SHS

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT,
SOLIDARITY AND CITIZENSHIP
First Quarter – Module 5a:
COMMUNITY ACTION
Community Engagement, Solidarity and Citizenship
Quarter 1 – Module 5a: Community Action

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Regional Director: Gilbert Sadsad

Assistant Regional Director: Jessie L. Amin

Development Team of the Module

Writer: Miguel Angelo D. Dioquino

Evaluator: Katherine G. Frivaldo

Editor: Divina M. Diaz, Ph.D.

Jason G. Dogillo

Illustrator:

Layout Artist: John Paul D. Figueras

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INTRODUCTION

People will always be fascinated by the power of communities which are vital

to improve our lives. To be connected with each other and become a unified body of

individuals give us more opportunities to reach our goals, make us feel safe and

secure, and most importantly, provide us the privilege to lend our hands to others. As

a 21st century learner, community involvement is crucial to mold your whole being.

This first lesson of the module will help you discover the importance of taking

community action in society not just only as an individual but as a member of

community. It will introduce you to the different elements that need to be considered

in undertaking community action and later on, discover its impact in improving lives

within a community.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

1. recognize the value of undertaking community action modalities;

2. appreciate the importance of community engagement, solidarity, and

citizenship as part of community action; and

3. show the impact of community action to the lives within a community.

VOCABULARY LIST

Before you start your learning adventure, please be familiar with the following

terms that would be essential in understanding our discussions:

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Stakeholder. It refers to an individual or organization who shares the same interest in

the fulfillment and success of a project in a given community.

Civic Obligation. A responsibility of a citizen comprised of actions which include

participation in government, non-government organizations, and community activities.

Psychosocial Program. It helps individuals and communities to heal the

psychological wounds and rebuild social structures after an emergency or a critical

event.

PRETEST

Now, please do the task below. This activity will give you an

overview of what you will learn as you go along the way to this module. Make sure to

finish this task. Good Luck!

Identify the words in the box which corresponds to the statements below.

Please do it in your notebook.

Community Action Community Engagement

Solidarity Citizenship

_______ 1. It refers to collective efforts done by people directed towards addressing

social problems.

_______ 2. It refers to the process of developing partnerships and sustaining

relationships with and through groups of people affiliated by geographic

proximity, special interest for the purpose of working for the common good.

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_______3. It is a legal status defined by civil, political and social rights. This means

that a person is free to act according to the law and have the right to

claim the law’s protection.

_______4. It is a unity or agreement of feeling or action, especially among

individuals with a common interest and mutual support within a group.

Were you able to identify the meaning of the words?

Score:

3 - 4- Amazing! You were able to find the clues!

2 - below- It’s okay! Just focus in our discussions and pay attention to those terms.

You can also check your dictionary if you encounter some words which are

still unfamiliar to you as we go along with our discussions. Now, I think you are ready

to unveil our learning paths!

ACTIVITY 1
Video Analysis

You will watch a video about community project called “3Rs: RePLAY, ReLIVE,

ReCREATE” for the empowerment of local human resources. The project is intended

as intervention to victims of Typhoon Yolanda in Leyte through sports development.

Sports Management Council of the Philippines, “Replay, Relive, Recreate in Tacloban: Community Engagement
through Sports,” December 14, 2015. http://sportphil.com/replay-relive-recreatein-tacloban-community-engagement-
through-sports/ Video Credits: Sports Management Council of the Philippines YouTube Channel.
Try to analyze the video in relation to understanding community action. You can

access the video through this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI_6quF_sJ4.

Write your analysis in your notebook guided by the processing questions below.

Are you done? Good! If you still need to watch the video again, feel free to do

so. If you are confident now that you have understood it, please answer the processing

questions.

PROCESSING QUESTIONS:

1. Based on the video, how will you define community action and community

engagement?

2. What do you think is the impact of the project to the community?

3. Given the interventions provided by people in the video, why do you think

community action is important?

Were you able to answer the questions?

Score:

2 - 3- Amazing! You were able to find the clues!

