COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORK AND YOUTH EMPOWERMENT : The role of radio media in capacity building at the Helping the Poor and Needy Organization (H-PAN) in Manchester United Kingdom
Muluka, Gloria (2012)
Muluka, Gloria
Diakonia-ammattikorkeakoulu
2012
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201205025889
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201205025889
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Muluka, Akola Gloria. Community development work and youth empowerment: - The role of radio media as a tool for capacity building, at the Helping the poor and needy Organization in Manchester in United Kingdom. Järvenpää, Spring 2012, 67, 2 appendixes
Diaconia University of Applied Sciences, Järvenpää Unit, Bachelor’s degree in Social services.
The phenomenon of `youth voice` in the United Kingdom is under threat from two different fronts. On one hand, financial cuts across the public sector have put many youth initiatives on hold. On the other hand, the lack of a coordinated policy mechanism between both public and private sectors portrays images of fragmentations that threatens functions and efficiency of community development youth work.
The aim of the thesis is to explain the concept of community development youth work using media project as a tool of empowerment of young people. It highlights social interaction and youth behavior from a participatory observation and action research perspective. It focuses on democracy and tolerance with emphasis on capacity building, participation and inclusion from an anti-oppressive methodology and advocacy approach. The method of data acquisition is that of qualitative approach. The thesis depicts young people as equal contributors in terms of social capital within their communities with an equally important `voice` to be heard providing an input that needs to be taken into consideration in the overall decision making process.
The subject of the project is the Helping the Poor and Needy a charitable Organization based in Manchester, the United Kingdom. The project analysis and evaluation are based on aspects of empowerment and capacity building of young people. This is a project thesis and it was conducted during my international placement in the United Kingdom, in Manchester in autumn of the year 2011. The results show that community development work is needed in this postmodern society. For further evolvement of approaches and tools of empowerment, constant review of the already existing tools is necessary to achieve continuous development.
Diaconia University of Applied Sciences, Järvenpää Unit, Bachelor’s degree in Social services.
The phenomenon of `youth voice` in the United Kingdom is under threat from two different fronts. On one hand, financial cuts across the public sector have put many youth initiatives on hold. On the other hand, the lack of a coordinated policy mechanism between both public and private sectors portrays images of fragmentations that threatens functions and efficiency of community development youth work.
The aim of the thesis is to explain the concept of community development youth work using media project as a tool of empowerment of young people. It highlights social interaction and youth behavior from a participatory observation and action research perspective. It focuses on democracy and tolerance with emphasis on capacity building, participation and inclusion from an anti-oppressive methodology and advocacy approach. The method of data acquisition is that of qualitative approach. The thesis depicts young people as equal contributors in terms of social capital within their communities with an equally important `voice` to be heard providing an input that needs to be taken into consideration in the overall decision making process.
The subject of the project is the Helping the Poor and Needy a charitable Organization based in Manchester, the United Kingdom. The project analysis and evaluation are based on aspects of empowerment and capacity building of young people. This is a project thesis and it was conducted during my international placement in the United Kingdom, in Manchester in autumn of the year 2011. The results show that community development work is needed in this postmodern society. For further evolvement of approaches and tools of empowerment, constant review of the already existing tools is necessary to achieve continuous development.