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• Same goals:
• People empowerment
• Development of a self-reliant community
• Improved quality of life
CO Emphases
1. HUMAN RIGHTS
2. SOCIAL JUSTICE
3. SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
PRINCIPLES
• CO is people centered
People are the means and ends of development. The process of critical inquiry is
informed by and responds to the experiences and needs of the marginalized sectors.
• CO is participative
Community is active participant.
• CO is democratic
Their decisions must reflect the will of the common people, than that of the leaders
and the elites.
• CO is developmental
The organizer desires changes for the betterment of the community.
• CO is process-oriented
GOALS
1. People’s empowerment
2. Building relatively permanent structures and people’s
organizations
3. Improved quality of life
1. Pre- entry
2. Entry
3. Community Integration
4. Social analysis
5. Identifying potential leaders
6. Core group formation
7. Community organization
8. Action phase
9. Evaluation
10.Exit and expansion phase
1. PRE-ENTRY
-Does the community meet the GIDA (Geographically isolated and -disadvantaged
areas) criterion of the DOH?
-Do the members of the community perceive the need for assistance?
-Does the community show signs of willingness or hostility towards the orgazniers?
-Is there obvious threat to the safety of the organizer?
-Are there other agencies working in the area? Will there be a duplication of services
for the same target group?
-is the partnership among all potential stakeholders possible and feasible?
2. ENTRY
• INTEGRATION STYLES
1. “NOW YOU SEE, NOW YOU DON’T” STYLE
The organizer visits the community as per the schedule but is not able to
transcend the “guest” status, and therefore does not get the chance to better
understand the villagers’ way of life.
2. “BOARDER’ STYLE
Organizer rents a room or a house in the village, lives his own life, and does not
share the life of the community.
3. “ELITIST” STYLE
Organizer lives with the barangay chairman, or some other prominent person in
the community. Thus, making the integration of the larger community difficult.
3. COMMUNITY INTEGRATION
• Process of gathering, collating and analysing data to gain extensive understanding of community
conditions, help n the identification of the problems, and determine the root cause of these
problems.
• Also called “Social investigation”, “Community study”, “Community analysis”, “Community
needs assessment”
• Done through obtaining
1. Demographic data
2. Sociocultural data
3. Economic data
4. Environmental data
5. Data on health patterns
6. Data on health resources
5. IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL LEADERS
• “MOBILIZATION PHASE”
1. Allow the community to determine the pace and scope of the
project implementation e.g Tapat Ko, Linis Ko
2. Regular monitoring and continuing community formation program
are essential
9. EVALUATION