1 - It’s fine! Maybe you need some time to watch the video again, or you

may focus your attention on the following discussions.

A number of us encounter different issues regarding the sustenance of a

community. Some of these issues may include addressing

disaster risk management, socio-economic crisis affecting the

community like access to education and other basic services. In

this case, actions done by the community are needed to resolve the problems.

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Community action refers to collective efforts done by people directed towards

addressing social problems in order to achieve social well-being. In dealing with

community action, it involves a lot of activities and processes that increases the

understanding, engagement and empowerment of communities in the design and

delivery of services to the community. Tree planting is an example of community action

initiatives which aims to promote environmental awareness and prevention program

for natural disasters such as flood. The community builds collective effort to address

the problem. This is why community action helps build community by sharing

community members’ knowledge, skills, and ideas.

You can see in the video above how community action works in communities

of Tacloban, Leyte affected by Typhoon Yolanda in 2014. Different people are involved

in their psychosocial program through sports-based activities. You can also notice that

their program has a goal to accomplish. They capacitate individuals to utilize physical

activities such as sports game and later on contribute to community resilient society.

For this program initiative to happen, it is important to know the following elements of

community action: Community Engagement, Solidarity and Citizenship.

Community engagement refers to the process of developing partnerships and

sustaining relationships with and through groups of people affiliated by geographic

proximity, special interest for the purpose of working for the common good and

addressing issues that affect their well-being. What makes community engagement a

very rewarding experience is the amount of enthusiasm coming from all participants.

This means that everyone in the community participates. You can notice in the video

that there is an active participation between young individuals who are provided with

sports project and different institutions which initiated the project in the community. It

is a factor for community members to engage in this type of activities especially when

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they know that it will bring impact to the community. All partner stakeholders including

community members should work hand in hand for the success of community projects.

The goals of community engagement are: 1) To build trust; 2) To enlist new

resources and allies; 3) To create better communication, and 4) To improve overall

health outcomes as successful projects, evolve into lasting collaborations.

With community engagement, the diversity and the number of identified

stakeholders can be expected to increase. Similarly, the sports activities presented in

the video created a multiplier effect not just only in young students but also among

teachers and school institutions.

What holds these people to work together is the value of solidarity. Solidarity

is essential to the success of community action. Solidarity is defined as a unity or

agreement of feeling or action, especially among individuals with a common interest

and mutual support within a group. One important aspect portrayed in the video are

the victims of disaster which affected not only the people’s socio-economic condition,

but also the psychological effect it brings to young individuals. We have seen the

responses of government, private sectors and other civil society organizations for

community action to take effect. This will not be possible without solidarity. It is the

bond that unites the community member to engage and participate in the community

with the same interest. In the context of the video clip, they unified themselves to

engage the people in sports as viable intervention to victims of disaster.

Another community action initiative is the element of citizenship. We involve

ourselves to different activities in the community because we are bounded by the

duties and obligations as citizens. Citizenship is defined as legal status defined by

civil, political and social rights. This means that a person is free to act according to the

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law and having the right to claim the law’s protection. In the context of the Philippines,

we have given our own individual rights and privileges with a much stronger sense of

individual, collective and communitarian duties and obligations. We have our civic

obligations as Filipino citizen to be responsible with our kapwa Pilipino. Being a citizen

requires us to have moral obligations with our community to build a peaceful and

humane society. The implementation of simple projects in our community such as

outreach programs for underprivileged children, waste segregation, etc., are actions

that fulfill our civic obligation us citizen. Unfortunately, our society seems to suffer from

an excess of selfish individualism where one becomes uninterested with what is

happening around. Amid the different crisis happening in our country, it is an

opportunity for us to practice our civic obligation to our Filipino brothers and sisters

even in just our own little effort. At the end, we are all citizens of this country who need

to help one another in working to have better communities.

Did you understand the concepts discussed above about

community action? Are the different elements of community
action clear to you (community engagement, solidarity, and
citizenship)? Did you find the importance of community
action? If yes, then you mayproceed to activity tasks below
so you can familiarize and apply those concepts.

