Volunteering or community service provides you with a perfect opportunity to become closer to the community you live in.
Community service broadens your horizons by helping you understand the needs of the society and the population you are trying to help through the project you are volunteering on.
Active community participation in project planning and implementation may improve project design through the use of local knowledge; increase project acceptability; produce a more equitable distribution of benefits; promote local resource mobilization; and help ensure project sustainability.
Participation: has an intrinsic value for participants; is a catalyst for further development; encourages a sense of responsibility;
Participation: that a felt need is involved
it ensures things are done the right way
participate uses valuable indigenous knowledge
participating is frees people from dependence on others' skill
it is clear that involvement in positive communities can have a tangible impact on individuals by helping them avoid negative outcomes
People can get involved in many ways--here are just a few: Get involved in planning processes like creating goals or defining the problem
