Civic Welfare

Training Service
(NSTP 2)
 Is a social group of any size whose members
reside in a specific locality, share government,
and often have a common cultural and
historical heritage.
A social, religious, occupational, or other
group sharing common characteristics or
interests and perceived or perceiving
A locality inhabited by such a itself as distinct in some respect from the
group. larger society within which it exists.

A group of associated nations sharing

common interests or common heritage.
 According to community
development specialist
Arlien Johnson, community
is a collective of people with
similar interests and goals
whether living in the same
geographic locality or not.

Geographical Community
Defined in the purview of group of persons living in the same geographical
location like a certain village, town, neighborhood, district, area or territory.

Functional Community

People though not necessarily based on living in the same geographical location, is bonded
by a common end such as fighting for common values, having the same interests and goals.

Relevant Community
Defines a group of people having similar interests and goals as the communities around
them. They are trying to change existing institutions to their advantage in order to achieve
redistribution of resources. Geared towards organization of the poor.
 Elements of a Community
Demographics Includes population distribution and density
Events of the past that contributed to the development
History of community
Culture Way of living of the people

Economy Income level, occupation of people

Structures Physical, political and social structures

 Community
Immersion
“Experience is the best teacher” -
Anonymous
 Is an essential strategy in
community concerns, process,
dynamics and lifestyle through
exposure and engaging in
different activities.
This strategy goes beyond
acquainting us with community
concerns but make possible our
participation in their solution.
This manner of transformation
is bent on training the youth to
become civic conscious and
defense prepared individual.
In NSTP this strategy is
devised as a way of
molding and
“conscientizing” students
just so that they may be
socially aware and
responsible to their
communities.
According to Collins
Dictionary this means
to educate (a person)
about an issue or idea.
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