Community Immersion
Community Immersion
Community Immersion
People involved in community immersion must be knowledgeable on the basics of community, its
meaning, concepts underpinning principles and nature of problems and issues arising therefrom. This
will enable the trainees to have a good grasp of the local situation thereby preparing them to
appropriately respond to the multifarious concerns in the community and property carry out immersion
projects and activities that is so conceived to bring about long-term amelioration, and not just over-
night solutions of the social menaces and ills.
Mechanics:
1. Go to your respective NSTP groups.
2. Each group will bring and prepare their own materials.
3. Using the materials mentioned, the group will construct in 20 minutes or less, a diorama that will
portray an ideal community they envision.
4. A representative from each group will present their output to the class guided for maximum of 5
minutes by the following questions in the worksheet given.
WHAT IS A COMMUNITY?
"Community" refers to a group of people gathered together in any geographic area, large or small, who
have common interests, actual or potentially recognized in the social welfare field.
-Arlien Johnson
Functional Community if the aggregate of people though not necessarily based on living in the same
geographical location, is bonded by a common end such as fighting for the same cause, having same
interests and goals. These are people who hold common values, share common functions or express
common interests.
Most importantly, enjoy your time with the community people. Mother Teresa puts it,“ Love cannot
remain by itself- it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action; and that action is service.”
“Community immersion is vital to the development of the trainees’ knowledge, skills, values and
attitudes in realizing the penultimate ends of NSTP...”