The NYSC community development programme is a year-round affair. Through the CDS, members of the Service Corps work with the local communities to promote self-reliance by systematically prospecting and executing development projects and programme which impact positively on the socio-economic development of the host communities.
Over the years, community development service, one of the four cardinal programmes of the Scheme, has been faced with numerous challenges arising mainly from poor perception and dearth of knowledge of the corps members on the objectives of CDS. The ABC of community Development Service is therefore, published to give the Corps Members explicit and clear-cut guidelines in the execution of CDS programme.
It is hoped that this handbook will be of immense benefit to the Corps Members and consequently increase their knowledge and understanding of CDS, which will in turn reposition community development service across the country.