MODULE 1 CO OVERVIEW- ANIMATED.ppt
- 1. Overview of Community Organizing Process
- 2. LEARNING ACTIVITIES: (45 minutes) Group yourselves into 5 (10 members per group) by animal sound. Distribute metacards containing the CO process per group. Color Animal name pink cat blue dog red rooster orange bird yellow lion
- 3. Find your group by your animal sound (5 minutes) arrange each card according to the CO phases that you had conducted or experienced. assign one member per group to read ONLY their arranged cards.
- 4. PROCESS QUESTIONS: Based on the reports per group, are there similarities/differences in the CO phases? Why are there differences in the CO phases as presented? What were the challenges that you had encountered in CO activities?
- 5. Check your Answers (COPAR Phases) Pre Entry Formulate plan for institutionalizing COPAR. Formulate criteria and guidelines for site selection. Conduct preliminary social investigation. Do ocular survey of short-listed communities. Choose sites/community for the immersion program. Coordinate with local government/NGOs for assistance. Develop survey tools. Develop community profiles for secondary data. Pay courtesy call to community leaders. Choose foster families based on guidelines.
- 6. Entry Phase Arrival in the community Integrate with community residents through immersion Immersion phase. Conduct deepening social investigation. Disseminate information to community residents regarding COPAR. Conduct community assembly. Spot potential leaders and core group members.
- 7. Organization building Phase Form the Core group Define the roles / functions of the core group Conduct team-building, self- awareness and leadership training among leaders. Informal education of core group members. Train community researchers. Consult community to organize community organization. Elect CO (community organization) officers. Organize/Train community workers and social liners. Conduct PAR (Participatory Action Research). Consolidate community diagnosis and PAR results. Formulate community plan. Organize working committees Link with LGUs/NGOs for financial and technical assistance. Implement/Monitor/Evaluate health projects.
- 8. Sustenance & Strengthening Develop financial and management systems like functional committees and implementation of livelihood projects. Assess/ re-plan community programs. Institutionalize linkages/referral points and networking. Hold continuing needs-based education/training of community workers. Formulate/Ratify Constitution and By-laws. Apply for S.E.C. registration/LGU accreditation. Negotiate for absorption of community health workers by LGU.
- 9. Phase Out CO leave the community to STAND-ALONE; should be stated as early as the entry phase. The real evaluation will be done by the residents themselves. Leaving the immersion site Documentation.
- 10. What is Community organizing? Is a social development methodology to form self- reliant, self-determined communities to sustain development activities (Castro, 2012). CO is a means of empowering people; its primary aim is to transform a situation of societal injustice, inequality and poverty.
- 11. Def. Cont. A collective, participatory, transformative, liberative, sustained and systematic process of building people’s organizations by mobilizing and enhancing the capabilities and resources of the people for the resolution of their issues and concerns towards effecting change in their existing oppressive and exploitative conditions (1994 National Rural Conference).
- 12. Goals Of CO continuous and sustained process of educating the people to understand and develop their critical awareness of their existing condition, working with the people collectively and efficiently on their immediate and long-term problems, mobilizing them to develop their capability and readiness to respond and take action on their immediate needs towards solving their long-term problems (Castro, 2012; CO: A manual of experience, PCPD).
- 13. Integration Social Investigation Tentative program planning Groundwork Meeting Role Play Mobilization or action Evaluation Reflection Organization The 10 CO Steps (Tagisan,1985)
- 14. Phases of COPAR (HRDP-COPAR Model, Casro, 2012) Pre-Entry Phase Entry Phase Organization-building phase, and Sustenance and strengthening phase Phase Out
- 15. 1. Pre-Entry Phase Preparation of the Institution Site Selection Criteria for Initial Site Selection Identifying Potential Municipalities Identifying Potential Community Choosing Final Community Identifying Host Family
- 16. 2. Entry Phase Social preparation phase. Is crucial in determining which strategies for organizing would suit the chosen community. Success of the activities depend on how much the community organizers has integrated with the community.
- 17. Integration. Establishing rapport with the people in continuing effort to imbibe community life. Deepening social investigation/community study Core Group Formation
- 18. 3. Organization-building Phase Entails the formation of more formal structure and the inclusion of more formal procedure of planning, implementing, and evaluating community-wise activities. It is at this phase where the organized leaders or groups are being given training (formal, informal, OJT) to develop their style in managing their own concerns/programs.
- 19. 4. Sustenance and Strengthening Phase community organization has already been established community members are already actively participating in community-wide undertakings. different committees setup in the organization- building phase are already expected to be functioning by way of planning, implementing and evaluating their own programs, with the overall guidance from the community-wide organization.
- 20. 5. Phase Out CO leave the community to STAND-ALONE; should be stated as early as the entry phase. The real evaluation will be done by the residents themselves. Leaving the immersion site. Documentation.
- 21. Start slowly. Be guided too by the knowledge that development means CHANGE and you do not just go about introducing new ideas without considering the risks and opportunities they involve. Get to know them Develop rapport SOME ADVICE TO RURAL DEVELOPMENT WORKERS
- 22. Win and keep the respect of local leaders. Be passionate You are the change agent, an advocate, a counsellor Be cool and have a sense of humor Avoid romantic involvement with anyone in your coverage.