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The Action Group

The Community Worker


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Ordinary people play a primary role incommunity development.

A group of people involved in a community.


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1. An institution can act as an action group(school; church; sport club)

2. A few institutions who have commoninterests can form an action group

3. A legal entity can act as an action group(an area under jurisdiction; specific wardin urban area)

4. A geographical unit (village; suburb)5. An ad hoc collection of concerned

individuals with common need (studentparents; mother of the babies)


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The advantages of an interest orad hoc group as action group

The size should be small The proximity should be near


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Not necessary professional

An agricultural extension worker; engineer;a social worker; teacher; nurse...

Usually assigned by authority or agency orinvited by villagers

Individual or team


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Both male or female

The attitude of community worker: not invader, not a know-all, not a superman,

Work and live with the people not work liveon the people

Be a partner rather than be a master


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Role: Instructing people (in

technical/professional aspect)

Facilitating in community organizing Assisting in taking initiative and do the

planning Assisting in solving problem

Helping to discover the resources Guiding in implementing and managingthe project


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he/she is acceptable to and trusted bypeople

he/she is a good communicator

he/she knows his/her client population he/she is reliable he/she recognizes the local political

structure he/she respects the people he/she has the interests of the people he/she is a responsible person


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1. Expert

2. Guide

3. Enabler

4. Advocate

5. Mediator


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1. Expert Dealing with technical and

professional knowledge (e.g.designing construction plan;recommending rate offertilizer application; animal

health agent; health careagent...)


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2. Guide: Dealing with working

experiences on the subjectmatter (guiding in needassessment; planning;

decision making...)


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3. Enabler:

Assisting people to take

initiative (provide the know-how in order people is enableto do by themselves)


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4. Advocate: Dealing with encouraging

outsider (governmental

authority, high political,economic power institution)

*advocacy: the series of action to encourage andinfluent the high level institution/individual who

have more political and economic power so thatthey release/give some of these power to thelower level institution/individual (Advocacythrough: working directly, mass population-peoples power, media).


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5. Mediator:

organizing the community

activities dealing with outsider for

communication channels

networking and partnership


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Go to the people

Live among the people

Learn from the people

Plan with the people Work with the people

Build on what the people have

Teach by showing; learn by doing


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Structure:CHIEF

1STVICE CHIEF 2NDVICE CHIEF

MEMBER MEMBER MEMBER .......

CLERK


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Structure: COMMUNECOUNCIL

COMMITTEE COMMITTEE COMMITTEE .....

VILLAGE VILLAGE VILLAGE .....


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FACILITATORS

Provincial Facilitation Team (PFT)

District Facilitation Team (DFT) Technical Support Officer (TSO)

Commune Accountant (CA)

NGOs

IOs Technical

Agent Private Sector

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