Community Development Flashcards
Two types of community development
Rural Development
Urban Development
The core of community development
Enabling
Education
Empowering
Characteristics of community development
- Focuses on the whole community
- Emphasizes public participation as self-help.
- Uses participatory democracy as model for decision making.
Self-help and ______ are required for successful development.
Self-responsibility
______ in public ______ should be free and open to all citizens.
Participation; Decision-making
____ is essential for an effective working relationship.
Trust
_________ and _________ are the basis for community change.
Understanding and general agreement
All individuals have _____ in open discussion and the responsibility to ______ opposing viewpoints.
Right to be heard; respect
Pillars of CD
Objectives
People
Strategy
Technology
Process of community development
- Getting Knowledge
- Knowing the Community
- Identifying the local leaders
- Stimulating community
- Recognizing the resources
- Deciding the program
- Fostering self-confidence
- Discussing the problem
- Identifying pressing problem
- Increasing self-help
- Solving Problem
It aims at improving the welfare of rural people and their livelihoods on a sustainable and equitable basis.
Rural Community Development
Major Aims of RCD
- Hygiene
2.Infant Welfare - Public Health
- Sanitation
Other objectives of RCD
- To help them build social and economic infrastructure
- To train rural unemployed youth
- To empower farmers/ laborers to discourage migration to urban.
Processes of RD
- Confirm the spread problem by gathering more information.
- Examine data from step one.
- Set goals and formulate actions for improvement.
- Implement actions for improvement
- Assess progress and refine actors for improvement.
- Monitor improvement for sustainability.
It requires the urban citizen’s efforts like financial support and technical assistance in areas like sanitation, public health, education, and recreation.
Urban Community Development
