Concepts of

Community
Action Initiatives
Lesson 4.1
How life has changed due to
COVID-19?
How do disasters make life
even harder during a
pandemic?
 Many Filipinos are in need of
immediate help. This has
triggered appeals for relief aid.
The response of community
is important in addressing
issues in society.
Learning Competency

Explain core values of community action initiatives (HUMSS_CSC12-

IIIh-j-12).

• Identify the references of community action.

• Explain the five core values and principles of community action

initiatives.
Understanding Community Action

Why is the involvement of community

members important in addressing
community issues?
 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

All human beings

are free and equal
regardless of color,
Every HUMAN
age, gender, has rights

nationality, religion,
and state in life.
 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

The Universal
Declaration of
Human Rights
Every HUMAN
serves as the has rights

inspiration,
platform and
reference for
community action.
The Core Values and
Guiding Principles of
Community Action
 Human Rights

According to the Office of the United Nations

High Commissioner for Human Rights:

“These universal rights are inherent to us all,

regardless of nationality, color, religion,
language, or any other status.”
 Social Justice

According to the National Association of

Social Workers:

“The view that everyone deserves equal

economic, political, and social rights and
opportunities.”
 Empowerment and
Advocacy

• Empowerment is gaining control over

decisions to promote quality of life and
effectively respond to issues confronting
the community

• Advocacy is promoting a cause and

enabling marginalized groups to know
and exercise their rights a larger sphere.
 Participatory
Development

• It is a process through which stakeholders

can influence and share control over
development initiatives.

• Local communities must be engaged in

the process of development.
 Gender Equality

According to the United Nations Entity for

Gender Equality and the Empowerment of
Women:

“The equal rights, responsibilities, and

opportunities of women and men and girls
and boys.”
What happens if there is no
community action?
Wrap Up

• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) serves as the inspiration, platform, and reference for
community action.

• Human Rights are rights inherent to all human beings.

• Social justice will take place if there are equal rights, equal opportunity, and equal treatment for every member of
the community.

• Advocacy refers to promoting a cause and enabling marginalized groups to know and exercise their rights to a
larger sphere.

• Empowerment refers to gaining control over decisions to promote quality of life and effectively respond to issues
confronting the community.

• Participatory development highlights that success and sustainability of a project will be more attainable if the
local community is engaged in the process of development.

• Gender equality recognizes that men and women are of equal value and should be accorded equal treatment and
opportunity.
Try This Arrange the jumbled letters to identify the words being described by each statement.

1. It highlights that the success and sustainability of a project will

be more attainable if the local community is engaged in the
process of development.

YTTRRPPCAAIIO
VTPNMLDOEEE
PARTICIPATORY
DEVELOPMENT
Try This Arrange the jumbled letters to identify the words being described by each statement.

2. It recognizes that men and women are equal value and should
be accorded equal treatment and opportunity.

NREEDG
YTEUAILQ
GENDER
EQUALITY
Try This Arrange the jumbled letters to identify the words being described by each statement.

3. It will take place if there are equal rights, equal opportunity

and equal treatment for every member of the community.

OIACLS
CJSTUIE
SOCIAL
JUSTICE
Try This Arrange the jumbled letters to identify the words being described by each statement.

4. These are two external drives of social change.

REMENPTEWOM DAN
AVOCADYC
EMPOWERMENT AND
ADVOCACY
Try This Arrange the jumbled letters to identify the words being described by each statement.

5. These are rights inherent to all human beings.

NHMUA SHTIGR

HUMAN RIGHTS
 Concepts of
Community
Action Initiatives
Lesson 4.1
Modjeska Esteinne Sarte & Bonzenon Reserva