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My Street, My Responsibility

Our Assets. Our Pride. Our Watch.

A Community Civic Ownership & Social Behaviour Change Programme by CMRI

Pilot: Kaduna North LGA75 Youth Champions3 wards: Kawo · Unguwan Sarki · Unguwan Shanu

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About the programme

My Street, My Responsibility

My Street, My Responsibility is a community-led civic ownership programme designed to encourage citizens, especially young people, to protect, maintain and take responsibility for public assets within their communities.

Public infrastructure such as streetlights, roads, water facilities, schools, health centres, waste bins and public spaces should not be seen as “government property” alone. They are community assets that require collective care and protection.

If it belongs to the public, it belongs to all of us.

At a glance

Our Approach

The programme mobilises and equips young people as “Youth Champions”, community advocates (not enforcement officers) who help to:

Raise awareness

Raise community awareness about public assets.

Promote responsible use

Encourage responsible use of public facilities.

Protect shared assets

Encourage residents to protect what belongs to everyone.

Report damage

Identify and report damage or misuse.

Mobilise people

Mobilise community participation.

Positive behaviour

Promote positive social behaviour.

Objectives

Key Objectives

Awareness: Shift the mindset from “government property” to “our collective property.”
Action: Train and mobilise young people to become community champions.
Accountability: Stronger community-level reporting and engagement around damaged or misused public assets.
Behaviour Change: A culture of responsibility, care and respect for shared infrastructure.
Evidence: Document results and lessons that can guide future expansion.

The Pilot

The initial pilot begins in Kaduna North Local Government Area, in Kawo, Unguwan Sarki and Unguwan Shanu. It will build a network of 75 Youth Champions, with at least 25 drawn from each participating ward, and use baseline and endline assessments, community reporting and field evidence to track change.

Partnership opportunity

Open to partnerships with

Corporate organisationsBanksTelecomsFoundationsPhilanthropistsGovernment institutionsDevelopment organisationsNGOsCSOsMedia organisations

CSR & Adopt-a-Ward: organisations can support a Youth Champion, Ward, LGA or State, helping communities build stronger ownership of public infrastructure.

Measuring impact

How we track change

Youth Champions trainedCommunity members reachedPublic assets monitoredReports of damage or misuseCommunity awareness activitiesBehaviour-change indicatorsBefore-and-after findingsPartnerships established

Five-year vision

Year 1 · Pilot

Test and refine the model in Kaduna.

Year 2 · Expand

Extend to additional communities and LGAs.

Year 3 · Connect

Build stronger partnerships with government, business, CSOs and community institutions.

Year 4 · Scale

Expand into additional states.

Year 5 · National

A national civic ownership movement of citizens and Youth Champions.

Our bigger vision

Communities where citizens do not wait for government alone to protect public infrastructure.

A streetlight is our light.
A public school is our children’s future.
A health centre is our community’s wellbeing.
A water facility is our shared resource.
A public road is our common asset.

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My Street, My Responsibility

My Street, My Responsibility

If it belongs to the public, it belongs to all of us.

Our Approach

Raise awareness

Promote responsible use

Protect shared assets

Report damage

Mobilise people

Positive behaviour

Key Objectives

The Pilot

On the ground

Partners can fund or support

Open to partnerships with

How we track change

Five-year vision

Year 1 · Pilot

Year 2 · Expand

Year 3 · Connect

Year 4 · Scale

Year 5 · National

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