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Approaches in Community Development

There are three main approaches to community development: self-help, conflict, and technical assistance. The self-help approach emphasizes community members working together to improve conditions. The conflict approach aims to redistribute power by confronting authorities. The technical assistance approach involves experts providing services in a top-down manner. Community development also utilizes methods like community organizing, managing resources participatorily, and community education. A community action plan typically involves establishing partnerships, assessing needs and resources, participatory planning, implementation, and monitoring progress.

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Approaches in Community Development

There are three main approaches to community development: self-help, conflict, and technical assistance. The self-help approach emphasizes community members working together to improve conditions. The conflict approach aims to redistribute power by confronting authorities. The technical assistance approach involves experts providing services in a top-down manner. Community development also utilizes methods like community organizing, managing resources participatorily, and community education. A community action plan typically involves establishing partnerships, assessing needs and resources, participatory planning, implementation, and monitoring progress.

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Approaches in community development

What is community development?

 Community development is a process where community members are supported by


agencies to identify and take collective action on issues which are important to them.

Various approaches and methods can be utilized in community development. And the approaches
can be divided into 3 forms;

 Self-help approach
Emphasizes processes that encourage community members to work together,
collaborate and formulate decisions and actions to improve the conditions in
community.
It institutionalizing processes of decision-making by strengthening relations within a
community to incur change and progress
 Conflict approach
The deliberation and confrontation of those occupying positions of authority and
professional officials who are charged with the responsibility of decision-making for
the community.
The goal is to redistribute power
A major organizing tool is to confront to those forces seen as blocking efforts to
solve problems
In this approach, there is a deep suspicion of those who have formal community
power
The perspective assumes that power is never given away that is has to be taken.
Goal is to build a people’s organization to allow those without power to gain it
through direct action. Their strength is it numbers people working collectively.
The confrontation between community members and leaders typically result '
1. Fatigue in maintaining community efforts
2. The loss of leaders and organizers who eventually coalesce with those in
power
3. The su9stainability of financing confrontational actions.
 Technical assistance approach
Usually involves the delivery of programs of services to a local area by some agency
or organization
It is often a top- down approaches that involves the use of experts
The focus is mainly on the task to be performed
Assumes that answers to community problems can be arrived at scientifically
If residents wish to participate they must study and understand a great deal of
complex information.
Local citizens are defined as consumers of such development- not participants in it
The most frequent employers of the technical assistance model is government.

 Methods and strategies for community development


Community action involves several methods and strategies.

Community organizing is the process of building power by involving a constituency


or community members in identifying the problems that they share or experience
and selecting the solutions to the problems.
It is dynamic and purposive because it aims to deliver desired results
Community resources management is a participatory process that enables
communities to manage their own resources for their benefit.
It aims is towards community stakeholders participation in the planning, research,
resources, development, and implementation of community – centered action
towards community resources.
Community education and learning refers to the conscious efforts of members of
the community of different ages, gender, and other attributes to develop their skills
and capacities to improve the quality of their lives.
Community education and learning help community members and stakeholders
determined and define their vision, desires, goals, and objectives.
 Phases of community action
Community action planning plays an important role in addressing community issues
and solving problems
Community action plan it defines that the scope and parameters of community
based on its profile.

A community action plan also incorporates the means and methods of evaluating the efforts and
performance of the community. In this manner, community members can monitor and track the
progress of their action. Broadly, a community action has even phases, namely;

Establishing links and partnership-building with local groups;


Community profiling;
Needs and resources assessment ;
Participatory action planning and leadership development;
Resources mobilization;
Plan implementation;
Monitoring and evaluations

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