Community Profiling.pdf

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1. Community Engagement, Solidarity, and Citizenship
General Academic Strand | Humanities and Social Sciences
Community Profiling

2. Community leaders take
care of their members
with policies and
regulations that promote
equality and equity
among them.
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3. In sustaining a
community, it is
important to have a
community profile.
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4. This will enable the
community to know
vital information about
their community and
the members who
reside in it.
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5. Learning
Objectives
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●Definecommunity profilingandits
significanceinthecommunity.
●Constructacommunityprofileform.
●Understandandexplainthestepsin
creatingacommunityprofile.

6. Essential
Question
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Howcanthedevelopmentofacommunity
profilehelpitsleadersandmembers?

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Community Profiling
A community profile
contains the collection
of information about a
particular community.

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Community Profiling
A community profile
describes the
community’s land uses,
natural environment,
economy, cultural
traditions, and history.

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Community Profiling
A community profile:
●exhibits information used in planning
●can be used in natural resource management and
community economic development

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Community Profiling
The community profile
can also be presented to
governments and
organizations that can aid
in supplying the needs
that have not yet been
met in the community.

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Steps in Doing a Community Profile
●Havingaclearobjectiveforacommunityprofilehelps
theirleadersandmembersknowwhattheycanorcannot
achieve.
●Iftheconstructionofacommunityprofileispartofthe
planningprocess,theleadersshouldconsiderthe
community’sstrengths,struggles,andcurrentandfuture
goals.

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Steps in Doing a Community Profile

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Steps in Doing a Community Profile
Step 1: Consult with the Community Leaders and Members.
Community leaders and
members have to distinguish
which information must be
included in the community
profile.

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Steps in Doing a Community Profile
Step 2: Identify Community Issues and Attitudes.
Community leaders must
be aware of the issues that
affect the community and
the present attitudes of its
members.

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Steps in Doing a Community Profile
Step 3: Establish a General Picture of the Community.
The community’s
general picture will help
leaders and members
envision how they can
improve the
community in the
future.

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Steps in Doing a Community Profile
Step 4: Validate Information from the Community.
This information is significant
in developing a community
profile since members of the
community are the main
sources of valuable
information.

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Steps in Doing a Community Profile
Step 5: Summarize Findings.
The summary must highlight
significant information that will
help the community display its
primary characteristics and
needs.

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Steps in Doing a Community Profile
Step 6: Develop the Community Profile.
Everyonemustcooperate
andcoordinatesothat
importantdetailsofthe
profilecanbeincluded
andwilladheretothe
community’sgoalsand
futureplans.

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Constructing a Community Profile Form
Two aspects of doing a
community profile:
●Themes of
information
●Sources of
information

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Constructing a Community Profile Form
Community’s environment:
●Natural environment
●Human environment
●Communication,
infrastructure, waste,
transportation, and
energy
Themes of Information

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Constructing a Community Profile Form
Social aspects of the
community:
●Demographics
●Health and well-being
●Education
●Governance and
administration
Themes of Information

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Constructing a Community Profile Form
Community’s culture:
●Sources of local knowledge
●History
●Traditional practices
●Use of indigenous
languages
Themes of Information

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Constructing a Community Profile Form
Community’s economy:
●Current job data
●Businesses
●Economic activities
Themes of Information

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Constructing a Community Profile Form
●leaders and members
know the history,
culture, lands, resources,
and needs
●can be collected through
survey, storytelling,
interview, photography,
and mapping
Sources of Information

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Constructing a Community Profile Form
The local government unit
schedules a national
census of the population
to collect a variety of data.
Sources of Information

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Constructing a Community Profile Form
Community organization
involves the use of
information from different
social aspects of the
community.
Sources of Information

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The Importance of the Community Profile
●Effective way of collecting
information about a diverse
community
●Highlights the gaps in
understanding a community
and can guide future research
Strengths

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The Importance of the Community Profile
●Participants involved need
to be transparent about
current activities within
the community
●Communities are complex.
How will the information
be managed?
Weaknesses

29. Check
Your
Progress
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Howcanyouhelpyourleaderscreatean
accurateandrelevantcommunityprofile?

30. Wrap-Up
●Acommunity profilecontainsthecollectionof
informationaboutaparticularcommunity.Itdescribes
thecommunity’slanduse,naturalenvironment,
economy,culturaltraditions,andhistory.
●Thesearethefollowingstepsindoingacommunity
profile:
○Consultwiththecommunityleadersandmembers.
○Identifycommunityissuesandattitudes.
○Establishageneralpictureofthecommunity.
○Validateinformationfromthecommunity.
○Summarizefindings.
○Developthecommunityprofile.
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31. Wrap-Up
●Therearetwoimportantaspectsincreatinga
community profileform:themes of
informationandsourcesofinformation.
●Theconstructionofacommunityprofileshould
begivenimportancesinceitwillcontainvital
informationwhichcanbeusedforfuture
programsthatcanbenefitthecommunityasa
whole.
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Challenge
Yourself
1.ExplaintheconceptsofParticipatory
ActionPlanning.

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