Community development & ABCD theory Flashcards
Define a community
A group of people who are considered a unit because they share common interests, social group or nationality.
Types of community areas
- Urban
cities/towns; highly populated; developed - Peri-urban
Transition between urban & rural - Rural
Undeveloped; outside cities/towns, townships
Community development
A group of people in a community who have taken the decision to implement social action process to change economic, social, cultural, and environmental issues.
Community development process
- Identify the problem
- Identity stakeholders
- Identify strategies
- Identify resources
- Implement
- Evaluate
Methods of collecting data in a community
- surveys
- key informants interviews
- observations
- panel discussions
- community mapping
- focus groups
Methods for community analysis
- ABCD
- SWOT
- SOAR
- Needs analysis
- Resource analysis (funds, trained people, volunteers, natural resources)
Needs analysis
- The expressed need of the community.
- Current prioritise of the community.
- Gaps in existing services in the community
- Existing beliefs and attitudes
Describe the ABCD (3)
Asset Based Community Development
• Bottom up approach
• Uses assets of the community to create sustainable projects
• Mobilises individuals, associations and institutions to build assets
Community development principles
Simplicity
Ownership
Learning
Adaptiveness
Release
Participation
Human orientation
Empowerment
Values of the ABCD
- Start small
- Includes everyone
- Building relationships
- Citizen-led actions
- Lead by stepping back
- Believe for possibility
- Work for equity and justice
Community assets
Individuals
Associations
Institutions
Physical space
Exchange
Culture, stories, history
Methods for mobilizing community members
- Forming concrete steering group
- Form a representative group
- Community mapping assets
- Building relationships among assets
- Leveraging activities, resources
