If poverty is a disease that infects the entire community in the form of unemployment and violence, failing schools and broken homes, then we can’t just treat those symptoms in isolation. We have to heal that entire community.

Community engagement can only be sustained by identifying and mobilizing community assets, developing capacities, and the resources needed for community decisions and action.

Creating a three-way partnership among community, government, and outside change agents is a necessary condition for engagement to occur.

It’s the little things citizens do, that is what make a difference.

The consistent energies of people with mutual beliefs and desires, keeps the resulting life of each community growing and prospering.

Building sustainable communities is an achievable goal, but not one without challenges. If professionals, government officials and indeed the communities themselves increasingly work together many of these challenges can be overcome, the biggest of which is changing behavior and practices