Manual work and Intercultural activities: •Weaving•Art work•Women training on self-awareness and confidence building•Women training on entrepreneurship skills and financial management •Meetings and media campaign on women empowerment in leadership•Home visits and topical discussion with the local people

Entrepreneurship skills trainingSPECIFIC OBJECTIVES -To train women on entrepreneurship skills and financial management -To empower men, women and community leaders on leadership -To build capacity of women on life skills and self-confidence ACTIVITIES -Women training on self-awareness and confidence building -Women training on entrepreneurship skills and financial management -Meetings and media campaign on women empowerment in leadershipTARGET GROUPS

Young women aged 18 - 35

Young women aged 18 - 35

Young women aged 18 – 35 - Men aged 18-35 - Community leaders 35+

Energizers, group discussions, group presentations, audio, videos, site visits, testimoniesINDICATORS

a) Number of women have increased knowledge on entrepreneurship skills and financial management; b) Number of women have started their own business

a) number of women and man having skills on leadership; b) number of women competing for leadership positions; c) number of women who are participating in community meeting

a) number of speeches to women in the community; b) number of women taking local leadership roles in the community

•The host community will provide a house to accommodate the volunteers with very basic living conditions. •Volunteers have an obligation to climb down the level of the people with the aim of exposure to development challenges. •KVDA will provide foodstuffs and volunteers will cook their own meals in turns. •Water is available from springs and it is recommended that drinking water should be boiled or medicated. •Mineral water available at supermarkets is also recommended. •There is electricity connection at the project and so the volunteers can use electric appliances.

EDUCATIONAL TOURSKVDA offers educational tours to spectacular sites including the renowned Maasai Mara Game Reserve at separate fees. Please contact us for specific tour information.

What to carry? This is outlined in the detailed info sheet and includes, sleeping bag and mat, toiletries, torch/flashlight, sandals, mosquito net, national flag from your country, among others

These are usually symbolic gestures to enhance the solidarity of volunteers and the hosting community. Kindly contact KVDA for details in case you are willing to support a worthy cause in the community either by offering a donation or long-term intervention on the project.

18-99

English

NBO: Jomo Kenyatta International (Nairobi, Kenya)

International arrivals loungeVegetarian food will be available

Entrepreneurship skills trainingSPECIFIC OBJECTIVES -To train women on entrepreneurship skills and financial management -To empower men, women and community leaders on leadership -To build capacity of women on life skills and self-confidence ACTIVITIES -Women training on self-awareness and confidence building -Women training on entrepreneurship skills and financial management -Meetings and media campaign on women empowerment in leadershipTARGET GROUPS

Young women aged 18 - 35

Young women aged 18 - 35

Young women aged 18 – 35 - Men aged 18-35 - Community leaders 35+

Energizers, group discussions, group presentations, audio, videos, site visits, testimoniesINDICATORS

a) Number of women have increased knowledge on entrepreneurship skills and financial management; b) Number of women have started their own business

a) number of women and man having skills on leadership; b) number of women competing for leadership positions; c) number of women who are participating in community meeting

a) number of speeches to women in the community; b) number of women taking local leadership roles in the community

Manual work and Intercultural activities: •Manual work and intercultural activities•Agro forestry that will include tree planting •Preparation of tree nurseries and weeding •Land scaping and tending to bamboo trees in the natural habitat •Cleanup activities •Naming of trees •Home visits •Inter-cultural learning coupled with home visits for exposure to development challenges. •Possibility to visit the historic sites like Hippo point on Lake Victoria in Kisumu City, renowned Kakamega Rain Forest and the Equator point at Maseno University; among other spectacular sites of interest in the region. However, this will be done most probably during the weekends.

•Volunteers will stay in a homestead within the community with very basic living conditions. •Volunteers have an obligation to climb down the level of the people with the aim of exposure to development challenges. •There is electricity in this homestead•KVDA will provide foodstuffs and volunteers will cook their own meals in turns. Water is available from springs and it is recommended that drinking water should be boiled or medicated. Mineral water available at supermarkets is also recommended. •There is electricity connection at the project and the volunteers have an opportunity to use electric appliances.•Furthermore, we invite you to bring typical food, spices, drinks, games and music from your country (for an intercultural evening) – and a lot of motivation!

