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Community Engagement & Social Capital Building
Roles in the relationship
Services Offered:
Commu 🧑🏾🤝🧑🏾 Community Forums & Dialogue Circles
We facilitate regular community gatherings that bring residents, youth, elders, and leaders together to discuss local challenges and collaboratively design solutions.
👥 Participatory Development Planning
We train community groups in how to identify local needs, prioritize interventions, create development plans, and lobby local government for support.
✊🏽 Civic Awareness & Leadership Workshops
We teach citizens—especially youth and women—about their rights and responsibilities, governance structures, civic engagement, and non-violent advocacy.
🌳 Volunteer Days & Collective Action
From village cleanups to tree-planting campaigns and shared farm maintenance, we foster a culture of “Ubuntu” (I am because we are).
🤝 Building Social Capital through Trust Networks
Our programs prioritize inclusive engagement. We help revive traditional social support systems like work parties, burial groups, and rotating savings clubs.
"When a community leads its own transformation, every achievement is shared—and every voice matters."
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What is it good for?
Comm Strong communities are built on trust, shared values, and collective action. NIDI fosters social cohesion, encourages civic responsibility, and nurtures leadership at every level. We work with both youth and elders to cultivate community pride, ownership, and sustainable partnerships.


Have any questions?
If you have any questions about the therapies, feel free to contact us.
My office
3721 Single Street
Quincy, MA 02169
Contacts
Ester S. Dossenbach, therapist