Every individual lives in association with his or her local community, but people who actively engage in community development are more than just inhabitants. They establish strong relationships with local people and experience a learning process along with community development.
In community development, these voluntary learners have a sense of leadership that involves behavioral traits and a community-based approach reflecting their way of life.
This study focused on the process of rural youths’ learning activities in Kaneyama-machi, Mogami-gun, Yamagata, and discussed the creation of these community-development leaders’ initiative.
The study found a mechanism that helped create an initiative with definite intention for community development. These youths understood the local-specific practical challenges while imagining who all would benefit from their activities in a “small community” where everyone resided. They shared the learning process with all members in the same community, thus making their learning and applied experiences practical.
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