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SS2 - The Main Actors in Community Development

The document discusses the roles of community groups and community workers in development. It describes that community groups can be institutions, geographical units, or ad hoc groups of concerned individuals. It outlines that community workers do not need to be professionals, but should live and work with the people. Their roles include instructing people, facilitating organization, assisting with planning and problem-solving, and helping discover resources. Key qualities for community workers are being acceptable and trusted by the community, a good communicator, reliable, and respecting the people. Their approaches should involve going to the people, learning from them, planning with them, and building on their existing strengths and resources.

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SS2 - The Main Actors in Community Development

The document discusses the roles of community groups and community workers in development. It describes that community groups can be institutions, geographical units, or ad hoc groups of concerned individuals. It outlines that community workers do not need to be professionals, but should live and work with the people. Their roles include instructing people, facilitating organization, assisting with planning and problem-solving, and helping discover resources. Key qualities for community workers are being acceptable and trusted by the community, a good communicator, reliable, and respecting the people. Their approaches should involve going to the people, learning from them, planning with them, and building on their existing strengths and resources.

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The Action Group The Community Worker

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Ordinary people play a primary role in community development.


A group of people involved in a community.

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An institution can act as an action group (school; church; sport club) A few institutions who have common interests can form an action group A legal entity can act as an action group (an area under jurisdiction; specific ward in urban area) A geographical unit (village; suburb) An ad hoc collection of concerned individuals with common need (student parents; mother of the babies)

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The advantages of an interest or ad hoc group as action group The size should be small The proximity should be near

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Not necessary professional An agricultural extension worker; engineer; a social worker; teacher; nurse... Usually assigned by authority or agency or invited by villagers Individual or team

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Both male or female The attitude of community worker:


not invader, not a know-all, not a superman,

Work and live with the people not work live on the people Be a partner rather than be a master

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Role: Instructing people (in technical/professional aspect) Facilitating in community organizing Assisting in taking initiative and do the planning Assisting in solving problem Helping to discover the resources Guiding in implementing and managing the project

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he/she is acceptable to and trusted by people he/she is a good communicator he/she knows his/her client population he/she is reliable he/she recognizes the local political structure he/she respects the people he/she has the interests of the people he/she is a responsible person

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Expert Guide Enabler Advocate Mediator

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1. Expert Dealing with technical and professional knowledge (e.g. designing construction plan; recommending rate of fertilizer application; animal health agent; health care agent...)

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2. Guide: Dealing with working experiences on the subject matter (guiding in need assessment; planning; decision making...)

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3. Enabler: Assisting people to take initiative (provide the knowhow in order people is enable to do by themselves)

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4. Advocate: Dealing with encouraging outsider (governmental authority, high political, economic power institution)
*advocacy: the series of action to encourage and influent the high level institution/individual who have more political and economic power so that they release/give some of these power to the lower level institution/individual (Advocacy through: working directly, mass populationpeoples power, media).

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5. Mediator: organizing the community activities dealing with outsider for communication channels networking and partnership

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Go to the people Live among the people Learn from the people Plan with the people Work with the people Build on what the people have Teach by showing; learn by doing

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Structure:
CHIEF
1ST VICE CHIEF 2ND VICE CHIEF

CLERK

MEMBER

MEMBER

MEMBER

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Structure:

COMMUNE COUNCIL

COMMITTEE

COMMITTEE

COMMITTEE

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VILLAGE

VILLAGE

VILLAGE

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FACILITATORS Provincial Facilitation Team (PFT) District Facilitation Team (DFT) Technical Support Officer (TSO) Commune Accountant (CA)

IOs NGOs

Technical Agent

Private Sector

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