Major Phases on Community Organizing
HELPING PHASE
COMMUNITY DIAGNOSIS
Gathering information on the situation in the community
Gathering Initial information about the community
Identifying the needs and problems
Gathering information about available resources
SOCIAL ANALYSIS
- Analyzing the various structure and forces in the community
- Understanding of what projects have been tried in the past, if any, and their location
- Identify the classes and sectors present in the community
- Strength and weaknesses of the country
SEO
ENGAGEMENT AND PLANNING
- Tentative planning and strategizing
- Agree with the people on roles and responsibilities
- Core group formation
ACTION/IMPLEMENTATION & INTERVENTION
- Ground work or advocacy work
- Community meeting
- Organization of community working with groups and assignments of task and responsibilities to implement action plan
- Role play - Implementation of action plan
- Utilization of available resources and community mobilization
- Networking and advocacy
THE ENDING PHASE
A low profile entry is preferable than a grand entrance
Establishment of initial linkages between community people and resource systems ( Building Rapport )
Social
SOCIAL
RURAL URBAN
OBJECTIVE
THE MIDDLE or WORK PHASE PRACTICE ( HELPING PHASE )
- Modification ,Termination or Transfer of action
EVALUATION
- Examination of results of implementation against objectives and success indicators
- Statement of findings and documentation
- Reflection and self criticism
- Synthesis of CO experience
- Formalization of community organization
The process of discovering by the people what has been accomplished, what has been left out and what remains to be done.
To define community organizing and community organizer
To enumerate the different related roles of a community organizer
To identify the major phases in community organizing
COMMUNITY ORGANIZING
The preliminary and beginning phase of community ( Pre – Helping Phase )
Is a process by which citizens in their local neighborhoods articulate issues, form community organizations and identify targets of injustice.
COMMUNITY ORGANIZER
Formulation of indices for selection of areas to be helped
Identification of target area / barangay / community
Assignment of workers to target areas
The essential aim if the pre helping phase is the conscious and continuing involvement of all sectors concerned in the welfare of people in the community and ultimately getting their full commitment to help in the entire process of community problem resolution
Is someone plays the role of a community organizer, i. e. the person who mobilizes individuals, families and groups to come together in unity and collective address a given issue need or problem.
RELATED ROLES OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZER