“Checking it Out”

The Team Heads out to the Community

The Youths Experiencing Service (Y.E.S.) initiative was designed in order that at the end of  classroom training, participants partake in the YES! (Youths Experiencing Service) component and undertake a community development project after consultations with the residents of a selected community. Youths Making a Difference undertook phase one of the YES component in the Rasville community. We visited over 40 households to determine the overall community satisfaction of the residents, thereby focusing on the problems they faced and possible solutions to those problems. The results were overwhelming as the residents wasted no time in making their issues and concerns vocal. 

Meeting the people.

Men, women, children gave opinions of what they believed were the main issues and problems stymieing development in their community which ranged from improper drainage mechanisms, delinquency, lack of sport and other recreational facilities and decaying road constructions among others. Notwithstanding the appearance of a community rife with inadequacies and multiple problems, it was quite astounding that most the residents when asked what they did like about their community gave responses alluding to its safety, peace and harmony.

The residents also made sure that their suggestions and solutions to the problems were heard by our team of youths. These included a proper functional community body to bring representation on their behalf, facilitation of sport and other after school training and teaching sessions for the ;children of the community andentrepreneurial and skills development training for the youth of the community. Clearly the residents in Rasville all appreciate each other and if given assistance can transform the perception of the community. The team was especially overjoyed at the level of commitment the residents pledged to making a differencing in their community and some were even excited and looking forward to our return.

The residents of Rasville are a great set of people.

Meeting with a resident of Rasville who has resided there for over half a century.

We are ready to help them get M.A.D.