SELECTED CASES OF

COMMUNITY-ACTION
INITIATIVES
Group 7
 COMMUNITY-ACTION
INITIATIVES
• created to support community-led projects that promote mental
health, prevent substance use problems and promote effective
treatment and support for individuals and families experiencing
mental health and/or substance use challenges.

• generally a network of individuals and partner organizations

dedicated to improving the health and welfare of a
community. It seeks to deal with and reduce the effect of

social problems, in order to improve peoples' quality of life.

•

Human rights Social justice

•Participatory development

Empowerment and advocacy

•

Gender equality
•
 HUMAN RIGHTS
rights inherent to all human beings,
regardless of race, sex, nationality,
ethnicity, language, religion, or any
other status. Human rights include the
right to life and liberty, freedom from
slavery and torture, freedom of
opinion and expression, the right to
 work and education, and many more.
In essence, the human rights-
based approach is the way in
 which human rights can be
protected in clinical and
organizational practice by
adherence to the underlying core
values of fairness, respect, equality,
dignity and autonomy
 SOCIAL JUSTICE
is based on the concepts of human
rights and equality, and can be
defined as "the way in which
human rights are manifested in the
everyday lives of people at every
level of society". A number of
movements are working to achieve
social justice in society.
Social justice principles refer to
values “that favors measures
that aim at decreasing or
eliminating
inequity; environments that are
supportive of all people. "The social
justice principles include: equity,
diversity and supportive
environments.
 are social democratic practices that enable
people to overcome barriers and
contribute to practice a focus on social
 justice. They enable social workers to
help give people changes to better
understand and change their lives.
EMENPOT
both concerned with a shift of power or
WANEDRM emphasis towards meeting the needs
and rights of people who otherwise
ADVOCACY  would be marginalized or oppressed.
 a process through which stakeholders can
influence and share control over
development initiatives, and over the
decisions and resources that affect
themselves.
It seeks to engage local populations in

PARTICIPATORY development projects. Participatory

development has taken a variety of forms
DEVELOPMENT since it emerged in the 1970s, when it was
introduced as an important part of the "basic
needs approach" to development. Two
perspectives that can define PD are the
"Social Movement Perspective" and the
"Institutional Perspective“.
 SOCIAL MOVEMENT
PERSPECTIVE
• The "Social Movement
Perspective" defines participation
as the mobilization of people to
eliminate unjust hierarchies of
knowledge, power, and economic
distribution. This perspective
identifies the goal of participation
as an
empowering process for people to
handle challenges and influence
the direction of their own lives
INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE
• The "Institutional Perspective"
defines participation as the reach
and inclusion of inputs by relevant
groups in the design and
implementation of a development
project. The "Institutional
Perspective" uses the inputs and
opinions of relevant groups, or
stakeholders in a community, as a
tool to achieve a pre- established
goal defined by someone external
to the
community involved.
 GENDER EQUALITY

also known as sexual equality or equality of the sexes, is the state of equal ease of
access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic
participation and decision-making; and the state of valuing different behaviors,
aspirations and needs equally, regardless of gender.

Gender equality is achieved when women and men enjoy the same rights and
opportunities across all sectors of society, including economic participation and
decision-making, and when the different behaviors, aspirations and needs of
women and men are equally valued
and favored.
 METHODOLOGIES AND
APPROACHES OF COMMUNITY

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1.Partnership building with local groups

2.Community profiling
3.Needs assessment
4. Working with a core group/leadership
development/participatory action planning
• Partnership building with local groups

A community meeting on future perspectives in local

development planning is a way to create a shared vision for
partnership building. It enrols those stakeholders, who have the
power of information on the topics at hand and those
 who are affected by the outcomes.
• Community Profiling
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a systematic process for determining and addressing needs, or
"gaps" between current conditions and desired conditions or
"wants". The discrepancy between the current condition and
 wanted condition must be measured to appropriately identify the need.

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