What to carry? This is outlined in the detailed info sheet and includes, sleeping bag and mat, toiletries, torch/flashlight, sandals, mosquito net, national flag from your country, among others

These are usually symbolic gestures to enhance the solidarity of volunteers and the hosting community. Kindly contact KVDA for details in case you are willing to support a worthy cause in the community either by offering a donation or long-term intervention on the project.

What to carry? This is outlined in the detailed info sheet and includes, sleeping bag and mat, toiletries, torch/flashlight, sandals, mosquito net, national flag from your country, among others

These are usually symbolic gestures to enhance the solidarity of volunteers and the hosting community. Kindly contact KVDA for details in case you are willing to support a worthy cause in the community either by offering a donation or long-term intervention on the project.

18-99

English

NBO: Jomo Kenyatta International (Nairobi, Kenya)

International arrivals terminalVegetarian food will be available

Youth Entrepreneurship and Leadership DevelopmentDescription of the Problem/Challenges

Below are some risk factors that affect entrepreneurship development in particular:

The absence of rites of passage means that youth are no longer well prepared for adulthood by the traditional means of providing youth with mentors who give them advice to equip them for adulthood;

Suitability of education/vocational training for the labor market. There is limited access to secondary schools and alternative forms of education are lacking. There is also a need for life skills training in the education curriculum. At present, students are trained just to pass exams;

There is inequality in many fields, and often this has a regional aspect. Youth in certain geographical regions are marginalized, with restricted access to opportunities that are available to other young persons. Inurban areas, poor youth and those living in slum areas have severely limited access to services and opportunities;

Youth face discrimination purely on the grounds of age. This is legitimatized by beliefs such as wisdom only comes with age, and that youth is merely a transition period. Society also perceives youth as irresponsible and troublemakers. This perception may contribute to difficulty in obtaining credit;

Society's expectations of young people are not very clear. A gap in expectations has opened between what parents and older generations expect of youth on the one hand, and the expectations of youth themselves (influenced by their peers, and the media, etc.). Society's expectations of youth may overshadow personal expectations and overwhelm youth. There is also an assumption that white-collar jobs are best and little encouragement is offered to youth to take up blue-collar jobs;

Especially in slum areas, the demolition of homes has displaced many youths. Others were rendered homeless by the politically inspired ethnic clashes around election time in the 1990s. Homes on proposed road routes, close to power lines and railway tracks are being demolished. The social consequences, both short and long term, of such displacement are severe;

Gaps in, and unsuitability of, existing policy can be cited, along with important problems of implementation. Absence of youth participation in actual decision-making or implementation of policies affecting them was also cited. Youth are merely used as tokens in the policy formulation process;

Corruption can be cited as one of the major risk factors affecting youth. It results in unequal access to resources. It is especially cited as a problem when youth are trying to establish businesses. Those who lack money to bribe have difficulty in getting assistance to set up their businesses;

Kenya is undergoing transition in many areas and this affects youth particularly. For example, there is a transition from an agrarian to an information based society, yet knowledge is not keeping up with the changes. Changes in social expectations are also resulting in confusion. Children are obliged to take on the roles of adults when households are decimated by HIV/AIDS. The influence and support of the extended family is also declining;

Negative role models tend to be elevated. There is a dearth of positive models for leadership roles, exacerbated by the negative and corrupt image of leaders projected by the media. Parents, too, may often present negative role models in alcoholism and violence. The media glorifies negative role models, such as drug barons and advertisements for alcohol glamorize risky behavior.

PROJECT ActivitiesThe school was started with the aim of having members of the community have access to education and more so the girl child. In this community, differences between man and woman dictate a difference in their social roles and this reinforces a notion that men are more superior to women. Capacity building will provide both men and women with political insight and moral support in confronting gender issues. A woman's social status has led to marginalization. This was the very reason of starting the school so as to empower the girl child.The project involves different types of activities. These include:

CHIL/EDUC/MANUVolunteers will work for six hours daily from Monday to Friday.

