INVOLVEMENT IN COMMUNITY SERVICE
CONTENT
- Meaning of Community Service
- Examples of Community Service Projects
- The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)
- The Importance of Community Service
Meaning of Community Service
Community service is an act that people engage in to bring benefits to the local community. It may also be defined as the projects that members of a certain organization may undertake for the development of society. Such organizations may be the Boy Scouts, Girls Guild, some high school students, and others.
Examples of Community Service Projects
Examples of community service projects include:
- Clearing pathways.
- Collecting items for charity. Such items may include clothes, food items, and toiletries.
- Cleaning road verges.
- Helping the elderly in nursing homes.
- Helping the local fire or police service.
- Helping out at the local library.
- Tutoring children with learning disabilities.
In Nigeria, community services are performed by these groups: The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Civil Defence Corps, the Police, the Nigerian Army, Navy, Air Force, etc.
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