CONCEPT:

Community Health
Care Development
Process
Approaches to Community Development

1. WELFARE APPROACH
- the immediate &/or spontaneous response to ameliorate the
manifestation of poverty, especially on the personal level
- assumes that poverty is God-given; destined, hence the poor
should accept their condition since they will receive their just
reward in heaven
- believes that poverty is caused by bad luck, natural disasters
and certain circumstances which are beyond the control of
the people
Approaches to Community Development

2. MODERNIZATION APPROACH
- also referred to as the project development
approach
- introduces whatever resources are lacking in
a given community
- also considered as a national strategy which
adopts the Western mode of technological
development
Approaches to Community Development

- assumes that development consists of

abandoning the traditional methods of
doing things and must adopt the
technology of industrial countries
- believes that poverty id due to lack of
education; lack of resources such as
capital & technology
Approaches to Community Development

3. TRANSFORMATORY/PARTICIPATORY
APPROACH
- the process of empowering/transforming the poor and
the oppressed sectors of society so that they can pursue
a more just & humane society
- assumes that poverty is not God-given, rather it is
rooted in the historical past and is maintained by the
oppressed structures in society.
- believes that poverty is caused by prevalence of
exploitation, oppression, domination and other unjust
structure
 “ When people refuse to acquiesce,
the power of the tyrant evaporates.
Ultimately, power
flows not from
the barrel of the gun,
but from the will of the people.
People power is the supreme power.”
David C. Korten
Community Organizing

Community Organizing (CO)

- organizing people for power
- a continuing process of empowering
the people so that benefits consistent
with their priorities and aspirations will
sustainable accrue to them
- a process by which