Participatory Rapid Appraisal of a Community

Peoples Benefits from Participatory  People would be empowered

Development. Through various activities that
required their active participation
and involvement as community
members.
 Member of the community can
build a harmonious relationship to
maintain their social
connectedness.
 People in the community are
enlightened on how they are going
to analyze their problems and
needs to change their situation and
elevate their way of living.
 Every member has an opportunity
to share their perspective
regardless of their status in the
community to avoid biases on the
activities that need to be done.
 Members of the community can
benefit from participatory
development by developing their
skills in how to facilitate the group,
plan activities also, to monitor
every project that they propose.

People Contribution to Development.  People contribute to development

through volunteerism by offering
their skills and efforts to help in the
services to attain their goal in the
community.
 Community knowledge also
contributes to development
wherein people know almost
everything in the community that
they are supposed to overcome in
the development process.
 Manpower is one development in
which every member is obliged to
do a specific task and mobilize
their resources.
 Narrative sharing that would

People's Involvement in the Decision
Making Regarding the Nature and
Process of Development.
contribute to the development that
will capture the community
knowledge, and aspiration that
influence the development of the
community.
 Collaborative mapping of
community resources, strengths,
and skills to help in the process of
development.
 Community meetings for the
members of the community to get
organized and actively participate
in the decision-making.
 Establishing a committee that
represents the task that they need
to do. This would help to easily
manage the community's
decisions.
 Surveys and consultations would
help to gather information and
different perspectives of the
community members as a basis for
the decisions.
 Participatory discussion that
requires all members of the
community to have an equal
opportunity to voice out their
concerns about a specific action
they would make.
 Community governance structure
strengthening the governance in
the community will enhance the
community participation of its
members in the decision-making.