•School construction•Teaching primary school pupils•Tree planting•Stones collection and pathways clearing•Sensitization of the community on the side effects of FGM•Home visits and topical discussion with the local people

•Volunteers will stay in classrooms at the School with very basic living conditions. •Volunteers have an obligation to climb down the level of the people with the aim of exposure to development challenges. •KVDA will provide foodstuffs and volunteers will cook their own meals in turns. •Water is available from springs and it is recommended that drinking water should be boiled or medicated. Mineral water available at supermarkets is also recommended. •The Government policy to install ICT in primary schools has seen connectivity to the national power grid for most educational institutions in Kenya and this makes it easy for volunteers to use electric appliances while at the project. •Furthermore, we invite you to bring typical food, spices, drinks, games and music from your country (for an intercultural evening) – and a lot of motivation!

EDUCATIONAL TOURSKVDA offers educational tours to spectacular sites including the renowned Maasai Mara Game Reserve at separate fees. Please contact us for specific tour information.

What to carry?This is outlined in the detailed info sheet and includes, sleeping bag and mat, toiletries, torch/flashlight, sandals, mosquito net, national flag from your country, among others

These are usually symbolic gestures to enhance the solidarity of volunteers and the hosting community. Kindly contact KVDA for details in case you are willing to support a worthy cause in the community either by offering a donation or long-term intervention on the project.

18-99

English

NBO: Jomo Kenyatta International (Nairobi, Kenya)

International arrivals terminal at jomo kenyatta international airportVegetarian food will be available

GENDER SENSITIVITY: FOCUS ON FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION (FGM)•Female genital mutilation is a strong tradition in this community. It is illegal. But still more than one third of the women are circumcised and each and every young woman is subjected to the cut. •The church has preached against FGM for decades but in spite of the deep devoutness the priests do not have enough power over the souls.•FGM has nothing to do with religion; it is a so-called culture and tradition in certain groups.• The practice is deeply rooted in views on chastity, transition to womanhood, "purity" for marriage and basically a wish to control women sexually. In certain areas the survival and fertility of the local community is assumed to be threatened if the girls are not circumcised. Many brave young girls who refuse FGM are regarded as "unmarriageable" and become outcasts.•It is a brutal act, painful and has led to the spread of HIV/AIDS. Volunteers will be required to liaise with other Non-Governmental organizations like Red Cross in creation of awareness to the community.

Project activities•Free consultation •Triaging Services•Outpatient and inpatient services •Laboratory services •Family planning services•M.C.H services •Spiritual and psychological counselling i.e. student, parents, couples, orphans, trauma cases etc.•Paediatric care•ENT services•Maternity services•Immunization •Nutritional services•Gynaeocological and obstetric services•Special clinics e.g. diabetes, hypertensi0n etc.•Surgeries •Youth friendly services e.g. counselling on drug and substance abuse, peer pressure, sporting activities etc.•Support with skills on handling of emergency and critical care support pending referral

•Volunteers will stay in a house provided by the local community with very basic living conditions. Volunteers have an obligation to climb down the level of the people with the aim of exposure to development challenges. •KVDA will provide foodstuffs and volunteers will cook their own meals in turns. Water is available from springs and it is recommended that drinking water should be boiled or medicated. Mineral water available at supermarkets is also recommended. •The Government policy to install ICT in primary schools has seen connectivity to the national power grid for most educational institutions in Kenya and this makes it easy for volunteers to use electric appliances while at the project. •Furthermore, we invite you to bring typical food, spices, drinks, games and music from your country (for an intercultural evening) – and a lot of motivation!

EDUCATIONAL TOURSKVDA offers educational tours to spectacular sites including the renowned Maasai Mara Game Reserve at separate fees. Please contact us for specific tour information.

What to carry?This is outlined in the detailed info sheet and includes, sleeping bag and mat, toiletries, torch/flashlight, sandals, mosquito net, national flag from your country, among others

These are usually symbolic gestures to enhance the solidarity of volunteers and the hosting community. Kindly contact KVDA for details in case you are willing to support a worthy cause in the community either by offering a donation or long-term intervention on the project.

18-99

English

NBO: Jomo Kenyatta International (Nairobi, Kenya)

International arrivals at the jomo kenyatta international airport in nairobiVegetarian food will be available

International training course – ITC, targeting local youth/social workers, representatives of local and international organizations.

