Phases Of Community Immersion

Question 1

is a strategy in community organizing that is sought to imbibe among the NSTP students, a better understanding and realization of the different community concerns through the exposure on actual life situations specifically in thedeprived, depressed andthe underprivileged communities.

Answer 1

Community Immersion

Question 2

Phases of Community Immersion

Answer 2

1. PRE-IMMERSION
2. ENTERING THE COMMUNITY
3. COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT
4. COMMUNITY INTEGRATION
5. PROGRAM/PROJECT
   IMPLEMENTATION
6. TERMINATION OF PROJECTS

Question 3

•Greet and Meet with Key Informants
•Establish rapport with Key Informants
•Set Objectives and Community Goals

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Pre-Immersion

Question 4

•Get their expectations
•Forming a Mutual and Trusting Relationship
•Ocular Inspection of the site
•Setting time frame and Termination date

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Pre-Immersion

Question 5

Establishing a set of criteria for the choice of the area or community to be organized. It is essential that community members are receptive to the non-government organizations (NGOs) and the type of project you are proposing. This is done through consultations with the leaders of the community.

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Pre-Immersion

Question 6

Considerations should include the peace and order situation in the area, interest and willingness of the local government to establish partnership with the project and accessibility of the project site.

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Pre-Immersion

Question 7

Community organizers must be able to give ideas about the benefits and other involvement the community may do.

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Pre-Immersion

Question 8

Community organizers must be able to give ideas about the benefits and other involvement the community may do.

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Pre-Immersion

Question 9

• Courtesy Call
• House to House Interview (Gathering of data)
• Gathering of Demographic Data
• Spot Mapping

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Entering the Community

Question 10

• Forming a Mutual and Trusting Relationship with the community people
• Getting in touch with the community people assisted by the barangay officials.
• A good entry will mean good implementation and working relationship

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Entering the Community

Question 11

• Set a meeting, Involve the Brgy Officials and Head of the Family
• Assessment of needs and problems
• Prioritization of problems with them

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Community Needs Assessment

Question 12

• SWOT Analysis
• Brainstorming of projects and program proposal.

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Community Needa Assessment

Question 13

The community organizers during this stage assists the community in identifying and prioritizing current community needs and issues. A compromise between the felt and objective needs must be met. SWOT analysis is the best tool in determining helpful and harmful attributes in achieving development within the community.

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Community Needs Assessment

Question 14

Demographic profile is also assessed and should be totaled. Community profiling may help in gaining deeper knowledge about the community that will help the organizers to acquire active involvement from community people.

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Community Needs Assessment

Question 15

• Planning, Organizing, Budgeting and Leading
• Planning of Proposed project
• Submission of proposed project

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Community Integration

Question 16

• Finding resources and community people for involvement in the day of event
• Awareness of the community people for the project implementation
• Finalization of the project planning with the community (Dry-run)

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Community Integration

Question 17

is also one of the best strategies that organizers can practice in order to catch up with the current situation in the community. Joining a small gathering or umpukan of housewives, or some of the local youths at their tambayan can one way or another help you gather pertinent information (identification of problems and current issues) on the community.

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Community Integration

Question 18

Be observant. Attentively watch the community’s pamumuhay or way of living. Continue monitor the demographic and geographic factors of the community. Rapport and Empowerment is important at this stage.

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Community Integration

Question 19

Project Planning:
The community organizer together with the Brgy. Officials facilitates the process and provides information with each other that could be used as input for planning.
The output process would include strategies and actions plans, series of activities for organization development, capability-building and resource management.

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Community Integration

Question 20

• Day of Big/Main event
• Community Involvement and Participation
• Documenting the main event

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Project Implementation

Question 21

The plan that was initially formulated with the community is now put into action. This is were community involvement is most essential, after all the project is for them. This where the plan will be put into practice and application

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Project Implementation

Question 22

The moment you implemented the project proposal. You must be documenting every moment of the event. Materials like camera or video recorder are the best way to document the project implementation.

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Project Implementation

Question 23

•Evaluation of event
• Meeting with Brgy. Officials
• Exchange of gratitude
• Finalization of documentation.

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Termination of Project

Question 24

The Community organizers and brgy. officials exchanges their gratitude with each other and promotes trusting relationship for all the work and activities they have done for the community.

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Termination of Project

Question 25

This is the phase when the community organizer already starts to withdraw from the community because goals set by the community and the organizers at the start of the process have been achieved. At this stage, It is assumed that the community has reached a certain level of capability with which they can sustain existing operations, expand or initiate new projects. The community now takes full responsibility for managing their resources.

Answer 25

Termination of Project