Community development empowers persons and groups within society to have capacity to improve

their lives. Community development is a positive change and value based process which aims to address
imbalances in welfare and power based on inclusion, human rights, social justice, equity and equality

The community development approaches include: needs-based approach, problem-solving approach,

participatory approach, asset-based approach, the power-conflict -approach, welfare approach and
rights-based approach..

Community Development Exchange defines community development as: both an occupation (such as a
community development worker in a local authority) and a way of working with communities. Its key
purpose is to build communities based on justice, equality and mutual respect. The United Nations
defines community development as "a process where community participants, settlers, or citizens come
together to take shared or communal action and make or generate solutions to collective challenges or
difficulties1...

Community development promotes equality, egalitarianism, classlessness, consensus, fairness, human

rights and social justice, through education and empowerment of people within their communities,
whether these be of locality, identity or interest, in urban and rural settings (Gilchrist and Taylor 2011).

Community development". UNTERM. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014

Community development is a holistic approach grounded in principles of empowerment, human rights,

inclusion, social justice, self-determination and collective action (Kenny, 2007).

Community development empowers persons and groups within society to have capacity to improve
their lives. Community development is a positive change and value based process which aims to address
imbalances in welfare and power based on inclusion, human rights, social justice, equity and equality.
Community development involves changing the relationships between local and uncivilized people and
elite, rich, in positions of power. This enables them to participate in the discussion of community issues
that affect their lives.

Community development is crucial purpose is to build communities based on justice, equality and
mutual respect. There are potential outcomes at both individual and community level. Children and
families directly involved in community development initiatives may benefit from increases in skills,
knowledge, empowerment and self-efficacy, and experience enhanced social inclusion and community
connectedness (Kenny, 2007). 2 https://aifs.gov.au/cfca/expert-panel-project/what-community-
development 3 Definition of CD". Community Development Exchange.
https://web.archive.org/web/20100714160130/http://www.cdx.org.uk/community-development/
whatcommunity-development Through community development initiatives, community members can
become more empowered. This enables them to increasingly recognize and challenge conditions and
structures which are leading to their disempowerment or negatively impacting their wellbeing (Ife,
2016). At the community level, community development and empowerment initiatives can achieve long-
term outcomes such as stronger and more cohesive communities, evidenced by changes in social
capital, civic engagement, social cohesion and improved health (Campbell, Pyett, & McCarthy, 2007; Ife,
2016; Kenny, 2007; Wallerstein, 2006) The community development approaches involves different
methods and techniques of operation and functioning with communities for conventional programs and
organization. Community development approaches include: needs-based approach, problem-solving
approach, participatory approach, asset-based approach, community-based approach, the power-
conflict - approach, welfare approach and rights-based approach.  The needs-based approach focuses
on the community's needs, deficiencies and problems. It focuses on identifying needs in a deteriorating
community and creating external inputs to meet those needs. as a traditional approach, is generally
understood as a deficit model which focuses on the community's needs, deficiencies and problems. 
The problem solving approach focuses on different methods approaches that can be used in creating
different solution for the problems that are faced by communities  Participatory approach focuses on
ensuring that people are educated and encouraged to participate in the development process. People
should participate in every step from initiation to evaluation on every development project and
programme.  The asset Based Community Development is an approach to sustainable
communitydriven development. Asset Based Community Development's basis is that communities can
drive the development process themselves by identifying and mobilizing existing, but often
unrecognized assets.  The power conflict approach concentrates on creating a peaceful community.
The process deals with solution that will deal with conflicts that slow the progress and hamper
development process  Welfare approach. Is an approach that deals with working communities to build
their capacity that improves their wellbeing, happiness and eventually their prosperity  Righ based
approach focused on ensuring that people ‘s human rights are by themselves and the leaders. The
process deals with human rights abuses which especially have kept people in suffering and poverty The
paper focused on community development approaches of operation and functioning with communities.
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