3. Community
What comes first in your mind when you
think or hear the word “COMMUNITY” ?
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4. What is a Community
A Community is a set of
people living together with
common interest”
We all live in a community.
There are different things
that bind us together. Let
us try to identify them.
Territory
Sharing resources
Administrative unit
Language
Religion
Culture
Occupation
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5. Community Mobilization
s Community Mobilization refers to the process
of building social relationships in pursuit of
common community interests.
s Community Mobilization is seen as being the
foundation of the community development
process.
s Community development seeks to empower
individuals and groups of people by providing
these groups with the skills they need to
affect change in their own communities.
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6. Community
Mobilization
Explore the common issue
& Set priorities
Prepare to mobilize Organize the community
Plan together
For Mobilization
Prepare to scale up Evaluate together Act together
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7. Steps in Community
Mobilization
s Step 1: Identify the problem/issue.
s Step 2: select a strategy to solve the
problem
s Step 3: Community Mobilization
s Step 4: Implementation through people’s
participation
s Step 5: Assess the results and improve
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8. Selecting Core Areas
s Identify core areas of community
development
s Poverty
s Health – Maternal and child mortality, HIV/AIDs,
Malaria
s Education – Pre-primary, primary, secondary
s Women empowerment
s Water and Sanitation
s Prohibition of HIV/AIDS
s Agriculture and allied sector
s Skill Improvement
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9. Prepare to mobilize
s Identify a common issue that the whole
community can get involved
s Gather information about the issue and
the community
s Identify resources and constraints
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10. Select a strategy
sDepending on problem, plan for
community dialogue and select a
strategy.
s Some problems
– require sensitization on the issue.
– call for mobilization of community
– need interaction with individual family
members.
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11. Community Mobilization
s A process whereby a group of people
become aware of a shared concern or
common need and decide to take
Mobilization in order to create shared
benefits.
s A continual and cumulative process that
involves communication, education, and
organization, which together lead to
community Mobilization and
development.
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12. Community Mobilization
linkages
Capacity building
Outside Community
Group
resources
Participation Mobilization Empowerment
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13. Key Task Involved in
Community Mobilization
s Developing an on-going dialogue
between community members
s Creating or strengthening community
organizations (Committees etc.)
s Creating an environment in which
individuals can empower themselves to
address their own and their community’s
needs
s Promoting community members’
participation
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14. Implementation
s Implementation and constant
monitoring
s Assess the results
s Revise the strategy wherever necessary
s Scale up
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15. Community Mobilization
Community mobilization – model film
Movie 1 Movie 2
Movie 3
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16. Who are you?
You are working for people, with people
as a SYBAN Volunteer,
and so…
What is your role?
How can you help the people in the
community?
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17. Facilitator
s A pearl is beautiful but alone it
doesn't make a necklace. It is the
thread which makes the necklace
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19. Role of SCM
SCM is community mobilizer. A mobilizer is
a person who mobilizes, i.e. gets things
moving. Social animator. A Catalyst
s Bringing People Together
s Building Trust
s Encouraging Participation
s Facilitating Discussion and Decision-making
s Helping Things to Run Smoothly .
s Facilitation in community mobilization
process
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20. Skills needed for SCM
Attitudes include:
s a willingness to examine and challenge
their own assumptions, opinions and beliefs
s a genuine respect for all community
members
s a non- judgmental and accepting approach
s an understanding that different people
have different views and perspectives
s a belief in community capacity to take
effective Mobilization.
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21. …… Continued
Skills include:
s good communication skills, especially listening
s good facilitation skills to enable communities to
conduct their own analysis of their lives and
situations
s techniques to help facilitation awareness of
political, gender and cultural issues and
relationships
s an ability to challenge assumptions sensitively
(e.g. about the role of women).
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22. …… Continued
Knowledge includes:
s the community mobilization process
s the principles of community mobilization
s knowledge of related Issues and
problems, causes and effects
s understanding of the ethical issues
related to community mobilization. .
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23. Conflict management
s Conflict is an inevitable result of social
interaction and is not necessarily
negative. A distinction must be made
between positive and negative aspects
of conflict. When constructively
managed, conflict may lead to clearer
ideas, innovative solutions and
increased effectiveness and
commitment.
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24. Factors contributing to conflict
1) Diverse groups
2) Strategic disagreement
3) Competition between groups
4) Unreasonable expectations
5) Lack of common understanding
6) Goal conflict
7) Poor communication skills
8) Unclear/unfair expectations
9) Power-plays and manipulation
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25. Conclusion
s Community Mobilization needs
continuous efforts
s Using its available resources for the
community effectively
s Obtaining support from the community,
s Explore cooperation with other
agencies.
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All participants will be be given story of Elephant and they will be asked to share that what they think after reading the story. All their views will be mention on the flip chart. After writing views from all groups the purpose of story will be shared. Communities are different, have different cultures, different set up of life, each community differ from other communities. Every one see community from his or her state of mind. Every one has different opinion about communities. Each communities will be handled differently.
Reading the slides and discussion on the basis of views generated by participants in last slides.
Participatory learning and Mobilization tools handout
What we are suppose to do under community mobilization ? Why we should do that? Linking with the previous slides
Think of a person who can help the community most. If you want to, you can also draw a picture. You can
Divide participants into groups of four or five. Give each group a piece of flipchart paper, and ask them to draw the characteristics of a good facilitator.
Discussion Sharing the example of Pakistan Red Crescent Society (Raja Irfan, related to Doga village)
