Four decades after its establishment, SERVOL continues to implement a number of community-based development and educational projects primarily because the socio-economic problems that led to its formation, such as poverty, sharp socio-economic inequalities, youth criminality or gang violence and drug abuse as well as the disintegration of family structures, high illiteracy rates among and lack of livelihood and educational opportunities for the poor majority, remain prevalent in the country today.

UNESCO: Adolescent Development Programme

According to UNESCO, a CLC is as a community-based non-formal educational institution or organisation which provides a range of services and learning opportunities to out-of-school children, youth and illiterate or semi-literate adults from socially disadvantaged rural and urban communities.

UNESCO: Community Learning Centres

Gerard Pantin, a Roman Catholic priest and Mr. Wes Hall, a Barbadian cricketer, to establish SERVOL. Since then, SERVOL has been implementing intergenerational, family and community-based life and vocational skills training, enterprise development, psychosocial counselling, educational and empowerment projects in disadvantaged and marginalised urban and rural communities.

UNESCO: Adolescent Development Programme

Cardiff Community Safety Partnership organised what they called a series of "diversionary, leisure-based and educational initiatives for youths".

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After the Voice of Afghan Women is officially inaugurated, it will go on air daily with educational, development-based and entertainment programmes of interest to the entire community.

UNESCO: Communication and Information