Community Economic Development (CED)
Wezesha actively engages the communities around us as part of our commitment to building relationships and enhancing the well being of the communities these communities. We facilitate and encourage community members to identify and initiate solutions to their economic, social and environmental issues and to build healthy, economically viable communities.
Our focus is based on the five principles of community development:
- Develop nourishing livelihood opportunities
- Build on local resources and capacities
- Increase community control and ownership
- Enhance the health of the environment
- Encourage community resilience
Initiatives
At Wezesha we strongly believe in encouraging community teamwork and cohesion. One of the products of this project is developing and encouraging community gardens. Apart from improving nutritional needs and contributing to food security, community gardens enhance physical activity, fostering interactions that reduce stress and enhance the overall mental health of participants. Participants are also made aware that increasing the number of neighborhood gardens supports the environment by positively affecting the issue of climate change.
