Community participation’ is a collective involvement of local people in assessing their needs and organisation strategies to meet those needs. The importance of community participation in development is uncontested. This includes the principle, ‘participation by individuals, communities and special groups in determining their development should be pursued as a basis for successful programs and services to maintain and improve their livelihood. When the community is few to participate in the programs then the success becomes minimum.
I agree wholeheartedly with you, Paul. I’ve been thinking a great deal about how our systems operate and too often we don’t have enough voices at the table—or rather, we don’t have enough diversity of voices. In the same measure, so many people are critical of our systems but choose to take a passive role.
Ultimately most of us want the same thing, so we must be willing to navigate the challenges we face along the way in order to truly address the issue. One of the greatest challenges I have see is that people become distracted by negativity—which I touched on in the blog. I believe this negativity or in many cases, feeling of hopelessness, is what causes people to become removed from a role in bettering their community.
I recently read Dr. Martin Luther King’s last book—“Where Do We Go From Here?” It was truly eye-opening and has helped propel me in my work. It is both discouraging and encouraging.
Not only must we have more community members participate in the actual work/development of programs, we must have positive engagement. That is the true determining factor of success.
COMMENTS
BY paul
ON July 7, 2015 02:23 AM
Community participation’ is a collective involvement of local people in assessing their needs and organisation strategies to meet those needs. The importance of community participation in development is uncontested. This includes the principle, ‘participation by individuals, communities and special groups in determining their development should be pursued as a basis for successful programs and services to maintain and improve their livelihood. When the community is few to participate in the programs then the success becomes minimum.
BY Ann Austin
ON July 9, 2015 02:59 AM
I agree wholeheartedly with you, Paul. I’ve been thinking a great deal about how our systems operate and too often we don’t have enough voices at the table—or rather, we don’t have enough diversity of voices. In the same measure, so many people are critical of our systems but choose to take a passive role.
Ultimately most of us want the same thing, so we must be willing to navigate the challenges we face along the way in order to truly address the issue. One of the greatest challenges I have see is that people become distracted by negativity—which I touched on in the blog. I believe this negativity or in many cases, feeling of hopelessness, is what causes people to become removed from a role in bettering their community.
I recently read Dr. Martin Luther King’s last book—“Where Do We Go From Here?” It was truly eye-opening and has helped propel me in my work. It is both discouraging and encouraging.
Not only must we have more community members participate in the actual work/development of programs, we must have positive engagement. That is the true determining factor of success.