2. Learning Outcomes:
1. Know what is community and its different types.
2. Identify the characteristics of a community.
3. Know what is a community service and importance of community
service.
4. Choose the best strategy to be implemented while working with the
community/locality.
5. Identify the challenges in working with the community
3. What do you understand by the term “community
service”?
What is Community?
4. It is defined as a group of people who share something in
common. One can define a community by the shared
attributes of the people in it and/or by
the strength of the connections among them. You need a
bunch of people who are alike in some way, who feel some
sense of belonging or interpersonal connection.
Communities are technically human beings that share
common goal and interest.
COMMUNITY
Types of Community
5. FORMAL COMMUNITIES
- Engage in joint activities and discussion, help each other,
and share information with each other; they care about their
standing with each other.
Examples: Ecovillages, Co-housing communities, Co-ops
communities, and Religious communities
TYPES COMMUNITY
6. INFORMAL COMMUNITIES
- Consists of a set of personal relations, social networks,
common interest and emotional sources of motivation.
Examples: Academic communities, Recreation communities
and Retirement communities
TYPES COMMUNITY
7. URBAN COMMUNITIES
- Large in terms of land area & population, advanced in
science & technology, with favorable physical environment and & diverse cultures, and the
people are engaged in various occupations.
Characteristics of urban communities:
Many business establishments, recreational centers, educational and religious institutions,
people are crowded, class extremes and greater pollution; many crimes are committed,
Family ties tend to be weak, Limited space, Greater impersonality among neighbors, Higher
standard of living, Shortage of employment, Informal settlers are rampant; A lot of hazards
and dangers, Greater number of separation of spouses and live- in arrangements, Major
occupations are industrial, administrative and professional, Divisions of labor and
occupational specialization are very much common
TYPES COMMUNITY
8. RURAL COMMUNITIES
- Usually produce their own food for subsistence.
Characteristics of rural communities:
Greater personal interaction, Deep, long-term relationships , Generally, peace
and order exists, Mutual give and take affairs, Emphasis of shared values,
Vernacular is usually spoken, Wider area; Influence of blood relationships in
decision making, Homogenous type of culture, Belief in supernatural and
superstitious beliefs, Relationship is more personal and informal, Less
pollution, Few establishments and institutions, Few goods and services
TYPES COMMUNITY
9. GLOBAL COMMUNITIES
- It is the international aggregate of nation-states.
- Global communities or what we refer to as the “World
Community” they have common point of view towards issues
of human rights, global warming and climate change, peace
and order, socio-economic conditions as well as disputed
issues such as territorial conflict.
Examples: ASEAN, UNESCO, UNITED NATIONS, WHO,
TYPES COMMUNITY
10. SECTORAL COMMUNITIES
- This include the voluntary sector or non-profit
Sector.
Example: NGOs: Non-governmental organizations, Pro-Life
Philippines, Philippine Red Cross, Haribon Foundation,
Amnesty International Philippines, Philippine Alliance of
Human Rights Advocates, KARAPATAN, Philippine Task Force
for Indigenous Peoples’ Rights
TYPES COMMUNITY
11. SOCIAL SPACE COMMUNITIES
- Based on social spaces.
- A social space is a physical or virtual space:
Physical: social center, gathering place, town squares, parks,
pubs, shopping malls;
Virtual: online social media, websites.
Characteristics of social spaces- People gather at information
grounds for a primary purpose other than information sharing, Attended by
different social types, Social interaction is a primary activity, Information
occurs in many directions, Information is used in alternative ways, many sub-
contexts exist; together they form grand context.
TYPES COMMUNITY
What Characterize a Community
12. 1. A community is typified by membership; that is its members have a sense of
identity and belonging.
2. A community consists of common symbol systems, such as similar language,
religion and practices.
3. Community members share norms and values.
4. They have a sense of mutual influence, whereby they influence and are
influenced by each other (reciprocity).
5. A community is characterized by shared needs and commitment to meeting
those needs.
6. Community members typically share an emotional connection, such as
common history, mutual support, and similar experiences.
WHAT CHARACTERIZE A COMMUNITY
14. - Community service is any kind of work done either by a
person or a group of people with the objective to benefit
others.
- Is done on a volunteer basis, which means there is no
monetary outcome.
- You are basically volunteering your time and effort to
help.
- It focuses on children, animals, senior citizens, people
with disabilities and the environment.
WHAT IS COMMUNITY SERVICE
Why Should You Participate in Community Service?
15. 1. Helps you develop a richer perspective of the world.
2. Develop an increased sense of social responsibility.
3. Often results in psychological and emotional growth
4. Improves lifelong communication, interpersonal and
critical thinking skills.
5. Helps students find their passion and interests that could
potentially lead to career choices they may have failed to
consider otherwise.
Why Should You Participate in Community Service?
16. 6. Can help strengthen college applications and resume.
7. Can be a great way to meet new people and make friends.
8. Provides you with an opportunity to gain work experience.
9. Allows you to quickly step up to leadership positions
within organizations.
10.Provides an opportunity to apply academic learning to
real life events.
Why Should You Participate in Community Service?
Tips How you Should Work Together
17. 1. Set goals and monitor your performance.
2. Create effective plans for reaching those goals
3. Communicate clearly.
4. Solve problems together.
5. Be open.
6. Respect individuality.
Tips How you Should Work Together
How to Positively Benefit Your Community as a Student?
18. These are skills that you can develop:
1. Leadership
2. Problem-solving
3. Collaboration with others
4. Time management
5. Communication
How to Positively Benefit Your Community as a Student?
Activities That You Can Engage
19. 1. Pick up some trash.
2. Start a violence protection group in your community.
3. Participate in a charity walk or run.
4. Host an Earth Day event.
5. Create and distribute a list of hotlines for people who might need help.
6. Teach a home-alone safety class for children.
7. Gather a group of friends or talk to one of the on-campus clubs to package meals for the
homeless in the surrounding city.
8. At the end of the semester, create a textbook donation drive so students can
donate used textbooks to redistribute to low-income students for free.
9. Create a summer reading program.
10. Teach classes for a skill you have.
Activities That You Can Engage
Challenges of Community Engagement
20. 1. Attitudes and expectations
2. Characteristics of urban communities
3. Commitment to the future
Challenges of Community Engagement
Tips How you Should Work Together
