lecture CHN 2 Flashcards
“Various methods of intervention, whereby a professional
change agent helps a community action system composed
of individuals, groups, or organization to engage in planned
collective action in order to deal with social problems
within a democratic system of values. It is concerned with
programs aimed atsocial change with primary reference to
environmental conditions and social institutions”
Kramer and Specht (1975)
“a process in which local people, united by concern
for renewing their own small territory, plan and act
together from an organizational base that they
control. It is a practice that involves collective
human effort centered on mobilization, advocating,
planning, and the negotiation of resources
Murphy and Cunningham (2003)
“Community organizing is a process that revolves
around the people’s lives, experiences, and
aspirations. It is a process that is people-centered
and geared towards [the] continuing capability
building, self-reliance, and empowerment
Manalili (1990)
“A process of unfolding the potentialities of
persons to the level where they can exercise the
faculties that will enable them to create, act and
manage resourcesto live a decent life”
Dela Costa-Ymson (1993)
“the process which builds/mobilizes people and
other community resources towards identifying
and solving their own problems, establishing
people’s self-awareness and capacities to stage
their own future…taking action collectively
considering the bureaucratic structure and
restrictive institutional arrangements”
Dacanay (1993)
GO IN SEARCH OF YOUR PEOPLE
LOVE THEM;
LEARN FROM THEM;
BEGIN WITH WHAT THEY KNOW
BUILD ON WHAT THEY HAVE.
BUT OF THE BEST LEADERS
WHEN THEIR TASK IS ACCOMPLISHED,
THEIR WORK IS DONE,
THE PEOPLE ALL REMARK,
“WE HAVE DONE IT OURSELVES”
: LAO TSE
are based on the worth and
dignity inherent to all human beings: the
right to life, the right to development as
persons and as a community and the
freedom to make decisions for oneself
Human Rights
entails fairness in the
distribution of resources to satisfy basic
needs and to maintain dignity as a human
beings.
Social Justice
is premised on the
belief that people as social beings must not
limit themselves to their own concerns but
should reach out to and move jointly with
others in meeting common needs and
problems.
Social Responsibility
CORE PRINCIPLES IN COMMUNITY
ORGANIZING
❖People- Centered
❖Participative
❖Democratic
❖Developmental
❖Process-oriented
aims to develop self-efficacy and selfconfidence so that people will be able to
overcome their powerlessness and develop
their capacity to maximize their control over
the situation and place their future in their
hands.
People empowerment
community organizing
seeks to secure long and short- term
improvements in the quality of life through
sustainable community development
Improved quality of life
Basic Principles of Community Organizing
- Work with and not for the people.
Empowers the people especially the DOPE
sectors who are open to change. - Based on the interest of the majority
- Start where the people are
- Trust in the people
- Gender sensitive
- Mobilize external and internal resources
- Work from simple to complex, concrete to
abstract, micro to macro, short to long term
A process of enabling a person or a group to
become self-reliant and self-fulfilled
DEVELOPMENT
an alternative approach to Community
Health Development.
COPAR
an important tool for community
development and people empowerment where
community organizing is not only utilize but
also participatory action research to intervene
change and development in the families,
population groups and the entire community.
COPAR
a group of people who identify a
problem, do something to resolve it, see how
successful their effort were, and if not satisfied,
try again (O’Brien, 1998)
COPAR
A social development approach that
aims to transform the apathetic,
individualistic and voiceless poor
INTO dynamic, participatory and
politically responsive community.
COPAR
Father of community Organizing
Saul Salinsky
Community organizing process
1.CA- Community Analysis
2.DI- Design and Initiation
3.I- Implementation
4.PMC- Program Maintenance &
Consolidation
5.DR- Dissemination and Reassessment
4 Importance’s of COPAR
1.Tool for community development
2.Offer alternative solutions to health
problems that may not require medical
intervention.
3.Prepare people to take over management of
the programs in the future.
4.Community resources are mobilized for
community services
4 PRINCIPLES OF COPAR
Active Participation
Inclusiveness
Wholeness of Generativity
Critical Perspective
4 METHODS USED IN COPAR
1.action-reflection-actionsession
2.Consciousness Raising
3.Participatory and mass based
4.Group Centered
CRITICAL STEPS
1.Integration
2.Social Investigation
3.Tentative program planning
4.Groundwork
5.Meeting
6.Role Play
7.Mobilization or action
8.Evaluation
9.Reflection
10.Organization
