Library and youth facilities face a radical change, with some being handed to local communities to run.

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This blog post introduces readers to Neha Gupta, a 15-year-old from Pennsylvania who built a library for underprivileged youth.

WHITEHOUSE: Helping Youth at Home and Abroad

The plans can be viewed at the civic centre, central library and the Myplace youth centre.

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He outlined how it also manages cliff rescues, inshore rescues, a recompression chamber, a youth service, voluntary ambulance service for island wide events, a library service for residential homes, health care equipment shop and first aid training for businesses and schools.

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