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A Two-Days Workshop A Two-Days Workshop on “COMMUNITY on “COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION”MOBILIZATION”

Participants will be able to

understand:

Definition of Community Mobilization

Degree of Community Participation

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Session 1 Session 1

Introduction of Participants What is Community, Its

dimensions Why Mobilization

Benefits of Community Mobilization

Role of Community Mobilizers

Community Community

What comes first in your mind when you think or hear the word “COMMUNITY” ?

What is a Community What is a Community A Community is a set of

people living together with common interest”

We all live in a community. There are different things that bind us together. Let us try to identify them.

Beliefs Values Language Territory Religion Culture Occupation

Why Community Why Community Mobilization? Mobilization?

As a Mean or Strategy: Creating demand for interventions Increasing access to services Scaling up interventions Increasing effectiveness and efficiency of interventions Contributing additional resources to the response Reaching the most vulnerable Addressing the underlying causes of Education: gender

disparities, lack of awareness etc. Increasing community ownership and sustainability .

Benefits of Community Benefits of Community Mobilization in a project Mobilization in a project

Increase community, individual, and group capacity to identify and satisfy their needs

Improve program design Improve program quality Improve program results Improve program evaluation Cost effective way to achieve sustainable results Increase community ownership of the program

Key Task involved in Key Task involved in Community Mobilization Community Mobilization

Developing an on-going dialogue between community members

Creating or strengthening community organizations (Committees etc.)

Creating an environment in which individuals can empower themselves to address their own and their community’s health needs

Promoting community members’ participation

……continuedcontinued Working in partnership with community

members Identifying and supporting the creative

potential of communities to develop a variety of strategies and approaches

Assisting in linking communities with external resources

Committing enough time to work with communities, or with a partner who works with them

Group WorkGroup Work

Find out reasons why we are mobilizing our Communities under a health project.

Involving all Stakeholders Involving all Stakeholders

Let’s discuss…………

Who are stakeholders?

Why it is important to coordinate among all stakeholders?

What can be achieved when we involve all stakeholders?

What can assume if we don’t involve all stakeholders?

Identification of Identification of Deprived/Neglected Deprived/Neglected

Group Group

What do you think, who are deprived and neglected people in your community? Why are they neglected? How can you enhance their participation?

Deprived people

Why are they deprived?

How can their participation be enhanced?

Economically deprived group (Poor)

Women Tribal/indigenous

people Disable people Minority Groups Others

Examples

Identify marginalized groups in your community

Role of Community Role of Community MobilizersMobilizers

A mobilizer is a person who mobilizes, i.e. gets things moving. Social animator. A Catalyst

Bringing People Together Building Trust Encouraging Participation Facilitating Discussion and Decision-making Helping Things to Run Smoothly . Facilitation in community mobilization process

How to enhance the How to enhance the community Participation? community Participation?

Write one mean to enhance participation?

State one example you have done so far!

Community Meetings Community Meetings Gathering People at ONE Gathering People at ONE

PlatformPlatform

Village Literacy Fair Village Literacy Fair

Sports & Sports & Games Games Electronic & Print Electronic & Print

Media Media

Puppet Show & Theatre Puppet Show & Theatre

Pamphlets & Handouts Pamphlets & Handouts

Human Chain Human Chain

Message Dissemination Message Dissemination Through different means Through different means

Best Mobilizer Best Mobilizer

Please make a picture of Mobilizer

Caution !!!!!!!!!!!

H/She should be smart enough in qualities

Self Assessment SkillSelf Assessment Skill

Read the checklist and find out those qualities in yourself!!!!!!!!!

Skills needed for Skills needed for Community MobilizerCommunity Mobilizer

Attitudes include: a willingness to examine and challenge their

own assumptions, opinions and beliefs a genuine respect for all community members a non- judgmental and accepting approach an understanding that different people have

different views and perspectives a belief in community capacity to take effective

action.

……..continued..continuedSkills include: good communication skills, especially listening good facilitation skills to enable communities to

conduct their own analysis of their lives and situations PLA and other techniques to help facilitation

awareness of political, gender and cultural issues and relationships

an ability to challenge assumptions sensitively (e.g. about the role of women).

……continued continued Knowledge includes: the community mobilization process the principles of community mobilization knowledge of Education related Issues and

problems, causes and effects understanding of the ethical issues related

to community mobilization. .

…….continued .continued Other skills and knowledge that may be

needed at different stages in the community mobilization process include:

an ability to help communities form organizations an ability to identify capacity-building needs among

communities (e.g. leadership skills, networking and partnership-building skills)

an ability to help communities mobilize resources advocacy skills project planning and management skills.

Some Qualities Some Qualities Good communication skills Good facilitation skills Good listener Committed Decision maker Active Negotiation skills Honest Known to culture and values of society Well dress Catalyst Management skills

Role of CM Role of CM Getting Prepared Know Your Goals "If you do not know where you are going, then

any road will do." Know Your Target Community You must know as much

as possible about its social organization, economy, languages, layout (map), problems, politics, and ecosystem

Know The Skills You Need Know The Basic Concepts What is development?

Community development? Community participation? Poverty? Community?

Empowerment? Sustainability Outside Resources

Some Dos and Don’tsSome Dos and Don’ts

Activity

Lets talk and write about our communities what we should do and what we should not do?

Field Diaries Field Diaries

Why Field diaries are important?

Why do we need to capture the information on paper when have brain?

Why do we talk about report writing?

Contents of Daily Field Contents of Daily Field Report Report

Purpose of Visit Activities Carried out Accomplishment/Outputs of the day Observations Challenges Recommendations Follow up/Future Plan

Group Work

Each Group will write a report on the basis of given information/case study or a story.

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Session 2 Session 2

Components in Session Participation of Communities

Degrees of Participation Project Orientation/ What project is all

about ?

Community Mobilization

Community mobilization is a capacity-building process through which community individuals, groups, or organizations PLAN, CARRY OUT, and EVALUATE activities on a participatory and sustained basis to improve their health and other needs, either on their own initiative or stimulated by others.

“As an individual I could do nothing. As a group we could find a way to

solve each other’s problems”.

Degree of Community Participation

Collective Action

Co-Learning

Cooperation

Consulting

Compliance

Co-Option

Tow

ards ownership &

sustainability

Aw

ay from ow

nership & sustainability

Co-option

Token involvement of local people

Representatives are chosen, but have no real input or power

Compliance

Tasks are assigned, with INCENTIVES

Outsiders decide agenda and direct the process

Consultation

Local opinions are asked

Outsiders analyze and decide on a course of action

Cooperation

Local people work together with outsiders to determine priorities

Responsibility remains with outsiders for directing the process

Co-learning

Local people and outsiders share their knowledge to create new understanding

Local people and outsiders work together to form action plans with outsiders facilitation

Group Work

Define at which stage you are presently in your project.