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Community Profiling: Know The Community History and Trends

The document outlines key areas of information to understand when profiling a community: its history and changes over time; main natural resources and their uses; livelihood activities of households including who participates and seasonal variations; composition and relationships of social groups; formal institutions and customs; available infrastructure services and access/costs. Understanding these areas provides a holistic picture of the community.

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Community Profiling: Know The Community History and Trends

The document outlines key areas of information to understand when profiling a community: its history and changes over time; main natural resources and their uses; livelihood activities of households including who participates and seasonal variations; composition and relationships of social groups; formal institutions and customs; available infrastructure services and access/costs. Understanding these areas provides a holistic picture of the community.

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COMMUNITY PROFILING

Know the community history and trends

 How long has the community been in existence and how was it founded?

 When did different social, economic, ethnic and cultural groups settle in the

community?

 How has the community changed over time and what has caused those

changes?

Know the Resources

 What are the main natural resources available to the community?

 Who uses them and how are they used? Who does not use them?

 Where are they located?

Know the Livelihoods

 What are the different activities that households in the community use to

support their livelihoods?

 Who is involved in those livelihood activities (men/women, young/old,

different social and economic groups) and how many people and households

depend on them?

 When do those activities take place (time of day/month/season) and where?

Know the Community Structure

 How many people and households live in the community?

 What is the gender composition and age structure of the community?

 What different social, economic, ethnic and cultural groups are there in the

community?
 What are the relationships among these groups?

 How are those groups defined?

 Where do those different social, economic, ethnic and cultural groups live?

Know the Local Institutions

 What formal organisations and associations are there in the community?

 What rules, regulations and customs are in place?

 Who is affected by them and how?

Know the Community Infrastructure

 What services are available in the community (transport, power and water

supply, markets, agricultural extension, health, education, etc.)?

 Who has access to these services? Who uses the services?

 How expensive are the user fees for these services?

 Community feedback on the relevance, quality, timeliness and affordability

of services.

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