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Approaches To Community Work: 06 March 2015
Approaches To Community Work: 06 March 2015
COMMUNITY WORK
06 MARCH
2015
PEOPLE-CENTRED COMMUNITY
PRACTICE
WHAT IS PEOPLE-CENTRED COMMUNITY PRACTICE?
It is the facilitation of intentional change in
conjunction with and in the context of the
community
Provides a way of thinking about and valuing
people as well as developing a sensitivity for
understanding people in their context
Communities have identities which are formed by
the interactions with their context
PRINCIPLES OF PEOPLE-CENTRED
COMMUNITY PRACTICE
Peoplecentredness
Participation
Empowerment
Ownership
Self-reliance
Sustainability
Learning process
AFRO-CENTRIC PERSPECTIVE:
PRINCIPLES OF HEALTHY COMMUNITY
LIVING
Unity
Selfdetermination
Collective work
and responsibility
Co-operative
economics
Creativity
Purpose
Faith
ETHICS OF PEOPLE-CENTRED
PRACTICE
Whose frame of reference is guiding
the process?
Do my actions show respect,
confi dentiality, empathy and selfdetermination?
Is the process guided by the peoplecentred principles?
ETHICS OF PEOPLE-CENTRED
PRACTICE
Who benefi ts from the process or
action?
Is the fi nancial management
transparent and sound?
Will the process result in the
destruction of natural and social
resources?
Does the process build community?
ETHICS OF PEOPLE-CENTRED
PRACTICE
Does the process promote equity and
social justice?
Are there proper records of decisions
and actions?
Is technology applied ethically?
CHARACTERISTICS OF A PEOPLE
CENTRED COMMUNITY PROCESS
ActionReflection
-planning
cycles
Dialogical
and
responsive
Belongs to
the
community
Strengths
and
Potential
based
Facilitative
Evolving
process
Collective
action