DANIEL MARAMBA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Community Engagement, Solidarity and Citizenship

Module
5a COMMUNITY
ACTION
Mrs. Clarizze Jaine M. Nicolas
 LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

1. Recognize the value of 3. Show the impact of

undertaking community community action to
2. Appreciate the
action modalities; importance of community the lives within a
community.
engagement, solidarity, and
citizenship as part of
community action;
VOCABULARY
LIST
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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.
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Civic Obligation
A responsibility of a citizen
comprised of actions which include
participation in government,
non-government organizations,
and community activities.
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Psychosocial Program
It helps individuals and
communities to heal the
psychological wounds and rebuild
social structures after an
emergency or a critical event.
 Video analysis
You will watch a video about community
project called “3Rs: RePLAY, ReLIVE, Try to analyze the video
ReCREATE” for the empowerment of local in relation to
human resources. The project is intended understanding community
as intervention to victims of Typhoon Yolanda action. You can
in Leyte through sports development.
access the video through
this link
https://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=kI_6quF_sJ4.
1. Based on the
video, how will PROCESSING
you define QUESTIONS
community
action and
community
engagement?
 2. What do
you think is PROCESSING
the impact of QUESTIONS
the project to
the
community?
 3. Given the
interventions
provided by PROCESSING
people in the QUESTIONS
video, why do
you think
community
action is
important?
Community action
collective efforts done by people directed
towards addressing social problems in order to
achieve social well-being.
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.
Community action
Tree planting is an example of community action
initiatives which aims to promote environmental
awareness and prevention program
for natural disasters such as flood.
Community builds collective effort to address
the problem.
This is why community action helps build community
by sharing community members’ knowledge, skills,
and ideas.
 Community action
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.
Community engagement
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.
Community engagement
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.
Community engagement
It is a factor for community members to
engage in this type of activities especially
when 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.
 Goals Of COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

To enlist new
To build trust resources and
allies

To create To improve overall health

outcomes as successful
better projects, evolve into
communication lasting collaborations.
 Solidarity
essential to the success of community
action
defined as a unity or agreement of
feeling or action, especially among
individuals with a common interest and
mutual support within a group
It is the bond that unites the community
member to engage and participate in the
community with the same interest.
 CITIZENSHIP
Defined as 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.
 CITIZENSHIP
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.
 CITIZENSHIP
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
Performance task
You will create a comical
skit/comic about a community
action. Show how it
made impact to the lives within
the community.
RUBRICS (20 points)
CRITERIA DESCRIPTION POINTS

The concept was clearly and

Organization creatively conveyed 6
Important concepts were
Content highlighted and explained 7
The idea was clearly presented
Presentation based on the comic presentation 7