BSW study material

1. Community
development
Presentation By:
Prof. Rahul Mahida

2. Definitions
Background & Concept
Approaches of CD
CD in India
CONTENT:

3. Definitions
Community: a “group of people with a
common characteristic or interest living
together within a larger society” or a “body
of persons or nations having a common
history or common social, economic, and
political interests”

4. Definitions
Community Development: a process
whereby the efforts of Government are
united with those of the people to improve
the social, cultural, and economic
conditions in communities

5. Community Development
“Community development is the participation of
people in a mutual learning experience involving
themselves, their local resources, external change
agents, and outside resources. People cannot be
developed. They can only develop themselves by
participating in activities which affect their well-
being. People are not being developed when they are
herded like animals into new ventures.”
Julius Nyerere, 1968

6. united nation’s report states
that:
“Community Development is the process
designed to create conditions of economic
and social progress for whole of community
development with its active participation
and fullest possible reliance on community
initiative.”

7. Background & concept of CD
 Community Development seeks to empower individuals
and groups of people by providing them with the skills
they need to effect change within their communities.
These skills are often created through the formation of
large social groups working for a common agenda.
 It is a broad term given to the practices of civic leaders,
activists, involved citizens and professionals to improve
various aspects of communities, typically aiming to
build stronger and more resilient local communities.

8. Background & concept of CD
 Community development is a process where
community members come together to take collective
action and generate solutions to common problems.“
 Community development is a process where community
members come together to take collective action and
generate solutions to common problems. Community
wellbeing (economic, social, environmental and
cultural) often evolves from this type of collective
action being taken at a grassroots level.

9. Background & concept of CD
Community development is a grassroots process by which
communities:
 Become more responsible
 Organize and plan together
 Develop healthy lifestyle options
 Empower themselves
 Reduce poverty and suffering
 Create employment and economic opportunities
 Achieve social, economic, cultural and environmental
goals

10. Background & concept of CD
 The community development process takes charge of
the conditions and factors that influence a community
and changes the quality of life of its members.
Community development is a tool for managing change
but it is not:
 a quick fix or a short-term response to a specific issue
within a community;
 a process that seeks to exclude community members
from participating; or
 an initiative that occurs in isolation from other related
community activities.

11. community development
approach

12. Approaches to Community Development
 Community Capacity building
 Social capital
 Nonviolent direct action
 Economic development
 Community economic development
 Sustainable development
 Community-driven development(CDD)
 Asset-Based Community Development(ABCD)
 Faith-based community development;
 Community-based participatory research(CBPR)
 Community organizing
 Participatory planning

13. Community development in India
 India’s community is dependent on village
communities.
 Emphasis on the habits and attitudes of
people.
 Active involvement of people on group
work and community organization
methods.

14. THANK YOU
Presentation By:
Prof. Rahul Mahida
Faculty of Social Work
Parul University