Department of Education

National Capital Region

S CH OOLS DIVIS ION OF FICE
MA RIK INA CITY

Community Engagement,
Solidarity and Citizenship
Second Quarter
Module 3 (Week 3-4)
Core Values, Principles, Methodologies and Approaches
of Community Action Initiatives

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 MODULE 3

Lesson: 3-4

What I Need to Know

This module will provide you with information and activities that will help you to
understand the importance of community-action initiatives based on its core values and
principles and methodologies and approaches in community action.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of the lesson, you should be able to:

MELCS:
1. Assess selected community-action initiatives based on its core values and
principles.
2. Explain methodologies and approaches in community action.

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 What I Know?

Directions. On the blank, write LTP (Long Term Project) if the given project is long term
and write STP (Short Term Project) if it is short term.

__________ 1. Blood Donation

__________ 2. School Reading Program
__________ 3. Livelyhood Program
__________ 4. Fun Run for a Cause
__________ 5. Community Pantry
__________ 6. Medical Mission in the Barangay
__________ 7. Social Amelioration Program (SAP)
__________ 8. Disaster Preparedness Program
__________ 9. Community Clean-up Drive
__________ 10. Concert for a Cause

What’s In?

Discuss the three (3) types of Advocacy, based on the discussion on the previous
module.

Types of
Advocacy

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 What’s New?

importance of analyzing strategies of empowerment and advocacy of a community

actions initiatives. In this module, you will be able to understand selected community-
action initiatives based on its core values and principles, and methodologies and
approaches in community action.

What is It?

Community-Action Initiatives is an effort to involve residents, local groups and

other organizations pursue common goals as guided by the core values and principles of
community engagement, solidarity, and citizenship. Putting the people together makes a
community prosper because we allow them in the creation, designing, and implementing
varied programs and activities for the benefit of all. The concept of human rights, social
justice, empowerment and advocacy, participatory development, and gender development
are vital to strengthen our knowledge on how community works.

Principles and Core Values of Community Actions and Initiatives

It focuses on community-action initiatives such as community engagement,
solidarity, and citizenship as guided by the core values of human rights, social justice,
empowerment and advocacy, gender equality, and participatory development.

1. Human Rights
These are inherent in all human beings, whatever their nationality, place of
residence, sex, religion, language or any status. All human are equally entitled to human
rights without discrimination.

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2. Social Justice
Social justice is the view that everyone deserves equal economic, political and social
rights and opportunities. The goal of social justice is the full and equal participation of all
groups in a society that is mutually shaped to meet their needs. Social justice includes a
vision of society in which the distribution of resources is equitable and all members are
physically and psychologically safe and secure.

3. Empowerment and Advocacy

According to World Bank, Empowerment is defined as gaining power and control
over decisions and resources that determine the quality of life.

4. Gender Equality
Equal treatment of men and women . This means equal opportunities in life ,
elimination of discrimination based on gender, equal pay for equak work and others

5. Participatory Development
Empower individuals by providing equal and appropriate opportunities and allowing
them to take part in the development process.

Methodologies and Approaches in Community Actions

Methodologies and approaches in community action will help you understand the
purpose of each phase and its implication to the society such as partnership and how it
promotes development to the community as a whole.

Phases of Community Actions

1. Establishing links and partnership building with local groups
Establishing links is a process of identifying and locating different actors and
players within a community who share a common interest, purpose and goals.

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2. Community Profiling
Social research method which involves building up a picture of the nature, needs and
resources of a locality or community.

3. Needs and Resources Assessment

It is used to assess the resources or skills that exist among the people or communities
with which a project plans to work.

4. Participatory Action planning and leadership development

It is a process by which a community undertakes to reach a given socio-economic goal
by consciously diagnosing its problems and charting a course of action to resolve those
problems.

5. Resource Mobilization
It is the process of getting resources from the resource provider, using different
mechanism, to implement an organization’s predetermined goals.

6. Plan Implementation
It is designed to document, in detail, the critical steps necessary to put your solutions
into practice.

