Community development + Flashcards
6 Aspects of Community Development Principles
sustainability, diversity, social justice, human rights, addressing disadvantages, valuing local culture, knowledge, skills and resoucres
Sustainability
Refers to the meaning of configuring communities and human activity so that society, its members and its economies are able to meet their needs and express their greatest potential in the present while planning and acting for the ability to maintain these ideals in the long term.
Increasing community participation in projects will empower individuals and the community, which will lead to increased sustainability.
Sustainability examples
saving energy through solar energy or reducing plastics and waste by introducing community recycling.
funding and public participation into an event or initiative can ensure the event is a success and continues to run
Diversity
refers to the quality of being different. differences in gender, age, ethnicity, culture, education, and health are all examples of diversity. Community development needs to respect diversity and plan to be equitable to all.
Diversity examples
Naidoc Week celebrates the culture and traditions of Aboriginal people
Human Rights
refer to basic human rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled
Human Rights examples
The right to economic, social and cultural rights, the right to food, the right to be treated with respect and dignity.
Of human rights include things such as the right to life and liberty, freedom of expression and equality before the law.
Social Justice
The concept of social justice may hold some or all of the following benefits: historical inequities in so far as they affected current injustices should be corrected until the actual inequities no longer exist or have been perceptively negated.
Redistribution of wealth, power and status for the individual, community and societal good.
It is the government’s responsibility to ensure a basic quality of life for all citizens
Social Justice
Homeless shelters or reducing stigma around differences
Addressing disadvantages
The responsibility of governments, policy makers, treasurers and the United Nations.
Funds need to be directed toward projects or programs aimed at reducing poverty and disadvantaged
Addressing Disadvantages examples
“closing the gap in the northern territory” “Indigenous community volunteers”
Valuing local knowledge, cultural skills and resources
Cultural skills and resources. All communities have already existing real and potential skills and resources.
Health promoters can help people use those skills that will both develop and maintain their sustainability
What is empowerment in community development
Refers to increasing the spiritual, political, social or economic strength of individuals and communities
