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Looking Beyond Borders
Youth Leadership &
Community Development
Understanding Communities That Aren’t Ours(Involving Youth in Facilitating Community Development)
ERNESTO C. CASIPLE, JR.19.March.2011/ Mindanao State University, General Santos City
Presented to the 40th Anniversary of Youth Community Service Club
This presentation
• Less input, less definitions • More and more sharing of ideas • More suggestions… NOT ADVICE• No “Doctor’s Prescription” • More stories • More sharing of experiences• Key words only… all to set same
understanding on terms • Facilitating… not teaching… not coaching• Encourages participation and networking
Youth
• Energy • Enthusiasm • Groove • Idealism• Steadfast • Noble • Gutsy• Modern
Leader
• Passion• Mission• Outcome• Empower• Team• Intelligent• Risk
ComDev
• Improve • Help • Make • Needs • Develop• Assist • Understand
Cartoon Credit: http://cesdev.blogspot.com/
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poor
children
youth
projects
activitiesimmersionoutreach
lessonsTARGETStravelfaces
places
leadervolunteer
member
Teams
Reflect and Comment on This!
• “Thank God for that a panel of experts!”—development cartoon
• “Mr. Director General, why is it that you people from UN agencies when you come here, instead of asking for our experience and skills, our thoughts and our dreams, you give us lessons and advices? Why do you not come here to listen first, then give us advice based on what you heared?—a teacher in a village from Burkina Faso to Frederico Mayor, Dir. Gen of UNESCO.. .Source: UNFPA Website
Adapted from: Kettle, KC & Saul, L (2006). Guidelines for Managing the Integration of Culture into Development Programmes
Questions in Community ServicePonder the following cartoon:
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• Participation: Is it required? My GF/BF/ crush is their?
• Delivery: Did we ask their needs?• Culture: Do we know them?• Peace: Are we aware of their experiences? • Target: Is it for fun? Is it for “gold”? Or is it
because there is a need?
Facilitating Multicultural Groups
Knowing your own cultural valuesResearching the Cultural Context Facilitation Values and Attitudes Researching Background of Participants (or
Beneficiaries)
Key terms to ponder: language, culture, heritage
Adapted: Hogan, C. 2007
SAMPLES ONLY: My experiences on Community Development
• 1996-2000: HIV/AIDS prevention advocacy, community service (environment), adolescenthood, peer education/ counseling, children’s right, theater on culture
• 2000-present: youth development, policy advocacy, peace and development, heritage and culture, micro enterprise development, HIV/AIDS, programme management and intervention, climate change adaptation
Volunteerism & Leadership (Re)-defined
Slides from a paper entitled: Reinventing Youth Volunteerism and Community Servicefor Peace in Southern Mindanao: The Story of Tri-Youth Volunteers of Kapayapaan Kapatid Council/ SOCSARGEN Peace Network
• (Presented during the 10th International Youth Day—Philippines, Makati City on August 5-7, 2009)
What are these now?
Lessons, Impact and Challenges
“I will make my weekend worthwhile to volunteering to communities rather than spending a day to computer
games or strolling at the mall.”
“a little act of volunteerism is a great deed someday.”
Reengineering, reinventing…
reflection of transcending beyond issues of organizational formalities (as a status quo) to actual
contribution to the people in other communities.
Rethink upon about volunteerism, leadership,
service
‘knowledge management’ (tell others)
Sheltering versus separating….
Some issues/ questions to ponder
Loose or structured
ANSWERABLE…. OPEN FORUM
Community service top priority: power not (or rarely) discussed
Balance is ideal; choice is real
INVOLVEMENT by goals and not by the structure
Loyalty to PRINCIPLES (above all)
Volunteers not capacitated with development techniques/ tools; but GUIDANCE is available
What more?
Come together, bond together,
VISIONING & DREAMING
CAPACITY to
United Nations Association of the Philippines
United Nations Youth Association of the PhilippinesUnited Nations Youth Association of the Philippines
LEADERSHIP
TRANSLATE VSION,
Into REALITY0
Evaluating Your Activities
• Ending Rituals and Celebrations• Don’t make promises of return • Thank the community for the participation• Tell them what you learn from them • Dialogue between participants and facilitators • Don’t bring home more from what to give.. • The ORID approach
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