN presents is an awareness of serious implications of corrupt institutional leadership. The program is mixed with some outdoor activities.
La communauté locale peut faire mieux que ça...
THIS IS A CLASS-ROOM IN A RURAL SCHOOL
Our local communities could do better than this...
with a little more leadership and a vision.
A better tomorrow will not spring from an orchestrated mediocrity
