Introduction to Community Empowerment/Community Empowerment Introduction - Readings

== Part A: What We Want for the Community==

Avoiding Social Engineering

 * We can not force a community to grow and become stronger (social engineering) but we can encourage and guide it to develop itself


 * Capacity Development Key Words Entry
 * Social Engineering Discussion Handout
 * Social Engineering Key Words Entry

Why Empower a Community?

 * Empowerment Principles Module Hub (Introduction)


 * The Community is the Most Effective Medium
 * Why Empower a Community? Discussion Handout


 * Power, Capacity, Ability
 * Ability Key Words Entry
 * Strengthen Key Words Entry
 * Capacity Development Discussion Handout


 * Choosing Which Communities
 * Read about Choosing in Managing an Empowerment Programme
 * Read Choosing a Community in Empowerment Principles
 * Read Why Empower a Community in Empowerment Principles


 * Wealth and Poverty, A Social Approach
 * Poverty Key Words Entry
 * Wealth Key Words Entry
 * Wealth Discussion Handout
 * Value Key Words Entry


 * Participation (Necessary but not Necessarily Sufficient)
 * Participation Key Words Entry
 * Community Participation Key Words Entry
 * Consult Key Words Entry
 * Participation Discussion Handout by Ben Flemming

Factors of Poverty (Not Causes)

 * Five Factors of Poverty Discussion Paper


 * Disease
 * Read Disease in Factors of Poverty
 * Disease Key Words Entry


 * Apathy
 * Read Apathy in Factors of Poverty
 * Apathy Key Words Entry


 * Dependency
 * Read Dependency in Factors of Poverty
 * Dependency Key Words Entry
 * Read Dependency in Project Design Module Discussion Handout


 * Dishonesty
 * Read Dishonesty in Factors of Poverty
 * Dishonesty Key Words Entry


 * Ignorance
 * Read Ignorance in Factors of Poverty
 * Ignorance Key Words entry

The Problem with Charity

 * Read Charity in Hidden Resources Discussion Handout


 * Kindness can Kill
 * Kindness Kills Discussion Handout
 * Charity Key Word Entry


 * The So-Called "Welfare Mentality"
 * Parallels –– Student Generated Discussion


 * Partnership and Training
 * Hand up vs hand out –– Student Generated Discussion


 * Corruption and the Multiplier Effect
 * The Multiplier Effect Discussion Paper

The Dependency Syndrome

 * The Dependency Syndrome Discussion Handout


 * Charity Rightly Belongs to Emergency Response
 * Review Charity in Hidden Resources Discussion Handout


 * Giving Alms Trains Beggars
 * Read Wealth in Principles of Wealth Discussion paper


 * The Broken Bone Analogy; Pain Killers (Alleviation)
 * Read the Medical analogy in After the Disaster


 * Money Transfers Do Not Generate (New) Wealth
 * Read Assumptions in Principles of Wealth Generation Discussion Paper
 * Wealth Key Words Entry

Hidden Resources

 * Hidden Resources Discussion Handout

Why People Hide their Wealth
 * Don't you?


 * Self Reliance Requires Uncovering All Resources
 * A Lesson About the Value of Transparency
 * Read Chapter Three of The Strategy Report


 * Redefining Liabilities as Assets, Challenges as Gifts (Theresa)
 * Management and Positive Attitudes Discussion handout
 * Rename Problems as Gifts Discussion Handout

The Mobilization Cycle

 * Why we describe mobilization as in a cycle?
 * The Mobilisation Cycle Module Hub
 * Mobilization Cycle Key Words Entry


 * The Structure of the Intervention
 * Mobilization Cycle Explicated Discussion Handout


 * Training as mobilization
 * Training as Mobilization Discussion Handout


 * Once-And-For-All Invites Failure
 * Think about it


 * How to Sustain the Cycle
 * Sustaining the Intervention Short Module


 * Intervention as a Process


 * Student Generated Discussion


 * Reporting
 * Leaving Usable Records
 * Report Writing Discussion Handout

== Part B: What You Need to do to Mobilise a Community==

To Be a Mobiliser

 * To Be a Mobiliser Discussion Handout


 * Intrinsic Personal Characteristics
 * Skills Discussion Handout


 * Trainable Personal Characteristics
 * Skills Discussion Handout


 * Reputation
 * Your Reputation is Your Most Valuable Asset


 * Integrity not only must be done, Integrity Key Words Entry
 * It must be seen to have been done Requirements Job Description


 * Not every community is ready to be mobilised
 * Knowing When to Fold ‘Em Discussion Handout

Getting Prepared

 * Getting Prepared Module Hub


 * Know (or Learn) Your Goals and Objectives
 * Know Your Goals Discussion Handout


 * Know (or Learn) About Your Beneficiaries
 * Know Your Target Community Discussion Handout


 * Know (or Learn) the Needed Skills
 * Know the Required Skills Discussion Handout


 * Know (or Learn) the Community Empowerment Concepts
 * Know the Concepts Discussion Handout

Getting Started (Preparing the Community)

 * Getting Started Module Hub


 * Making the Road Passable (Permissions)
 * Clearing the Pathway Discussion Handout


 * Raising Awareness, Not Expectations
 * Raising Awareness Discussion Handout


 * Challenging the First Wish List
 * Challenging the Community Discussion Handout


 * Making Community Decisions
 * Choosing a Project Discussion Handout

Organizing the Community

 * Organizing the Community Module Hub


 * Organizing for Decision Making and Action
 * Organising for Action Discussion Handout


 * Management Training (and Union Organizing) for Communities
 * Training as Mobilization Discussion Handout


 * Community Plan and Action Plan
 * Community Action Plan Discussion Handout


 * Project Design
 * Project Design Discussion Handout
 * Project Design Module Hub

Implementing the Community Action

 * Into Action Module Introduction


 * Organizing Without Action is Not Mobilizing
 * Action Key Words Entry


 * Implementing the Community Plans
 * Implementing Community Plans Discussion Handout


 * Oops! They Need More Skills
 * Skills Discussion Handout
 * Needs Discussion Handout


 * Include the Monitoring, Too
 * Monitoring Discussion Handout


 * Celebration (Necessary Work) –– Avoid veisalgia)
 * Celebration Discussion Handout

Sustaining the Process

 * Sustaining the Process Module Hub


 * Do We Eat Once-And-For-All?
 * Sustaining the Cycle Discussion Handout


 * How do Communities Maintain Their Facilities? (Flat Rates vs Fees)
 * Costs of Maintaining Water Supply Discussion Handout


 * The Importance of Finding Leaders to Carry On
 * Identifying and Training Leaders Discussion Handout


 * Reporting to Assist in Sustaining
 * Review Leaving Usable Records
 * Review Report Writing Discussion Handout

Community Empowerment and National Development (Conclusion)

 * Content generated from student discussions


 * Expectations in Newly Independent Countries
 * To Decree That Participation is Allowed does not Guarantee It
 * The Community is the Medium Where it Can Work
 * Do not Ask a Chicken for Milk, or a Cow for Eggs