Haron, Sittie Shaharyl M.

BSN-3B, Group 5

1. Identify the activities that fall under each phase of Community Organizing

a. Pre-entry Phase
In the year 2000, the largest gathering of international leaders in
history pledged to help the world’s poorest people. They set eight
Millennium Development Goals with a target date of 2015. Malawi’s
Mwandama is one of the 14 Millenium village sites across 10 African
countries in partnership with local and national governments. The
project is supporting some half a million people in their fight against
extreme poverty at the cost of just 120 dollars per person per year.

b. Entry Phase
- The Millennium villages project program stands out because it
constructs a holistic integrated approach that addresses all aspects of
severe poverty by taking a holistic approach to poverty, hunger,
education, health care, clean water, and sanitation. The objective was
to establish core systems for roads, clean water, sanitation, safe
birthing, child survival, education, and combatting epidemic diseases in
five years. Second, aid them in escaping poverty. Business
development is the next. According to Fyson Mwandama, a resident of
the area, there is a lack of food, housing, and water, as well as few
schools, no stores, and no hospitals.

c. Organization-Building Phase
- To alleviate hunger, project leaders offer farming inputs and promote
cutting-edge farming techniques. Examples include fertilizers and
seeds. According to Rodrick Chirambo of mwandama Millennium
Village, working with women helps to eliminate poverty. Mwandama
ladies learn baking techniques from Martha's cooperative. Children at
schools were also fed. Farmers are urged by cooperatives to sell
excess crops to banks for bulk sale.

d. Sustenance and Strengthening Phase

- The people's leaders are the ones who teach their people how to solve
their problems by disseminating the solutions that have been
demonstrated to them. Among the ideas are things like teaching
women to bake so they can start their own companies and teaching
farmers how to use modern agricultural practices so they can produce
 more crops and start other initiatives that will help them support
themselves.

e. Phase out
- The community is in a position to meet the day-to-day needs that they
have established for themselves as a result of the preparation made by
the community leaders or the project and the provision of suitable
information in a range of sectors.

2. Discuss the factors that may have served as opportunities/contributory

factors to success or threats/barriers to community development in terms
of:

a. Personal;
- Every human being's behavior is, at least in part, influenced by social
influences. Depending on a variety of factors, including one's level of
self-esteem and self-awareness, as well as their morals and values,
the degree to which one is influenced by another will vary from person
to person. This is a key factor in the community's success because
each person's prosperity starts with the community. Their quality of life
in the community improved as a result of their own initiative and
willingness. Community life will be more prosperous and successful the
more voluntarily a person engages in it.

b. Socio-cultural;
- Traditions, lifestyles, and fundamental ideas all serve as sociocultural
variables in the definition of a community or group. Due to the fact that
it served as the fuel for the development of their culture and continues
to do so in spite of the advancements in their lives, this is a key factor
as well.

c. Economic;
- Various economic activities are successfully carried out because the
people in the community are willing to engage in them and work with
them. They provide a path that is both advantageous to everyone and
accessible to everyone who chooses to follow it.

d. Environmental; and
- It was seen in the video that the usage of bicycles by the healthcare
personnel made it much easier for the community workers to perform
their duties. With this, it is imperative to be conscious of how one’s
actions affect the environment. Moreover, they kept working in
 agriculture or agricultural production rather than pursuing jobs that
were less environmental friendly.

e. Political/Religious factors
- The United Nations runs the Millennium Villages Project in conjunction
with the governments of numerous local communities to help countries
or communities that are suffering from overwhelming levels of poverty.
Since its residents now have access to technologies, infrastructures,
educational opportunities, medical care, and economic growth, all of
which contribute to improving people's prospects for the future, this has
had a significant positive impact on Mwandama.

3. What community development programs/ projects were established to

address the identified problems/issues?
- Agriculture and community, a collection of people, go hand in hand.
For food, clothes, and shelter, we rely on agriculture. A life without
agriculture and the environment is not possible. Therefore, the most
important thing to understand is how to utilize natural resources wisely
and practice crop diversity. When the Project began, infrastructure and
services started to improve. More educational resources were added,
the classrooms were upgraded, and the schools received power. First-
grade gross enrolment was high. By instructing other women about
making breads and selling them, issues in the neighborhood can be
handled.