7. Monitoring and Evaluation

Used to assess the performance of projects, institutions and programme set up by
governments, international organizations and NGO’s.

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Activity: Community Actions Initiatives Suryvey

Directions. Tell whether the given activities or projects are undertaken in your respective
barangay by putting a check in the column opposite each. Then, Answer the succeeding
questions.

Community Project/Activity Evident Not Evident

1. Community Pantry
2. Social Amelioration Program (SAP)
3. Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Basketball League
4. Tree Planting
5. Clean-up Drive ( Munting Basura Ibulsa Muna)

Guide Questions
1. Based on the survey, what program in your barangay has been successfully
implemented ?
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2. What do you think are the challenges faced by your community in dealing with the
programs or activities that are not undertaken or implemented?
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 What I Have Learned ?

✓ Community-Action Initiatives is an effort to involve residents, local groups and

other organizations pursue common goals as guided by the core values and
principles of community engagement, solidarity, and citizenship.

✓ The concept of human rights, social justice, empowerment and advocacy,

participatory development, and gender development are vital to strengthen our
knowledge on how community works.

✓ Methodologies and approaches in community action will help you understand the
purpose of each phase and its implication to the society such as partnership and
how it promotes development to the community as a whole.

Reflection: Complete the given statement below.

Based on the discussion, I have learned that

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I have realized that

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I will use my learning to

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 Additional Activities

Explain briefly the purpose of each phase of community action.

Phases of Community Action Explanation

1. Establishing links and partnership building
with local groups

2. Community Profiling

3. Needs and Resources Assessment

4. Participatory Action planning and leadership

development

5. Resource Mobilization

6. Plan Implementation

7. Monitoring and Evaluation

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 Assessment
Directions: Identify what is being asked in the following sentences. Write your
answers on a separate sheet of paper.

_____________1. Social research method which involves building up a picture of the nature,
needs and resources of a locality or community.

_____________2. It is an effort to involve residents, local groups and other organizations

pursue common goals.

_____________3. These are inherent in all human beings, whatever their nationality, place
of residence, sex, religion, language or any status.

____________ 4. Equal treatment of men and women.

____________ 5. Process of identifying and locating different actors and players within a
community who share a common interest, purpose and goals.

____________ 6. It is designed to document, in detail, the critical steps necessary to put

your solutions into practice.

____________ 7. Used to assess the performance of projects, institutions and programme

set up by governments, international organizations and NGO’s.

____________ 8. It is the process of getting resources from the resource provider, using
different mechanism, to implement an organization’s predetermined goals.

____________ 9. Empower individuals by providing equal and appropriate opportunities and

allowing them to take part in the development process.

____________ 10. defined as gaining power and control over decisions and resources that
determine the quality of life.

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Assessment What I Know
1. Community Profiling 1. STP
2. Community-Action Initiatives 2.LTP
3. Human Rights 3. LTP
4. Gender Equality 4. STP
5. Establishing links and partnership 5. STP
building with local groups 6. STP
6. Plan Implementation 7. LTP
7. Monitoring and Evaluation 8. LTP
8. Resource Mobilization 9. STP
9. Participatory Development 10. STP
10. Empowerment and Advocacy
Answer Key
Valley) Regional Government Center, Tuguegarao City, 3500
Domingo Joshua Dave et. Al. Department of Education. Regional Office No. 02 (Cagayan
References
 Development Team of the Module

Writer: Aaron S Enano

Cover Illustrator: Nathalia A. Malaga

Management Team:
Sheryll T. Gayola
Assistant Schools Division Superintendent
OIC, Office of the Schools Division Superintendent

Elisa O. Cerveza
Chief, Curriculum Implementation Division
OIC, Office of the Assistant Schools Division Superintendent

Aaron S. Enano
Education Program Supervisor – A.P.

Ivy Coney A. Gamatero

Education Program Supervisor – LRMS

For inquiries or feedback, please write or call:

Schools Division Office- Marikina City

191 Shoe Ave., Sta. Elena, Marikina City, 1800, Philippines

Telefax: (02) 682-2472 / 682-3989

Email Address: sdo.marikina@deped.gov.ph

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