Phases Of Community Immersion Flashcards
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is a strategy in community organizing that is sought to imbibe among the NSTP students, a better understanding and realization of the different community concerns through the exposure on actual life situations specifically in thedeprived, depressed andthe underprivileged communities.
Community Immersion
Phases of Community Immersion
- PRE-IMMERSION
- ENTERING THE COMMUNITY
- COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT
- COMMUNITY INTEGRATION
- PROGRAM/PROJECT
IMPLEMENTATION - TERMINATION OF PROJECTS
•Greet and Meet with Key Informants
•Establish rapport with Key Informants
•Set Objectives and Community Goals
Pre-Immersion
•Get their expectations
•Forming a Mutual and Trusting Relationship
•Ocular Inspection of the site
•Setting time frame and Termination date
Pre-Immersion
Establishing a set of criteria for the choice of the area or community to be organized. It is essential that community members are receptive to the non-government organizations (NGOs) and the type of project you are proposing. This is done through consultations with the leaders of the community.
Pre-Immersion
Considerations should include the peace and order situation in the area, interest and willingness of the local government to establish partnership with the project and accessibility of the project site.
Pre-Immersion
Community organizers must be able to give ideas about the benefits and other involvement the community may do.
Pre-Immersion
Community organizers must be able to give ideas about the benefits and other involvement the community may do.
Pre-Immersion
• Courtesy Call
• House to House Interview (Gathering of data)
• Gathering of Demographic Data
• Spot Mapping
Entering the Community
• Forming a Mutual and Trusting Relationship with the community people
• Getting in touch with the community people assisted by the barangay officials.
• A good entry will mean good implementation and working relationship
Entering the Community
• Set a meeting, Involve the Brgy Officials and Head of the Family
• Assessment of needs and problems
• Prioritization of problems with them
Community Needs Assessment
• SWOT Analysis
• Brainstorming of projects and program proposal.
Community Needa Assessment
The community organizers during this stage assists the community in identifying and prioritizing current community needs and issues. A compromise between the felt and objective needs must be met. SWOT analysis is the best tool in determining helpful and harmful attributes in achieving development within the community.
Community Needs Assessment
Demographic profile is also assessed and should be totaled. Community profiling may help in gaining deeper knowledge about the community that will help the organizers to acquire active involvement from community people.
Community Needs Assessment
• Planning, Organizing, Budgeting and Leading
• Planning of Proposed project
• Submission of proposed project
Community Integration
• Finding resources and community people for involvement in the day of event
• Awareness of the community people for the project implementation
• Finalization of the project planning with the community (Dry-run)
Community Integration
is also one of the best strategies that organizers can practice in order to catch up with the current situation in the community. Joining a small gathering or umpukan of housewives, or some of the local youths at their tambayan can one way or another help you gather pertinent information (identification of problems and current issues) on the community.
Community Integration
Be observant. Attentively watch the community’s pamumuhay or way of living. Continue monitor the demographic and geographic factors of the community. Rapport and Empowerment is important at this stage.
Community Integration
Project Planning:
The community organizer together with the Brgy. Officials facilitates the process and provides information with each other that could be used as input for planning.
The output process would include strategies and actions plans, series of activities for organization development, capability-building and resource management.
Community Integration
• Day of Big/Main event
• Community Involvement and Participation
• Documenting the main event
Project Implementation
The plan that was initially formulated with the community is now put into action. This is were community involvement is most essential, after all the project is for them. This where the plan will be put into practice and application
Project Implementation
The moment you implemented the project proposal. You must be documenting every moment of the event. Materials like camera or video recorder are the best way to document the project implementation.
Project Implementation
•Evaluation of event
• Meeting with Brgy. Officials
• Exchange of gratitude
• Finalization of documentation.
Termination of Project
The Community organizers and brgy. officials exchanges their gratitude with each other and promotes trusting relationship for all the work and activities they have done for the community.
Termination of Project
