COMMUNITY
On the other hand Community Organizing is people working
DEVELOPMENT AND
COMMUNITY ORGANIZING
Chapter 5
‘To realize the community’s dreams and expectations, by
strengthening itself and develop towards its full potentials through
active participation and effective involvement thus create
empowered and responsible citizens working relentlessly for a
better Philippines.’ This is the Vision of Community Development
in the Philippines. Basically it is the framework of Chapter 5 with
the title Community Development and Community Organizing.
Community Development was defined as the process of
facilitating people to actualize themselves and therefore discover
their identities and possibilities and connection with each other
and with the world. And each of the members of the community
must bear in mind the First is the People’s Welfare. Welfare of the
people the utmost concern and endeavors must improve quality of
life, give meaning in life and leads to sustainability and self-
determination. Second is the People's Capacity, Everyone in the
community must have the will to build of to participate for every
little thing they can make can create a huge difference. Lastly is
People’s Participation and Collective Involvement, ofcourse it is
not a community if there is no unity. Everyone must be active in
participating in activities for community development.
together to get things done.In order to do that, Community
Organizers must first make a plan. And it entails a few more
steps before doing the plan. 1. The organizers must select an
area site, where there are lots of potential project being
visioned about. 2. Entry to the community, after the selection
organizers now enter their choosen area. They should
coordinate accordingly to the officials of that area. 3.
Community Study, organizers will observe, have a good look at
the whole area. 4. Spotting Potential Leaders, in the course fo
working with the community organizers will notice those people
who are really concern about their community. 5. Core Group
Formation of course no work can be done if there is no group
work. Task must be distributed properly for efficient and fast
work flow. 6. Community Organization, this is where the Final
Plan is made. In this phase the objectives, projects the time
frame are specified. 7.Mobilization, phase where the actual
implementation of the project is done. 8. Evaluation and Follow
up, after the project or activity was done it is a must to do a
post evaluation to see if the activity had something to improve
or made a difference in the community.
Chapter 5 main gist is that Community Development and
Community Organizing exist for the people. It is important that
the ordinary people are empowered to participate actively in the
development of their community. Community Organizers are
just there to implement and facilitate the community in working ,
making them from dependent to independent so they can make
change for their community.

Project 
Management and
Development
When someone wants to achieve something, one must devise
a plan that will be his guide through out his allotted time in
achieving that goal. Planning is important because 'Failing to
plan is planning to fail'. In this module it shows how to create
and plan for a program/ project and learn how to execute this
plan to put community development into practice. This is inline
with the previous chapter which is Community Development
and Community Organizing.
Project Management was defined as undertaking the task to
effectively plan, organize, direct and use resources to achieve
a certain goal on a limited timeframe. Timeframe is much
reiterated because one can want to achieve so much in much
limited time. In Project Management have different stages
which are similar to Community Organizing. First is
Assessment, project managers must know where to start.
Know what a community or an organization needs. One should
start solving small problems first before tackling bigger
problems. Profiling is one the method used in Assessment.
Second is Planning, when planning one should be SMART.
SMART stands for: Specific what particular project or activity
should be done; Measurable where managers should consider
the rate at which the project can be achieved; Attainable of
course plan for a project that you know that can be attained;
Realistic not some fantasy projects; Time-bound of course to
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avoid time wastage. Third stage is the Implementation, the
active part of the project where the actual work is done. Fourth
stage is Monitoring where the implemented projects are made
sure to push through and end properly. The last stage is the
Evaluation where organizers consider the value of the project is
it worth it or not.
Also important is to recognize and evaluate the significance of
project management in community development. The goal of the
two is unified in making the life of the people in the community
more efficient, making a difference. And as organizers it is so
much fulfilling to help other people not expecting something in
return.
Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit
down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to
complete it? For if he lays the foundation and is not able to finish
it, everyone who sees it will ridicule him, saying, "This fellow
began to build and was not able to finish." Luke 14:28-30.
Success in anything requires one to plan carefully, prepare for it.
When one fail to plan, one will most likely to fail. Successful
people knows that planning is important, specially when
bombarded with difficult task. Good planning is important
because it conserves resources, prevents wasted effort, and
saves time and money. Good planning prevents small problems
from becoming big problems. As a community they must have a
certain goal that will be achieved together.