•To exchange new project management tools in order to strengthen capacities to design, lead and evaluate international IVS projects with a particular focus on gender equality•To examine case studies, to share experiences and best practices about different steps of the project cycle (needs assessment and analysis, set up a monitoring system and evaluation methods and tools)

Manual work and Intercultural activities: •Teaching•Playing with children•Empowering the vulnerable in society with focus on children•Promotion of safe male circumcision •Home visits to the orphans and the vulnerable in society•Inter-cultural education to foster global cooperation

•The host community will provide a house to accommodate the volunteers with basic living conditions. •Volunteers have an obligation to climb down the level of the people with the aim of exposure to development challenges. •KVDA will provide foodstuffs and volunteers will cook their own meals in turns. •Water is available from springs and it is recommended that drinking water should be boiled or medicated. •Mineral water available at supermarkets is also recommended. •There is electricity connection at the project and solar energy in case of power outages and the volunteers can charge electric appliances at the project.

EDUCATIONAL TOURSKVDA offers educational tours to spectacular sites including the renowned Maasai Mara Game Reserve at separate fees. Please contact us for specific tour information.

What to carry? This is outlined in the detailed info sheet and includes, sleeping bag and mat, toiletries, torch/flashlight, sandals, mosquito net, national flag from your country, among others

These are usually symbolic gestures to enhance the solidarity of volunteers and the hosting community. Kindly contact KVDA for details in case you are willing to support a worthy cause in the community either by offering a donation or long-term intervention on the project.

18-99

English

NBO: Jomo Kenyatta International (Nairobi, Kenya)

International arrivals at jomo kenyatta international airport in nairobi, kenyaVegetarian food will be available

Girl child education•Girls' education goes beyond getting girls into school. It is also about ensuring that girls learn and feel safe while in school; complete all levels of education with the skills to effectively compete in the labor market; learn the socio-emotional and life skills necessary to navigate and adapt to a changing world; make decisions about their own lives; and contribute to their communities and the world.•Girls' education is a strategic development priority. Better educated women tend to be healthier, participate more in the formal labor market, earn higher incomes, have fewer children, marry at a later age, and enable better health care and education for their children, should they choose to become mothers. All these factors combined can help lift households, communities, and nations out of poverty.•According to UNESCO estimates, 130 million girls between the age of 6 and 17 are out of school and 15 million girls of primary-school age—half of them in sub-Saharan Africa— will never enter a classroom.•Poverty remains the most important factor for determining whether a girl can access an education. For example, in Nigeria, only 4 percent of poor young women in the North West zone can read, compared with 99 percent of rich young women in the South East. Studies consistently reinforce that girls who face multiple disadvantages — such as low family income, living in remote or underserved locations, disability or belonging to a minority ethno-linguistic group — are farthest behind in terms of access to and completion of education.•Violence also negatively impacts access to education and a safe environment for learning. For example, in Haiti, recent research highlights that one in three Haitian women (ages 15 to 49) has experienced physical and/or sexual violence, and that of women who received money for sex before turning 18 years old, 27 percent reported schools to be the most common location for solicitation.•Child marriage is also a critical challenge. Child brides are much more likely to drop out of school and complete fewer years of education than their peers who marry later. This affects the education and health of their children, as well as their ability to earn a living. According to a recent report, more than 41,000 girls under the age of 18 marry every day and putting an end to the practice would increase women's expected educational attainment, and with it, their potential earnings. According to estimates, ending child marriage could generate more than $500 billion in benefits annually each year•Every day, girls face barriers to education caused by poverty, cultural norms and practices, poor infrastructure, violence, and fragility. The WBG has joined with governments, civil society organizations, multilateral organization, the private sector, and donors to advance multi-sectoral approaches to overcome these challenges. Working together with girls and women, the WBG focus includes:•Providing conditional cash transfers, stipends or scholarships;•Reducing distance to school;•Targeting boys and men to be a part of discussions about cultural and societal practices;•Ensuring gender-sensitive curricula and pedagogies;•Hiring and training qualified female teachers;•Building safe and inclusive learning environments for girls and young women;•Ending child/early marriage; and•Addressing violence against girls and women

•Teaching•Playing with children•Sand harvesting•Empowering the vulnerable in society with focus on children•Home visits to the orphans and the vulnerable in society•Inter-cultural education to foster global cooperation

ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD•The host community will provide a house to accommodate the volunteers with basic living conditions. •Volunteers have an obligation to climb down the level of the people with the aim of exposure to development challenges. •KVDA will provide foodstuffs and volunteers will cook their own meals in turns. •Water is available from springs and it is recommended that drinking water should be boiled or medicated. •Mineral water available at supermarkets is also recommended. •There is electricity connection at the project and solar energy in case of power outages and the volunteers can charge electric appliances at the project.

