Community participation

1. Community participaion
Community
participation
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2. 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.
 Occupation
 Language
 Beliefs
 Values
 Religion
 Culture
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3. What is participation?
•Oxford dictionary
defines participation
as
“to have a share in ”
or “ to take part in”.
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4. A more detailed definition of
community participation
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5. “As an individual I could do
nothing. As a group we could
find a way to solve each other’s
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6. WHAT’S A COMMUNITY?
• It is a social entity made of people or families
who have the following characteristics:
• Live in the same geographical area
• Share common goals or problems
• Share similar development aspirations
• Have similar interests or social network or
relationship at local level
• Have a common leadership and tradition
• Have common system of communication
• Share some resources-water, school, etc
• Are sociologically and psychologically linked.

7. COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
• DEFILATION
• Community mobilization is not possible
without community participation their
participation is very much essential in
assessing needs and problems; planning and
implementation of action and evaluation of
the programme outcome. The involvement of
community people varies. It is the
responsibility of the organization to maximize
peoples participation.

8. AIMS OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
• The community develops self-reliance
• The community develops critical awareness
• The community develops problem solving
skills

9. • TYPES OF PARTICIPATION
• Passive – (Manipulation)
• Active – (consultation)
• Involvement – (Community control)

10. • PASSIVE PARTICIPATION
• In this type of participation, individuals or
families are mere spectators

11. ACTIVE PARTICIPATION
• In this type of participation, they may be
carrying out some tasks in a programme but
are not involved with the final decision
making in what is to be done. The final
decision in such cases are made by people
who are not members of the community in
such situations, the community does not
develop a sense of self-reliance.

12. COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AND
INVOLVEMENT
• Community mobilization is not possible
without community participation their
participation is very much essential in
assessing needs and problems; planning and
implementation of action and evaluation of
the programme outcome. The involvement of
community people varies. It is the
responsibility of the organization to maximize
peoples participation.

13. BENEFITS FROM COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
• Justification for community participation come
from a variety of sources, including lessons
learned from the failures of conventional top-
down planning as well as the achievement of
community based programmes.

14. • BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION
• Community mobilization needs participation of all people. Sometimes only a
few people participate in all the activities whereas others do not. None can
force people to participate. The organizations and community workers should
find reasons of/barriers to non-participation and make efforts to seek their
participation. Following are some of the reasons for non-participation of
people:
• 1. Physical limits: The distance between the venue and people's residence can
be a major cause for their non-participation." This may also be the reason for
not receiving any information (non communication). They have to travel a long
distance to participate and no public transportation is available. Physical
disability can also be one of the reasons for non-partic1P3.tion.
• 2. Cultural restriction: This is a very important factor- for less or non-
participation of people. There are many communities which culturally prohibit
men and women to meet publicity on the same platform. In some
communities, only the community leader participates in decision-making and
others are not allowed to give their opinions. This restriction demotivates
them to attend the fleeting. At times, the family and husbands forbid wives to
participate. This results in the lower attendance of women in the meeting
certain people .feel that their primary responsibility is towards family, and not
community.

15. • 3. Language and literacy: Language can be an important barrier to
participation in the meeting. Those who do not speak the common
language, or are illiterate, may feel intimidated by large groups.
• They feel left out. They lose interest as they cannot understand the
proceedings. They may feel that they do not have anything to offer.
This may affect their self-esteem very badly.
• 4. Misunderstanding: Lack of complete information about the
purpose of meeting, the issues to be discussed and the lack of
clarity about the target beneficiaries may result in
misunderstanding in people. This affects the attendance at meeting.
• 5. Time: Time could be a major constraint for participation. People
have-to pr10ritiie their attendance according to their family
responsibilities, personal official/business work. At times, the
community
• The organizations and community workers should try to understand
these Darners and use certain strategies to overcome them so that
people '8 participation can be sought, which is a necessary
prerequisite for the overall development of the community.