Mission

The Department of Community Development exists “to promote and ensure improvement in the living standard of people in the rural areas and disadvantaged sections of the urban communities through their own initiatives and their active participation in a decentralized system of administration”.

Vision

The Department seeks “to ensure that Community Development practices are voluntary and healthy interdependent and mutually beneficial with shared responsibilities to enhance the living standard of both urban and rural communities.

Goals

The main goal of Department of Community Development is “to promote improvement in the living standard of people in the rural areas and disadvantaged sections of the urban communities through their own initiatives and their active participation in a decentralized system of administration.

Objectives

To facilitate the dissemination of development related information to the people at the grassroots and relay back to Government feedback thereby creating a 2-way channel of communication between Government and people.

To extend support services in awareness creation, community animation, and mass mobilization and grassroots organization to sister development agencies.

To transfer sustainable and employable skills to the youth such as catering, dressmaking, home management, computer studies (for girls) and building construction, auto mechanics, electrical installation etc. (for boys) to create wealth, reduce poverty and lessen rural-urban migration of the youth.

To provide technical support and advice towards the construction of essential socio-economic infrastructure for needy communities through self-help and community initiative.

To expose women to available opportunities for enhancing their socio-economic status.

To provide counselling, guidance, conflict resolution and other services to unit committees and other community based organizations.