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1st SEMESTER A.Y. 2024-2025 |A FRAMEWORK FOR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEFINITION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT b) International Human Assistance Program; Active voluntary involvement in a process to improve...

1st SEMESTER A.Y. 2024-2025 |A FRAMEWORK FOR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEFINITION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT b) International Human Assistance Program; Active voluntary involvement in a process to improve c) Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL); some identifiable aspect of community life leading to d) CAUSA. strengthening of the community’s pattern of human and institutional relationships.(Ploch, 1976) GROWTH OF NGO Planned effort to produce assets that increase the The focus of the NGOs were directed to "symptoms" capacity of residents to improve their quality of life rather than "underlying cause" of socioeconomic (Green, 2002) problems. This resulted to emergency relief operations under non-disaster conditions. This is supported by the EVOLUTION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and Cooperative for WESTERN CONCEPTS (1960) American Relief (CARE). Dole out was also practiced Throughout contemporary Philippines history, the during this time. national government has adopted foreign standard and models of development. CHANGING THE PHILIPPINE SOCIETY Development policies have been oriented toward the While the private organizations and the foundations were priorities of the ELITE in the Philippine Society. tinkering with community development approaches, the American model of government and system of free- mass movement through peoples' organization (pos) enterprise was superimposed by the American consistently made efforts to institute a fundamental colonizers. change in the Philippine society as a whole, specifically After gaining Independence, private organizations in terms of redressing the inequitable distribution of patterned their development strategies after their western wealth. counterparts. The means of movement ranged from "trade union' to "armed rebellion". POs emphasized that development DOLE-OUT ASSISTANCE STRATEGY work must serve the interests of the masses, the Dole out means to give money, food, or something else "oppressed" rather than the "oppressors" that can be divided to several people. This was used by Community Chest, Red Cross and Young Women's MARTIAL LAW Christian Association (YWCA). The NGOs were encouraged to take action when they are being oppressed by the political repression under the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT APPROACH (1950) Marcos Regime. This was introduced by European colonial powers. During the Marcos Regime, the NGOs became a vital Its strategy involved rural and urban communities in factor in the growth of the mass movement. programs of the national government by harnessing the Many NGOs and POs would later be known as CAUSE- labor capacity of the masses in support of government ORIENTED organizations. objectives. This mass movement would later lead to the overthrow of It was a prerequisite for preparing the local government the MARCOS dictatorship. to pursue development tasks after independence. It was modified under these conditions to suit the national COMMUNITY government to: Location (communities of place), collection of individuals 1. Facilitate control of depressed or remote areas. with common interest, proximity 2. Persuade the masses to conform to government Community capital: policies and goals ▪ Human ▪ Physical PRESIDENTIAL ASSISTANT ON COMMUNITY ▪ Financial DEVELOPMENT ▪ Environmental Funded by Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and USAID. The role of which was to organize barrios throughout the country and coordinate the delivery of basic services from government and private organizations. The REAL OBJECTIVE was to create Psychological Warfare. Proponents: Magsaysay Government, USAID, CIA, Jose Crisol. COUNTERINSURGENCY EXPERIMENT Community Development Programs were mixed with counterinsurgency strategies that will benefit U.S. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT The program dubbed as Operation Brother-hood. Synonymous with growth It was centered for Socio Medical activities. Increasing quality of life through opportunities and The real objective was to develop a training program to improvement prepare U.S. medical team for deployment in Laos and Greater per capita income Vietnam. Sponsored by CIA, PACD. Other organizations Quality and quantity of employment opportunities that applied counterinsurgency strategy: a) Adventist Development and Relief Agency; JEDIDIYA MEI | 1 MICROTEACHING2ND SEMeSTER | Community Development is planned effort to produce assets that increase the capacity of residents to improve their quality of life (Green, 2002) Economic development is the process of creating wealth through mobilization of human, financial, capital, physical and natural resources to generate marketable goods and services JEDIDIYA MEI | 2