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Thongdee, Vitthaya; Promgun, Suraphon; Sawadtha, Suthipong; Namsithan, Somkhoun; Thubphumee, Phanthiwa; Ruangsan, Niraj – Online Submission, 2022
This research studied the contextual conditions of Khon Kaen Urban Community for developing the community learning center (CLC) as a part of smart city development. It also aimed to develop 'Bue Ban' CLC model based on the public participation and digital advancement. This study was carried out employing the qualitative and operational research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community Centers, Community Education, Community Programs
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Rogers, Alan – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2019
This paper argues that Non-formal Education (NFE) has seen a remarkable revival of interest across both developing countries and the more highly developed countries. Among the factors causing this revival is the search for alternative educations to meet the needs of different groups in society. But in the process, NFE has been relocated -- not so…
Descriptors: Nonformal Education, Sustainable Development, Goal Orientation, Community Centers
Hanemann, Ulrike, Ed. – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2015
This compilation offers global examples of innovative and promising literacy and numeracy programmes that link the teaching and learning of literacy to sustainable development challenges such as health, social equality, economic empowerment and environmental sustainability. This publication is a timely contribution to the 2030 Agenda for…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Literacy, Numeracy, Lifelong Learning
Nasiruddin, Md. – Online Submission, 2013
Each night, around 20,000 people--both adults and children--make the streets of Dhaka (the capital city of Bangladesh) their home. Living amongst the noise, rubbish, and traffic, thousands of families walk down the streets of Dhaka, looking for a safe place to rest for just a few hours each night. Trapped in a vicious cycle of poverty, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Homeless People, Emergency Shelters
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Kulig, Judith C.; Waldner, Magda – Journal of the Community Development Society, 1999
Factors contributing to the failure of a community wellness center in rural Alberta included arbitrary choice of the community by regional health authorities, power issues, lack of leadership, and different interpretations of what a wellness center is. Solutions include having community members identify community needs and finding a project…
Descriptors: Community Centers, Community Development, Failure, Foreign Countries
Carr, N. – Adult Education, 1977
A university extension project designed to help communities provide a setting for lifelong learning opportunities and for community improvement planning was begun in New Zealand in 1975 and continues through 1977. Procedures, programs, needs, and evaluation are presented and future activities are touched on. (MF)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Community Centers, Community Development, Continuing Education Centers
Garcia, Manuel Alcazar – Grassroots Development, 1999
A partnership of nongovernmental organizations developed a model of integrated community development centers (CDICs) to address the lack of services and affordable basic necessities in poor barrios surrounding many Latin American cities. A CDIC in a Guayaquil (Ecuador) barrio provides wholesale goods and credit to barrio shopkeepers and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Centers, Community Development, Community Education
Watson, J. K. P. – 1980
Maintaining that there is considerable confusion over the term "community education," this paper begins by offering a number of definitions. It then seeks to unravel some of the complexities of community education as it exists in the United Kingdom; to explain the growth of interest; to examine the underlying principles and different…
Descriptors: Community Centers, Community Development, Community Education, Community Involvement
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Yun, Low Wah; Yusof, Khairuddin – Child Welfare, 1991
The squatter settlements in Kuala Lumpur exhibit a high incidence of communicable diseases, teenage pregnancies, and psychological and familial stress. The Sang Kancil Intervention Program responds to this situation by providing preschool education, maternal and child health care clinics, and activities that generate income for low-income…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Health, Child Welfare, Communicable Diseases
Diagne, Amadou Wade; Sadembouo, Etienne; Ouedraogo, Fati; Adu-Gyamfi, Juliana; Kinteh, Saim; Khan, Shahnewaz – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 2006
The main objective of this Handbook is to build the capacities of facilitators and other literacy and non-formal education personnel to promote learning and development at the community level. It aims at developing their skills and knowledge in literacy training, while sensitising them to issues that are at the very heart of adult literacy and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy, Adult Learning, Literacy Education
Academy for Educational Development, 2005
The purpose of the Community Learning and Information Center (CLIC) project was "to accelerate economic, social and political growth by providing residents in twelve underserved Malian communities with access to easily accessible development information and affordable access to information and communication technology (ICT), high-value…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Program Effectiveness, Information Centers, Foreign Countries
Weber, Ron – Grassroots Development, 1990
Describes Catholic priest's founding and operation of Servol, grassroots community assistance and development center in Trinidad. Describes Servol's low-profile service-oriented approach to creating education and health services, programs, and facilities. Describes Servol's difficult transition from quixotic neighborhood project to national and…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Centers, Community Coordination, Community Development
Anderson, Terry – 1992
Contact North is a provincially funded distance education network designed to increase access to educational opportunities for residents of northern Ontario, Canada. Educational needs of this region include basic education and skills, management education for Native communities assuming self-government, and skills and access to communication and…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Centers, Community Development, Community Education
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Edwards, Anne; Mackenzie, Lin – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2005
In this paper we argue that interventions aimed at preventing social exclusion need to be informed by detailed analysis of the formation, disruption, reformation and support of trajectories of participation in the opportunities for action provided. We draw on evidence we gathered on the lives of two women who used an inner city drop-in centre to…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, At Risk Persons, Foreign Countries, Interviews