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Community Service Learning as a New Discourse of Communion of Purpose for the Wellbeing of the Human Person

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  • Dr. Betty Muthoni Njagi

    (Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Nairobi, Kenya)

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This study seeks to elucidate that community service ought to have communion of purpose for both the givers and recipients of the services. In communion, community relations run deep because community service is relational and promotes the wellbeing of the community members engaged in the service. Community service can become part of the social-economic system of a country through community service learning. This is a desktop study where secondary data from previous studies and various governments’ policies on community service were analyzed. The findings of the study are that indeed community service learning is a value-laden system that does have an input not only on the learners of Community Service but also on the wellbeing of the human person and the society at large. Living and practicing community service makes the members to thrive as it becomes a communal achievement that allows the individual human person to be treated with dignity and honor. The study recommends Community Service learning to be aligned with sustainable development goals of Kenya to give the learners an experience of communion of purpose when serving the community.

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  • Dr. Betty Muthoni Njagi, 2022. "Community Service Learning as a New Discourse of Communion of Purpose for the Wellbeing of the Human Person," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 6(11), pages 205-210, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bcp:journl:v:6:y:2022:i:11:p:205-210
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