Approaches to Community

Development
1.WELFARE APPROACH
- the immediate &/or spontaneous response to
ameliorate the manifestation of poverty,
especially on the personal level
- assumes that poverty is God-given; destined,
hence the poor should accept their condition
since they will receive their just reward in
heaven
- believes that poverty is caused by bad luck,
natural disasters and certain circumstances
which are beyond the control of the people
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2. MODERNIZATION APPROACH
- also referred to as the project
development approach
- introduces whatever resources are
lacking in a given community
- also considered as a national
strategy which adopts the Western
mode of technological development
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- assumes that development consists

of abandoning the traditional
methods of doing things and must
adopt the technology of industrial
countries
- believes that poverty id due to lack
of education; lack of resources such
as capital & technology
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3.
TRANSFORMATORY/PARTICIPATO
RY APPROACH
- the process of empowering/transforming the poor
and the oppressed sectors of society so that they
can pursue a more just & humane society
- assumes that poverty is not God-given, rather it
is rooted in the historical past and is maintained
by the oppressed structures in society.
- believes that poverty is caused by prevalence of
exploitation, oppression, domination and other
unjust structure
“ When people refuse to
acquiesce, the power of
the tyrant evaporates.
Ultimately, power
flows not from
the barrel of the gun,
but from the will of the
people.
People power is the