Taking ownership of the project, these students then go on to inform the local community about their project and provide information to the school magazine and local newspaper.
"Our priority is to get the Whitstable shop right and the process may take time but we'll keep the local community informed as the project continues, " he says.
The local community has also welcomed the project as something offering hope to young people in the area.
In responding to the debate, Local Government Minister Derek Mackay said the project met the community's needs, involved local people, and created employment and economic growth.
Even further west, the suburb of Mount Druitt will turn into a thriving family entertainment precinct with the implementation of FUNPARK. Developed together with the local community, the impressive theatre-installation project will have everything from interactive arcade cinemas to hula-hooping marathons and rock opera performances.
"The success of Nabanna can be attributed to Change Initiatives' relationship with the local community, " said Jhumpa Ghosh Ray, project director, Nabanna, who is overseeing the work in Baduria.
In a community project with just a slither of outside funding, local people got together to build their own sewers, contributing both money and labour.
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In one of the favelas, outside of the city, one woman (Regina Silva Gomes) decided that she would collect local garbage and exchange it for food lead a project to clean up the community, where the streets were littered with trash and infested with rodents.
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The project, run by Neighbourhood Policing teams, will fully train volunteers from the local community to monitor vehicle speeds in their area.
In order to address this situation, the Gambian government, with support from FAO and the German government through the Gambian-German Forestry Project (GGFP) and various local NGOs, has been spearheading the establishment of community forests and community-based forestry projects since the early 1990s.
"This city hopefully will bring the tech companies together and spark a new ICT revolution in Ghana, " she says, adding that the project could equip local techies with the necessary skills to develop apps that would solve community problems, as well as provide a platform for tech companies to find new talent and opportunities to invest in.
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