UNIT 7 - CHAPTER 2

Question 1

As a process, consist of steps or activities that instill and
reinforce the people’s self confidence on their own collective
strengths and capabilities

Answer 1

COMMUNITY ORGANIZING

Question 2

Emphases of Community Organizing

in Primary Health Care

Answer 2

1. People from the community working together to solve their
   own problems
2. Internal organizational consolidation as a prerequisite to
   external expansion
3. Social movement first before technical change
4. Health reforms occurring within the context of broader
   social transformation

Question 3

improved access to resources (including health
resources) that will enable the people to improve
their standard of living and overall quality of life.

Answer 3

Community development

Question 4

END GOAL of CO:

Answer 4

Community development

Question 5

Community Development Processes:

Answer 5

1. Assessment of the current situation
2. Identification of needs
3. Deciding an appropriate courses of actions or responses
4. Mobilization of resources to address these needs, and
5. Monitoring and evaluation by the people

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Human rights

Question 7

entails fairness in the distribution of resources
to satisfy basic needs and to maintain dignity as human beings

Answer 7

Social justice

Question 8

an offshoot of the ethical
principle of solidarity, which points to people being
part of one community and is reflected in concern of
one another

Answer 8

Social responsibility

Question 9

3 basic values

Answer 9

Human rights
Social justice
Social responsibility

Question 10

CORE PRINCIPLES IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZING

Answer 10

PEOPLE-CENTERED
PARTICIPATIVE
DEMOCRATIC
DEVELOPMENTAL
PROCESS-ORIENTED

Question 11

the ______ are the means and ends of development and
_____________ is the process and the outcome

Answer 11

people
community empowerment

Question 12

organizer must bear in mind that the community is an
active participant, learning more from what they do and
experience, rather than from what is said to them.

Answer 12

Community organizing is People-centered

Question 13

The participation of the community in the entire process-assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation- should be ensured.

Answer 13

Community organizing is Participative

Question 14

Community organizing should empower the disadvantaged
population.

Answer 14

Community Organizing is Democratic

Question 15

Community organizing should be directed towards changing current
undesirable conditions.

Answer 15

Community organizing is Developmental

Question 16

The community organizing goals of empowerment and
development are achieved through a process of change.

Answer 16

Community organizing is Process-oriented

Question 17

PHASES OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZING

Answer 17

Pre-entry
Entry into the Community
Community Integration
Social Analysis
Identifying Potential Leaders
Core Group Formation
Community Organization
Action Phase
Evaluation
Exit and Expansion

Question 18

It involves preparation on the part of the organizer and choosing the
community for partnership.

Answer 18

Pre-entry

Question 19

may provide answers to essential
questions that should include the following:
ØDoes the community meet the “GIDA” criterion of the
DOH?
ØDo the members of the community perceive the need
for assistance?

Answer 19

ocular survey

Question 20

Formalizes the start of the organizing process

Answer 20

Entry into the Community

Question 21

the organizer gains entry into the community
through padrino or patron, usually a barangay or some other
local government officials.

Answer 21

Padrino entry

Question 22

easiest way to catch the attention and gain the
“approval” of the community

Answer 22

Bongga entry

Question 23

is the phase when the organizer may actually live in the community in an effort to understand the community better and imbibe community life

Answer 23

Community Integration

Question 24

The organizer visits the community as per schedule but is not able to transcend the “guest” status.

Answer 24

“Now you see, now you don’t” style

Question 25

ØThe organizer rents a room or a house in the village, lives his/her
own life and does not share the life of the community.

Answer 25

“Boarder” style

Question 26

ØThe organizer lives with the barangay chairman, or some other
prominent person in the community.

Answer 26

“Elitist” style

Question 27

qThis approach allows the organizers to develop a deeper
relationship with the whole community through various
techniques.

Answer 27

People-centered Approach In Integration

Question 28

ØEffective way of developing a close relationship with the community
ØRequires the organizer to observe the daily schedule of activities of
households to avoid inconvenience on the part of the family

Answer 28

Pagbabahay-bahay or occasional home visits

Question 29

ØInformal conversations help a lot in integrating with the
community.
ØE.g. Village poso during laundry time, basketball court, and sari-sari
store.

Answer 29

Huntahan

Question 30

ØOrganizer participates in the livelihood activities, such as farming in
an agricultural community.

Answer 30

Participation in the production process

Question 31

ØSocial functions and activities help the organizer and the people to get to know each other through face-to-face encounters.

Answer 31

Participation in social activities

Question 32

The process of gathering, collating and analyzing data to gain
extensive understanding of community conditions, help in the
identification of problems of the community and determine
the root causes of these problems.

Answer 32

Social Analysis

Question 33

Once potential leaders are identified, they should be trained and eventually become part of the community organizing team.

Answer 33

Identifying Potential Leaders

Question 34

The formation of a viable, functioning core group is the focal point of community organizing.

Answer 34

Core Group Formation

Question 35

On the initiative of the core group, the community conducts an assembly or a series of assemblies, with the goals of arriving at a common understanding of community concerns and formulating a plan of action in dealing with these concerns.

Answer 35

Community Organization

Question 36

Known as the mobilization phase

Answer 36

Action Phase

Question 37

It is a systematic, critical analysis of the current state of the organization and/or projects compared to desired or planned goals or objectives.

Answer 37

Evaluation

Question 38

Where the goals and objectives of the program/project achieved?
What strategies were implemented? What worked? What did not?
What is the overall impact of the project on the community?
How were the resources of the organization and community utilized?

Answer 38

Program-Based

Question 39

Were the vision, mission and goals of the organization achieved?

How are the organizational policies being implemented?
What is the level of participation in the affairs of the community organization?
How were the resources of the organization utilized and managed?
What type of interpersonal relationship is shared among the members of the
organization, among the leaders and the members of the community
organization?

Answer 39

Organizational

Question 40

“The best entry plan is an exit plan”

Answer 40

Exit and Expansion

Question 41

Goals of Community Organizing

Answer 41

People’s empowerment
Building relatively permanent structures and people’s organizations
Improved quality of life

Question 42

is a community development approach that allows
the community (participatory) to systematically analyze the situation (research), plan a solution, and implement
projects/programs (action) utilizing the process of community organizing.

Answer 42

COMMUNITY ORGANIZING PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH (COPAR)

Question 43

Basic Qualities of a Community Organizer

Answer 43

Has exemplary professional and moral qualities.

Possesses good communication/facilitation skills to be able to call and lead small group discussion/trainings and community meetings.

Has the ability to set good leadership examples for the
community to emulate.

Displays charismatic personality that draws people towards the organizing work and community activities.