EDUCATIONAL TOURSKVDA offers educational tours to spectacular sites including the renowned Maasai Mara Game Reserve at separate fees. Please contact us for specific tour information.

What to carry? This is outlined in the detailed info sheet and includes, sleeping bag and mat, toiletries, torch/flashlight, sandals, mosquito net, national flag from your country, among others

18-99

English

NBO: Jomo Kenyatta International (Nairobi, Kenya)

Volunteers will be received at the international arrivals terminal at the airport and the person picking them up with have a pager emblazoned kenya voluntary development association and the full name of the volunteer.Vegetarian food will be available

Girl child education•Girls' education goes beyond getting girls into school. It is also about ensuring that girls learn and feel safe while in school; complete all levels of education with the skills to effectively compete in the labor market; learn the socio-emotional and life skills necessary to navigate and adapt to a changing world; make decisions about their own lives; and contribute to their communities and the world.•Girls' education is a strategic development priority. Better educated women tend to be healthier, participate more in the formal labor market, earn higher incomes, have fewer children, marry at a later age, and enable better health care and education for their children, should they choose to become mothers. All these factors combined can help lift households, communities, and nations out of poverty.•According to UNESCO estimates, 130 million girls between the age of 6 and 17 are out of school and 15 million girls of primary-school age—half of them in sub-Saharan Africa— will never enter a classroom.•Poverty remains the most important factor for determining whether a girl can access an education. For example, in Nigeria, only 4 percent of poor young women in the North West zone can read, compared with 99 percent of rich young women in the South East. Studies consistently reinforce that girls who face multiple disadvantages — such as low family income, living in remote or underserved locations, disability or belonging to a minority ethno-linguistic group — are farthest behind in terms of access to and completion of education.•Violence also negatively impacts access to education and a safe environment for learning. For example, in Haiti, recent research highlights that one in three Haitian women (ages 15 to 49) has experienced physical and/or sexual violence, and that of women who received money for sex before turning 18 years old, 27 percent reported schools to be the most common location for solicitation.•Child marriage is also a critical challenge. Child brides are much more likely to drop out of school and complete fewer years of education than their peers who marry later. This affects the education and health of their children, as well as their ability to earn a living. According to a recent report, more than 41,000 girls under the age of 18 marry every day and putting an end to the practice would increase women's expected educational attainment, and with it, their potential earnings. According to estimates, ending child marriage could generate more than $500 billion in benefits annually each year•Every day, girls face barriers to education caused by poverty, cultural norms and practices, poor infrastructure, violence, and fragility. The WBG has joined with governments, civil society organizations, multilateral organization, the private sector, and donors to advance multi-sectoral approaches to overcome these challenges. Working together with girls and women, the WBG focus includes:•Providing conditional cash transfers, stipends or scholarships;•Reducing distance to school;•Targeting boys and men to be a part of discussions about cultural and societal practices;•Ensuring gender-sensitive curricula and pedagogies;•Hiring and training qualified female teachers;•Building safe and inclusive learning environments for girls and young women;•Ending child/early marriage; and•Addressing violence against girls and women

•Playing games (football, netball, volleyball, and hockey).•Creating awareness in conservation.•Support to develop Ng'onzini tortoise nature trail for the benefit of all Mwaluganje slow moving animals against yearly wildfires.•Keeping and maintaining tree nursery. •Guiding visitors in the elerock nature trail.•Keeping the school environment clean.•Guiding and counseling students.

ACCOMMODATION AND MEALS•Volunteers will stay in a house provided by the local people with very basic living conditions. •Volunteers have an obligation to climb down the level of the people with the aim of exposure to development challenges. •KVDA will provide foodstuffs and volunteers will cook their own meals in turns. •Water is available from springs and it is recommended that drinking water should be boiled or medicated. Mineral water available at supermarkets is also recommended. •The Government policy to install ICT in primary schools has seen connectivity to the national power grid for most educational institutions in Kenya and this makes it easy for volunteers to use electric appliances while at the project. •Furthermore, we invite you to bring typical food, spices, drinks, games and music from your country (for an intercultural evening) – and a lot of motivation!

