COMMUNITY SERVICES

Introduction: Community service is social work that is carried out in Groups and has goals as

well as has particular purposes. Community service if implemented properly will certainly
produce some useful outputs and products.

Goals of Community Service Projects:

a. Foster a sense of love and togetherness among individual towards the surrounding
community.
b. Cultivate and apply the knowledge, skills and practice of civics value in each individual.
c. Contribute in the form of energy and skills to the community and the nation.
d. Develop personality and understand the concept of cooperation and helping one another.
e. Nurture the spirit of living together in a community regardless of race, religion, beliefs or
ideology.
f. Be a citizen who is patriotic, caring and responsible towards the society and nation.
f. Practise a healthy lifestyle and always active in helping others in need.
Themes:

Educational
responsibility

Community
Social
development,
entrepreneurship,
Innovation, art and
Well-being of
culture.
society

Community service's
themes

Information
Health
technology

Disaster
management

Focuses:

a. Project to clean the university/college/schools/

b. kindergarten areas.
c. Project to beautify the school area.
d. Project to clean the recreational area.
e. Project to clean the cemetery.
 f. Project to clean the village community halls.
g. Community service projects at orphanages
h. Community service projects at the Old Folks’ Home; and
i. Other community service projects either in school,
j. village, town and national levels.
Importance of Community Services:
a. Improve knowledge and skills in solving people’s problems.
b. Participants or volunteers can learn about related issues in-depth;
c. Nurture a sense of love and togetherness in individuals towards the surrounding community;
d. Form personality and understand the concept of cooperation and helping in the community.
e. Inculcate the spirit of living together in a community, regardless of race, religion, beliefs and
ideology.
f. Practise a healthy lifestyle and always active in helping others who are in need.
g. Become citizens who are patriotic, concerned and responsible towards society and nation; and
h. Increase the belief in community organisation and governance. Working together to enhance
communication and understanding.
i. Find out what the government, people, community leaders and organisations can and cannot do to
reduce conflict in the future.

Implications of Community Service Projects to individuals

- Project positive input the self-development of each individual Benefits
a. The community service activities which are carried out together will create a sense of
understanding and strengthen self-esteem.
b. Activities that have been well-planned will have an impact on personal health in terms of physical
and spiritual aspects.
c. Activities implemented jointly in a community that is made up of various ethnic groups will
result in a stronger sense of tolerance and strengthen the unity among the ethnic groups.
d. Create a sense of consideration and love for other people, especially for the disabled and elderly
people.
e. The community service activity which is in the form of communal work will reduce the cost of
implementation.
f. Create a deeper sense of neighbourhood and understanding among the society in a neighbourhood
area.
g. Produce citizens of good heart and are patriotic and love the country.

Self-Readiness as a Volunteer

Definition of Volunteer
“Volunteers can be defined as the readiness to get involved in voluntary work”.
Criteria to become a Volunteer
1. To have a positive mindset to serve the particular section of the society.
2. Should have an interest, concern and a tendency to contribute physical energy, share interests and
experience to a target group or a particular community group.

Types of Community Services:

1. Rural community
 2. Urban community
3. Tribal community

Rural Community: Rural community means community that lives in village, and is dependent on natural
environment.
Rural community mostly dependent on agriculture, these communities have low density of population,
intimate relationships and have oral traditions. group These communities are rich in culture and
traditions. Characteristics of rural communities:
• Size of the Community: The village communities are smaller in area than the urban communities.
Low population. Density of Population: As the density of population is low, the people have
intimate relationships and face-to-face contacts with each other. In a village, everyone knows
everyone. Agriculture is the Main Occupation: Source of Income and way of life
• Close contact with nature: Villagers considers land as their real mother, as they depend on land
for food, clothing and shelter. Count...
• Homogeneity of Population: The village communities are homogenous in nature. Most of their
inhabitants are connected with agriculture and its allied occupations, though there are people
belonging to different castes, religions and classes. Social Stratification: In rural society, social
stratification is a traditional characteristic, based on caste. The rural society is divided into
various strata on the basis of caste.
• Social Interaction: The interaction level possesses more stability and continuity. The relationships
and interactions in the primary groups are intimate. The family fulfills the needs of the members
and exercises control over them. Primary relations are stronger.
Urban Community:
Urban community includes the towns, cities and metros with a specific way of life. Higher density,
nonagricultural occupation, service sectors. City Community, Urbanism is a way of life, city may be
defined as large dense and permanent settlement of socially heterogeneous individuals. Majority of
services are found in urban area.
Characteristics of urban community:
• Higher density of Population Cultural heterogeneity (migrants from different places)
• Man made environment
• Occupation based on manufacturing, governance. trade, commerce,
• Social mobility is more, class structure.
• Formal social control, (police, administration, courts)
• Large scale division of labor and specialization Individualization, unstable family
Tribal Community:
A tribe can be defined as a community living in hilly forest or well demarcated areas having its own
culture, religion, language, and strong ethnic identity.
• Ruled by tribal chiefs
• United in language or dialect Recognizing social distance with other tribes or castes
• Follows tribal traditions, beliefs and customs
Characteristics of tribal community:
• Well Demarcated geographical territory
• Live in forests and hilly areas Territory is usually isolated or semi- isolated compared to other
social groups
• Unique culture, folklore, cosmology, belief system Economically self-sufficient (barter exchange)
Count... They are interested in earning today's need and do not bother about future.
• Own language, own political system,
• Own religion, (worshiping of soul or ancestor, non- livings things like stone, nature, river, sun,
forest) They have sense of belongingness to their own community, (son of soil