2. Involving Self into the Community
• It is important to understand the relationship between the self
and the community. Every person feels that he or she is
dependent upon the community. The success of community
action lies in the involvement of a person to his or her social
environment.
3. Questions that intend to work on community:
• Am I willing to engage myself in the community?
• Do all my community members agree on certain actions we would like to
implement in the community?
• Who will benefit if we work together?.
4. Community Problems
• Are problems that concern a large number of people. In other words, if
there is a problem affecting the community, we are the ones directly
experiencing the problem. We create and make solutions instead of being
silent about it.
5. Community Problems
• However, in trying to engage in the community, it is important for
you to understand yourself first because you are continually
influencing and shaping the process of helping those most
affected by a problem.
6. Ask yourself:
• What motivates me?
• Why am I participating?
• What do I want to achieve?
• How will I react to different people and situations?
• How committed am I?
• How much am I willing to do?
7. How community solidarity be evident?
• For example, a barangay wanted to end malnutrition rate among
children. Our interest to help the barangay to end malnutrition
rate is not only the concern of few people but of a large number
of constituents. We have to unite people affected by the problem
to get involved in making solutions. This enable to fasten the
implementation of intervention projects to malnutrition problem
and see its impact. Hence, solidarity creates an environment in
which mutual service is encouraged
8. To show solidarity in the community, here are some
of the roles you can have to involve yourself:
• Get involved in planning processes like creating goals or defining the problem.
• Donate money or help out with a fundraising effort.
• Volunteer to staff the office, answer phones, put together mass mailings, or make phone
calls.
• Doing research, writing grant proposals, or handling correspondence.
• Attend public events like community hearings, or fundraising events.
• Serve on committees that focus on specific problems or activities.
• Take leadership roles in a community partnership.
9. Community Engagement
• Every community is different, with diverse social and cultural backgrounds.
This brings you to a challenging task on how to involve more people to
participate in community engagement aside from ourselves. There are two
important ways to involve people affected by a problem in helping them to
be aware and solve the problem. First, you can listen to them so that you
have a better understanding about the causes of the problem. Second,
they can become involved through participation in the program
initiatives that are being developed by empowering them to tackle the
problems they confront.
10. ASSIGNMENT:
Identify the problem faced by the community in the picture below. In 2-3 paragraph, explain
how can you involve yourself to be part of the community action in the context of the
situation in the picture. Write your answer in 1 whole paper.