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Module 4 – Promoting Community Self-
Help
Module 4 Promoting Community Self-Help 2
Community Participation
Community participation helps establish ownership of support or relief initiatives and may lead to more sustainable recovery
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Learning Objectives
Describe the factors that make a community supportive and healthy for its members
Give details of how communities can be helped to use their own resources for solving problems
Develop ideas and methods to engage people and achieve participation
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Defining a CommunityCommon Identity Factors
• Geography
• Language
• Values
• Attitudes
• Behavior patterns
• Interests
• Beliefs
• Culture
• Trauma/disaster experience
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Assumptions of Community Participation
Recovery projects are based on ideas developed by the concerned people themselves
A planned process exists that encourages community participation
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Promoting Community Self-Help
Identify and involve community leaders or influential persons
Establish a sense of ownership by the community
Identify community resources Promote psychological well-being Mobilize resources Encourage joint decision making and consensus
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Identify and Involve Community Leaders
Involvement of local leaders is an essential part of community participation
Identify leaders who:• Are locally accepted, trusted and respected.
• Accurately represent their communities.
• Will work towards helping the community to achieve its collective goals.
• Have sufficient status to attract other members to be involved.
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Activity # 14 – Who are your leaders?
Break into groups Using the following list, identify your
community leaders:
• Locally accepted, trusted and respected.
• Accurately represent their communities
• Will work towards helping the community to achieve its collective goals
• Have sufficient status to attract other members to be involved
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Establish a Sense of Ownership
Successful community recovery programs require a local sense of ownership
Solutions that come from the community are more likely to be implemented
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Identify Community Resources
Knowledge of traditional and cultural resources in the community is important. • Roles of social networks, families, traditional
leaders, etc
• Culturally appropriate ways of helping and supporting those in distress.
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Factors Promoting Psychological Well-Being
Belonging to a caring family or community
Maintaining traditions and cultures Having a strong religious belief or
political ideology
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Protective Factors for Children
Stable emotional relationship with adults Social support both within and from
outside the family
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Strengthening Protective Factors
Empower people with a sense of control and predictability over their lives
Encourage people to do familiar things together
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Mobilize Resources
Mobilize resources and strengthen the communities own capacities
Actively assist with transforming needs and goals into action
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Steps in Action Planning
1. Identify the vision or goal2. Brainstorm possible actions3. Weigh advantages &
disadvantages4. Determine resources needed for
each option
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Steps in Action Planning (cont)
5. Choose an acceptable plan of action
6. Decide who will do what, when, where and how
7. Establish a time frame and criteria to evaluate success
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Encourage Joint Decision-Making and Consensus Building
Differences of opinion may obstruct achievement of a common goal.
Be aware of conflict or tension. Find mutually acceptable solutions.
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Activity # 15 - Coordination Break into small groups of 4-5 people. Imagine that your
area has had a number of cattle die, and agroterrorism is suspected but not yet confirmed. You are all meeting to discuss the situation and to decide on a course of action.• Appoint a facilitator, then give 10 minutes to discuss
possible courses of action. List your:• Needs• Resources• A possible course of action• Projected impact of the course of action
In the large group, report your decisions and discuss the experience with the group.