Community Organization and Development
1. A focus on the goals and needs of the community. 2. The encouragement of self-help. 3. Technical assistance from governmental or voluntary organizations which may include personnel, equipment, supplies and money 4. Integration of various specialties such as agricultural, animal industry/ husbandry, public health, education, home economics, and work. 5. Felt needs of the people in the community.
Five Elements of Community Development
1. Isssue/ problem identification and information dissemination. 2. Mobilization of people/community. 3. Organization 4. Education
Four General Phases of Basic Community Development/Organization Work (Andress, 1994)
People's empowerment Building organization Building alliances/coalitions Popular democracy Social transformation Leaders in development
Goals in Organizing the Community ( Norman, 1998 )
Work with the poor and oppressed, not for them. Development is an awakening process. Let the people grow. Build up the people's solidarity. Build up the people's organization
Guidelines for Community Workers (Norman, 1998)
Person is a Social Being
He/she cannot develop unless he/she is a part of society. Work together for a common interest.
To help people employ the right methods to organized self-help initiatives. To develop techniques relevant to the situation for socio-economic and cultural progress.
Major Purposes/Objectives of Community Development
Entry in the Community Integration with the people Community Study or Situation Analysis Identifying and Developing Potential Community Leaders 1. Note: Use the pages 42 & 43 of the NSTP 2 book by Del Rosario et. al. for more references. 2. Core Group Formation 3. Setting up and Developing the Organizational Structure 4. Strengthening the Organization
Steps in Organizing the Community
The aim of community development is a community action. In reality, the primary object of community development is to; Promote Sustain Support Maintain Community Action
The Aims & Objectives of Community Development
community - norman - 1998
a dynamic entity composed of people living in a given territory who share common culture, needs, aspirations, resources, lifestyles and the like bounded by a feeling of belongings and interacting with one another in consonance with its structure and institution to achieve common goals. (____, ___)
Community
a planned and organized effort to assist individuals to acquire the attitudes, skills, knowledge, and general capabilities required in their democratic participation in the effective solution of community problems in an order of priority determined by increasing level of competence.
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION - norman - 1998
a process forged along people's empowerment and the essential information of a self-reliant organization that will facilitate development in a sustainable manner (___, ____)