Exercise 3.

Essay Writing

Directions. In not more than 300 words explain why community action plan is important. Write
your answer in the box.

“A healthy community is an element of living democracy in which people are working together to
resolve issues that are important to them.”

The community action plan is one of the collaborative tools for increasing community members'
capacity to act in response to the community's problems, needs, and potential. It's a blueprint for bringing
about community change and delivering critical services by laying out what will be done, who will do it,
and how it will be done. The plan outlines what the community wants to accomplish, what activities must
be completed within a certain time frame, and what resources (money, people, and materials) are required
to achieve success.

A community action becomes platform for carrying out activities that the community has finally
agreed on. The emphasis is on the process of understanding and eliminating risks in order to rebuild
people's lives, rather than on physical development, such as building houses, providing health services, or
providing recreational facilities. It's critical to recognize that the community should be the driving force
behind the development of their own community action plan. The action plan assists people in taking
realistic and concrete measures toward participatory development planning in order to improve services
that are meaningful to them. This tool raises awareness of the skills and resources already available in the
community by bringing everyone together to think about and discuss resources and group involvement.