KVDA offers educational tours to spectacular sites including the renowned Maasai Mara Game Reserve at separate fees. Please contact us for specific tour information.

What to carry?This is outlined in the detailed info sheet and includes, sleeping bag and mat, toiletries, torch/flashlight, sandals, mosquito net, national flag from your country, among others

18-99

EnglishVegetarian food will be available

Gender Sensitivity: Girl Child Education•It is common practice for School girls to be forcefully married to elderly men in exchange of dowry and most of the cases involve primary school children. •"It is unfortunate that while other communities are discarding traditions that drag down their socio-economic development, this repugnant cultural practice has refused to die exposing communities to ridicule. It is something that should be stopped because it denies the girl child the right to education." •After realizing that the Kenyan government was taking stringent measures on parents engaging their children in forced marriages, some members of the community often cross into neighboring Tanzania where they perform the marriage rituals before crossing back to Kenya. •The Kenya government has outlawed FGM and its attendant practices and its perpetrators risk being jailed. What makes teenage marriages especially appalling is that it burdens the young girls with responsibilities that they are ill-prepared for. This includes child bearing and the concomitant hustles of taking care of children. •The culture has been a detriment to the girl child and as a result few girls have the urge to continue with their education as they will be married off before they complete their education. •The future of the girl child is therefore threatened and concerted efforts must be made to reverse the worrying trend.•Poverty is a broad-term that describes many circumstances where people lack resources such as money, housing, food, clothing, jobs, and suffer physically, socially, and emotionally from this material deprivation. •Poverty describes a standard of living where a person is unable to afford even a basic diet. International definitions of poverty rely on the classification of the poverty level, which is a level of income below which a person cannot afford to buy all the resources required to live.• Poverty eradication encompasses the will and strategies to stop all people from living in poverty. •The focus will be on education, training and gender sensitivity. Inter cultural exchange is aimed at enabling people to put global awareness and intercultural learning into practice. •This is enhanced through creating awareness through learning themes on global issues. •In so doing it will strengthen participants' skills in working in community-based organizations actively involved in efforts to alleviate poverty.

Manual work and Intercultural activities: •Weaving•Art work•Women training on self-awareness and confidence building•Women training on entrepreneurship skills and financial management •Meetings and media campaign on women empowerment in leadership•Home visits and topical discussion with the local people

ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD•The host community will provide a house to accommodate the volunteers with very basic living conditions. •Volunteers have an obligation to climb down the level of the people with the aim of exposure to development challenges. •KVDA will provide foodstuffs and volunteers will cook their own meals in turns. •Water is available from springs and it is recommended that drinking water should be boiled or medicated. •Mineral water available at supermarkets is also recommended. •There is electricity connection at the project and so the volunteers can use electric appliances.

EDUCATIONAL TOURSKVDA offers educational tours to spectacular sites including the renowned Maasai Mara Game Reserve at separate fees. Please contact us for specific tour information.

What to carry? This is outlined in the detailed info sheet and includes, sleeping bag and mat, toiletries, torch/flashlight, sandals, mosquito net, national flag from your country, among others

18-99

English

NBO: Jomo Kenyatta International (Nairobi, Kenya)

Volunteers will be received at the international arrivals terminal at the airport and the person picking them up with have a pager emblazoned kenya voluntary development association and the full name of the volunteer.Vegetarian food will be available

Entrepreneurship skills trainingSPECIFIC OBJECTIVES -To train women on entrepreneurship skills and financial management -To empower men, women and community leaders on leadership -To build capacity of women on life skills and self-confidence ACTIVITIES -Women training on self-awareness and confidence building -Women training on entrepreneurship skills and financial management -Meetings and media campaign on women empowerment in leadershipTARGET GROUPS

Young women aged 18 - 35

Young women aged 18 - 35

Young women aged 18 – 35 - Men aged 18-35 - Community leaders 35+

Energizers, group discussions, group presentations, audio, videos, site visits, testimoniesINDICATORS

a) Number of women have increased knowledge on entrepreneurship skills and financial management; b) Number of women have started their own business

a) number of women and man having skills on leadership; b) number of women competing for leadership positions; c) number of women who are participating in community meeting

a) number of speeches to women in the community; b) number of women taking local leadership roles in the community