PRACTICE TASK 1

You will create a comical skit/comic about a community action. Show how it

made impact to the lives within the community. Please use the rubric below.

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 Rubric:
Criteria Description Points

Organization The concept was clearly and creatively conveyed 6

Content Important concepts were highlighted and explained 7

Presentation The idea was clearly presented based on the comic 7

presentation

Total 20

PRACTICE TASK 2
Determine the similarities and differences of Community Engagement,

Solidarity, Citizenship using the Venn Diagram.

Differences es Differences

Differences

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PRACTICE TASK 3
Write a 2-3 paragraph essay guided by the following questions and the rubric:

1. Why community action is important within a community?

2. What do you think are the duties and obligations of a citizen in the fulfillment of

community action?

Rubric:
Criteria Description Points

Content The content was well-thought of; guide questions 6

were thoroughly answered.

Organization The paper was well-written with ideas easily 7

conveyed to readers.

Development Key points are thoroughly developed 7

Total 20

Wow! You were able to finish the activity tasks! I think you are very much

ready to take the post test. Good luck!

POST TEST

Direction: Write TRUE if the statement is True and FALSE if the statement is false.

_______1. Involving oneself in the feeding program at the barangay level is an

example of community engagement.

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_______2. To secure yourself and your family’s needs in times of economic crisis

proves the spirit of citizenship.

_______3. Developing a preventive measure plan by different organizations in flash

flood prone communities shows the goal of community action.

_______4. Solidarity is a feeling of unity between people who have the same interests,

goal, etcetera.

_______5. Community action is still possible as a means to build resilient communities

even without community engagement.

_______6. Filipino values of pakikipag-kapwa and bayanihan pertain to the notion of

solidarity in community action.

_______7. Citizenship is about developing partnerships and sustaining relationships

among groups of people to address social problems.

_______8. One of the goals of community engagement is to build trust.

_______9. Being aware of our civic obligations with our co-Filipinos is a part of

citizenship.

_______10. To disagree about an on-going barangay health project in rural

communities contributes to community action.

Score:

6 - 10- Well done! You have really learned our topic!

5 below - It’s fine. You may need some time to read the discussions once more.

You are almost done with this learning journey, and I think you enjoy your tasks.

Please proceed to your final quest for this topic.

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 ASSIGNMENT/ ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY

Write a 2-paragraph insight paper discussing the issue of

solid waste management in your barangay. Evaluate what possible community action

needed to solve the issue. If none, think of possible recommendations to improve the

implementation of solid waste management. Please be guided of the rubric below.

My view on the issue of solid waste management, especially in the barangay

level are:

___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________

Rubric
Criteria Description Points

Organization The idea expressed on environmental issue was 10

clearly and conveyed.

Content Concepts are clearly used and explained 5

Presentation The local observation was clearly presented based 5

on the words used.

Total 20

CONGRATULATIONS! You have successfully done the first part of this module. You

may now proceed to the next topic of this module.

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 ANSWER KEY

PRE-TEST

1. Community Action
2. Community Engagement
3. Citizenship
4. Solidarity
Practice Task 2: Venn Diagram

Differences

Community engagement refers to the process of developing partnerships and

sustaining relationships with and through groups of people affiliated by geographic
proximity, special interest for the purpose of working for the common good and
addressing issues that affect their well-being.

Solidarity is defined as a unity or agreement of feeling or action, especially among

individuals with a common interest and mutual support within a group.

Citizenship is a legal status defined by civil, political and social rights. This means
that a person is free to act according to the law and having the right to claim the
law’s protection.

Similarities

All of the concepts contribute to the attainment and realization of community action
which enable the people to have collective efforts directed towards addressing social
problems in the community.

POST TEST

1. True 6. True
2. False 7. False
3. True 8. True
4. True 9. True
5. False 10. False

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Cover photo credit: Melody D. Legaspi (Rizal Integrated National School, Sorsogon City)

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