Summary Chapter 10

CHAPTER 10
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT
A person is a social being. He / She cannot develop unless he/she is a part of society.
She/he must work together with his/her fellow human beings for common interests. The
problems of other men are his/her problems. Together, they must search for solutions.
Thus it is the people of the community who must organize themselves.
Community is 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 belongingness and interacting with one another in consonance with its structure
and institution to achieve common goals.
Community Organization is a process forged along peoples’ empowerment and the
essential formation of a self-reliant organization that will facilitate development in a
sustainable manner.
Community Development is an intermittent process of social action of the people of a
community in organizing themselves for democratic planning and action on common
problems and solving the felt needs of the society.
Goals in Organizing the Community (Norman, 1998b)
1. People’s empowerment
2. Building organization
3. Building alliance / coalitions
4. Popular democracy
5. Social transformation
6. Leaders in development
Steps in Organizing the Community
Entry in the Community
• Gather basic information about the place such as culture, practices, and the lifestyle of
the people.
• Do not regard yourself as superior or different from the people in the community.
• Dress simply as possible and act naturally as you can as you enter the community.
• Do not appear as a savior or someone who will solve people’s problems.
• Remember that development must be for the people and from the people.
Integration with People
• Integrate yourself with them people by living with them, eating their food , doing their
chores, and slowly learning their way of life.
• Gradually join their small groups so you can continue to expand your knowledge about
the condition of the community or place.
• Slowly start working in the community.
Identifying and Developing Potential Community Leaders,
• As early as possible, identify potential leaders from among the people who seem to have
a deep understanding and concern in solving their problems.
• Equip them with useful knowledge and experiences to develop them into leaders,
• Educate and convince them that they can be potential leaders to represent the group.
Core Group Formation
• Form a core group consisting of the identified potential leaders. These leaders are
expected to meet and accept the challenge to organize the rest of the community projects.
• Each core group is expected to represent its organization.
Community Development-is 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.
The Aims and Objectives of Community Development
The aim of community development is a community action. In reality the primary object
of community development is to a) promote b. sustain c. support and d.) Maintain
community action.
Major Purposes/Objectives of Community Development
• To Help people employ the right methods to organize self-initiatives.
• To Develop techniques relevant to the situation for socio- economic and cultural
progress
Principles of Development
1. Development should focus on people’s participation.
2. Development should be attuned to the demands of the people.
3. Development should be based on a theory that is tested, validated and relevant.
4. Development should be integrated in approach.
5. Development should lead to the empowerment of people.
6. Development should sustain the natural environment as a socio-economic base.
Five Elements of Community Development
1. A focus on the goals and needs of the community
2. The encouragement of self-help
3. Technical assistance form governmental or voluntary organization which may include
personnel, equipment, supplies and money
4. Integration of various specialties such as, agriculture, animal industry/husbandry, public
health , education, home economics , and work
5. Felt needs of the people in the community
Four General Phases of Basic Community Development/Organization
1. Issue /Problem Identification and Information dissemination
This is the phase where real needs are distinguished from felt; rapport is
established,
and face-to-face interaction with people is made.
2. Mobilization of people /community
In this phase, people are stimulated to come together to discuss problems.
3. Organization
This is the combination of constructive forces of men and materials, machinery
and money, so that these may work together in an orderly way to turn out finished
goods for profit, or render services to the community.
4. Education
This is the phase where the members of the community are educated to assume
responsibility for their organizations and to acquire the organizational skills and
techniques essential to organizational skills and techniques essential to
organization maintenance.
Qualification of a Community Development Worker

(Andres, 1994)
1. He/She has demonstrated potentials for community development work.
2. He/She has demonstrated professional commitment, direction, motivation and
maturity
as manifested in his/her work history.
3. He/She is willing to understand and respect the values and culture of people.
4. He/She has the genuine intention of sharing whatever goods he/she has with
his/her fellowmen.
Guidelines for Community Workers (Norman, 1998c)
1. Work with the poor and oppressed , not for them
2. Development is an awakening process.
3. Let the people grow.
4. Build up the people’s solidarity.
5. Build up the people’s organization.
Strategic Planning
All leaders plan and think about what the organization should be doing and how
objectives might be achieved. Planning contributes to strategic management in
several ways(Thompson
1997).
Seven Steps of Planning

This outline helps a real working group plan; particularly.
1. Diagnosis
• What is the problem?
• What are the needs?
2. What do we want to achieve (objective) in particular period? This week this
month, this year?
3. What are the possible ways of achieving this objective?
4. What the advantages and disadvantages of each proposal?
• How much time, money, and personal effort will be needed for each proposal?
5. Which proposal (plan) do we accept?
6. Who will do what , when, where and how?
7. At what point do we need to evaluate?
• who should be involved in the evaluation?

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COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Qualification of a Community Development Worker

Seven Steps of Planning

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