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COMMUNITY INFORM ASSIMILATE ORGANISATION

COMMUNITY

“PROMOTE INTER COMMUNAL EVENTS

AND STRENGTHEN BONDS BETWEEN

DIFFERENT CULTURES BOTH AFRICAN

AND EURO-ASIATIC”

The biggest issue in communities has always been racial and religious differences coupled with cultural values. The addition of religion into their cultures has refined the cultural statutes over time to create the current versions we see now, so to enable a smooth process all these will have to be taken into account when setting up communal gatherings.

Westernization is often seen as a debasing/eroding of the original cultural and traditional values by many ethnic groups thus the restraint of many. The easiest way to do this is to present a level plane of familiarity to allow all cultures to interact without halting the much needed interaction among the communities.

The project aims to deliver workshops and events to allow different groups learn about each others cultural values and historical roots with no harm to their own beliefs.

INFORM

 “PROVIDE SERVICES TO BETTER INFORM

   AND EDUCATE GROUPS TO ENLIGHTEN

   THEM ON OPTIONS ANDROUTES AVAILABLE

    TO THEM”

A lot of people from the ethnic minorities especially the black African groups have no idea of what resources are available to them and where to go for appropriate advice on a large number of issues resulting in dire consequences for those affected. This project aims to liaise with local authorities to organize workshops and open days for such people to come in to learn what information they need and arm themselves with the proper tools as required.

     ASSIMILATE

                   “INTEGRATE MEMBERS INTO THE SOCIETY

                     ADAPTING TO ALL PROTOCOLS WHILE PROM-

                     OTING CULTURAL HERITAGE”

Unfortunately, historical cases of racial bias have all but halted the proper integration of ethnic minorities, creating a barrier which in turn prevents the flow of good nature among neighbours. The primary aim is to get all people to become a reliable part of the community without eroding their own sense of identity or self belief. The assimilation process works in tandem with our first core value, COMMUNITY.

ORGANIZATION

                                                                      “CREATING AN ORGANIZATION WE CAN BE PROUD OF”

Most groups be it charity or volunteer associations as well as NGO’s, begin at the grass roots and as they grow and expand, bureaucracy sets in and it becomes harder to for the lowly placed individual to have their case heard with respect to his/her particular problem because of the groups size. A direct result of this is that for efficient enough handling, a minimum criteria system is introduced to try and group the individuals with similar cases together but what happens is that although the criteria system means two people have similar issues their problems may be entirely different and as a result the issues are not completely dealt with.

To avoid such things happening, the aim is to create an organisation where we still work at the grass root level to enable all cases to be handled on an individual basis. In doing so this doesn’t restrict us to a particular community but have it such that we can grow to help set up multiple points in other communities just like the McDonalds franchise scheme; All W.A.D. charters following exactly the same constitution, rules and regulations and modus-operanda regardless of where the charter point is, in order to provide exactly the same type of service in that community.