COMMUNITY

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 What is Community?
Community - a group of individuals who share the same
characteristics or interests and live together in a wider society.
Moreover, community also defined as the nature or quality of
interpersonal connections and interactions that bring people
together to form social groups; often, but not always, these
individuals share the same characteristics, interests, culture, etc.
 Geographic or
Location-Based
Communities Social Communities
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in cities and or closely connected by blood ties.
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Civic and Political Communities
Political Communities: Virtual Communities
People with shared
political ideologies and Social Networking Sites:
affiliations. Platforms like Facebook,
Twitter, and LinkedIn that
foster online connections.
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Community organization
generally functions within
not-for-profit efforts, and
funding often goes
directly toward
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Community Organization
• In 1925, Walter W. Pettit stated
that "Community organization is
perhaps best defined as assisting
a group of people to recognize
their common needs and helping
them to meet these needs.
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Community Organization
•In 1967, Murray G. Ross defined
community organization as a
process by which a community
identifies needs or objectives,
takes action, and through this
process, develops cooperative
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and collaborative attitudes and M
practices within a community.
 Categories
Typically community organizations fall
into the following categories:

Community-service and action

Health
Educational
Personal growth and improvement
Social welfare and self-help for the
disadvantaged
 Models
In 1970, Jack Rothman formulated
three basic models of community
organization.
Local development
social planning
social action
 Principles
1
DEMOCRACY AND
SOCIAL WELFARE 4 CO-OPERATION 7 PREVENTION

2 COMMUNITY ROOTS FOR

COMMUNITY PROGRAMS 5 SOCIAL WELFARE
PROGRAMS

ADEQUACY, DISTRIBUTION, AND

3
CITIZEN UNDERSTANDING,
SUPPORT, AND PARTICIPATION
AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
6 ORGANISATION OF SOCIAL WELFARE
SERVICES
 Impact of
Globalization
In the era of globalization smaller
community organizations typically
rely on donations (monetary and
in-kind) from local community
members and sponsorship from
local government and businesses
 COMMUNITY
ASSESSMENT TOOLS
Interviews
Interviews are private talks
between someone asking
questions (the interviewer)
and a person from the
community (the one
answering). Interviews allow
you to gain a deeper
understanding of the
respondent’s ideas and
feelings.
 Surveys

Surveys are a common way

to gather information and
people's opinions. When
studying a community,
surveys can help figure out
what the community is good
at, what it needs, and what it
already has.
Focus Groups
Focus group is a group
of 5 to 10 people from
the community who talk
about a specific topic.
They answer questions
about the topic to find
out what the community
thinks.