Charity makes communities dependent upon aid. Community development is an essential contribution to overall urban management. Women and men trained in planning, management and construction. Women managing construction groups. Coordination of and partnerships with NGOs and local government agencies.
Private sector provides resources for community development projects.
Governments allocate funds for community development projects through decentralized policies and strategies. Bolivia, Sri Lanka and Zambia. Nigeria, Guatemala, Venezuela, Gambia, Sierra Leone and Tanzania. Community Development Programme is mostly working within National Poverty and Decentralization Programmes in the countries of operation. Beating of wives and children, gang rivalry and sexual abuse against minors is the order of the day in the settlement which has few, if any, services or places to breathe or relax.