COMMUNITY TYPES OF COMMUNITY
Geographical communities: Refers to communities of location.
COMMUNITY
- Refers to a social unit larger than a small village that shares
common values. It is a group or society helping each other.
- A place where people care for each other and support the
growth of families and children.
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF COMMUNITY
Group of People: community is a group of human beings. It is not
possible to form a community.
Definite locality: The physical basis of community. A community
always
occupies geographical area.
Community sentiment: Means a feeling of belonging together. The
members of a community speak the same language, conform to the
same
mores, possess the same sentiment, and have the same attitudes.
Likeness: The people in a community share a common way of life.
Their customs, transitions, language, etc., are similar.
Permanency: A community is not temporary like a crowd or a mob.
It is relatively stable. It includes a permanent life in a definite place.
Particular name: It points identity, it indicates reality, it points out
individuality, and it often describes personality.
Size: A common community may be big or small.
Wider ends: People in the community share several common
interests. People work together to fulfill some common interest.
Regulation of Relations: Every community in course of time
develops a system of traditions, customs, and morals.
Range from the local neighborhood, village, town or city, region,
nation or even the planet as a whole.
Communities of culture: They may be included as communities
of need or identity. Range from the subculture, ethnic group,
religious, or the global community of cultures today.
Community organizations: range from informal family or kinship
networks, to more formal incorporated associations, political
decision making structures, economic enterprises, or professional
associations at a small, national or international scale.
COMMUNITY WORK
- Concerned with the development and empowerment of
communities through facilitating the active participation of people in
addressing issues that affect them collectively.
- It is a planned process to mobilize communities to use their own
social structures and resources to address their own problems and
achieve their own objectives.
- Focuses on participation and fosters empowerment, and change
through collective action.
CHARACTERISTICS OF COMMUNITY WORK
 Work together toward a common goal.
The most effective communities share similar values and belief
systems that cooperate to help accomplish one or several goals.
 Allow freedom of expression.
Individuals who feel encourage to give their input about an issue,
who feel heard when they do speak their minds are more likely to
feel connected to their community.
 Promote fairness COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Positive communities work to ensure that those who fall in
In practice, community development:
minority populations are not treated differently.
1. Support communities, of place and identity, to use their own
 Set clear policies and obligations. assets to improve the quality of community life.
Communities work to encourage community members to fulfill
their obligations. This may include things as attending community 2. Helps communities in public agencies to work together to
meetings or paying taxes. improve services and the way in which decisions are made.

 Celebrate community heritage 3. Community development is fundamentally based on the values

Efficient communities embrace their culture by reminding of human rights, social justice, equality and respect for
members of the long way the community has come. diversity.

 Promote interaction among members

FOUR TYPES OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Creating a feeling of connection works to make members more
motivated to meet their obligations and work towards the 1. Community engagement with a focus on community
established goals of the community. development

 Elect leaders that stand by community values 2. Community participation

Individuals elected to leadership positions within positive
communities should be fair and just in their political focus. 3. Community engagement that helps organizations,
businesses, etc.
 Prioritize effective communication
Leaders ensure that all members are aware of the projects currently 4. Community engagement as part of social change
in process, as well as what they can do to help those projects run movement.
smoothly.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
- A process whereby those who are marginalized and excluded from
society are enabled to gain self-confidence and to join with others.
- It provides the foundation a city needs to improve the lives of its
citizens. It creates strong and diverse communities.