FUNDAIA CRETINĂ DIAKONIA Cluj-Napoca, Romania FUNDAIA CRETINĂ DIAKONIA Cluj-Napoca, Romania...

FUNDAȚIA CREȘTINĂ FUNDAȚIA CREȘTINĂ DIAKONIADIAKONIA

Cluj-Napoca, RomCluj-Napoca, RomaanianiaTogether for lifeTogether for life

Community developmentCommunity developmentMERAMERA

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Dr. Arthur Dr. Arthur Sárosi Sárosi

SSooccial ial pprogramrogrammesmes iin Meran Mera

19971997 – – the first contact with the first contact with Mera:Mera: the physicians of the foundation vizit the the physicians of the foundation vizit the patients in the villagepatients in the village

19981998 – – inauguration of a GP surgeryinauguration of a GP surgery

20012001 – – the the social programme for children social programme for children starts its activity in close colaboration with starts its activity in close colaboration with the local schoolthe local school,, the R the Reformeformed churched church and and the GP surgerythe GP surgery

20022002 – –Mera Village Days I.Mera Village Days I.


Together for lifeTogether for life

SSooccial ial pprograrogrammmemess iin Meran Mera 20022002 – – opening of a social counselling opening of a social counselling

office in order to support people from office in order to support people from disadvantaged social groups in obtaining disadvantaged social groups in obtaining identity cards and birth certificatesidentity cards and birth certificates

20042004 – – we start the building of the we start the building of the multifunctional multifunctional DiakoniDiakonia a house house

20042004 – – the community development the community development in in Mera Mera starts with the founding of a starts with the founding of a Community Development CommitteeCommunity Development Committee..



FUNDAȚIA CREȘTINĂ DIAKONIAFUNDAȚIA CREȘTINĂ DIAKONIA

Main sponsor : Main sponsor : D.W. BadenD.W. Baden

2005

2007

MERA

Building of the Building of the DiakoniDiakonia Housea HouseTogether for lifeTogether for life

PPoossitiveitive effects effects Founding of a Founding of a footbal team footbal team – –

colaboration of colaboration of different different groupsgroups Co-opting of new groupsCo-opting of new groups: : active participation active participation

of the women and the youthof the women and the youth Raising awareness of Raising awareness of locallocal valvaluesues - -

renovarenovation of the tion of the traditional ingraved wooden traditional ingraved wooden gates or installgates or installing ofing of new similar ones new similar ones

Founding of the Founding of the AAsssociasociationtion „Kankalin“„Kankalin“ ment to ment to represent the irepresent the interesnterests of the community ts of the community



What have we learnt from the activity What have we learnt from the activity of community development? of community development?

to understandto understand that the pthat the prorocess itself plays cess itself plays the most important role in which the the most important role in which the members of the community learn to members of the community learn to colaborate with each other in taking and colaborate with each other in taking and executing decisionsexecuting decisions;;

to follow the proto follow the process of community cess of community development with patience development with patience and wisdom;and wisdom;



to help the villagers to change their to help the villagers to change their resignresigneded m mentalitentalityy “ “it is impossibleit is impossible”, “”, “we cannotwe cannot”, “”, “we we are not ableare not able””;;

to avoid any intervention without having to avoid any intervention without having asked the opinion of the villagers;asked the opinion of the villagers;

not to take over tasks that could be fulfilled not to take over tasks that could be fulfilled by the community.by the community.



What have we learnt from the activity What have we learnt from the activity of community development? of community development?

What is a communityWhat is a community? 1? 1

Community isCommunity is::

a network a network formed by relationships among formed by relationships among personspersons, , ggrrooupupss, , networksnetworks, , ttradiraditionstions and and modelmodels of behaviours of behaviour

made up by people sharingmade up by people sharing: : - physical neigbourhoodphysical neigbourhood,,- similar similar sosocio-eccio-economic onomic conditions orconditions or- concepts and common iconcepts and common interesnterests. ts.

ThoughThough:: People living in the same community and having the same People living in the same community and having the same

interests and living conditions do not necessarily think and feel interests and living conditions do not necessarily think and feel likelike aa „„communitycommunity”.”.

Each person belongs to different Each person belongs to different loloccal al communities communities or or group of group of iinteresntereststs,, the meaning of which can change in the different the meaning of which can change in the different phases of lifephases of life. . The different communies can lead into different The different communies can lead into different directions.directions.

Even in communitiesEven in communities that sethat seeem to be m to be „„unitedunited”” can appear can appear conflicts of iconflicts of interesnterests that need to be solved.ts that need to be solved.

It is incorect to beleave that a community means always It is incorect to beleave that a community means always something positive: some communities can be depressing and something positive: some communities can be depressing and repulsiverepulsive!!

All these aspects have to be taken into consideration by the All these aspects have to be taken into consideration by the persons implied in activities meant to develop a community.persons implied in activities meant to develop a community.

What is a communityWhat is a community? ? 22

Obligations Obligations & & values of a values of a community development programme community development programme 11

Social rights Social rights – – to raise awareness of the fact that each individual to raise awareness of the fact that each individual has the right to an incomehas the right to an income, , decentdecent living living condiconditionstions, , educaeducationtion, , medicalmedical care and a safe environment care and a safe environment; to ; to rrespectespect and and enlarge the enlarge the ccivil ivil and hand humanuman rights rights and to and to facilitafacilitate the development of a te the development of a pro-pro-active atactive atttituditudee among the different groupsamong the different groups..

ParticipaParticipationtion – to – to ffacilitaacilitate the developmentte the development of a of a demodemoccratic ratic engagement engagement inin domdomaiainnss influen influencing their lifecing their life,, citizenship and citizenship and independindependenceence by by giving them powergiving them power, , skillsskills, , knowledge andknowledge and experieexperiencence..

EEququalitalityy – to – to ccombatombat the the disdisccriminriminaative andtive and marginali marginalizingzing atatttituditude e of personsof persons andand i institunstitutionstions..

LearningLearning – to recognize – to recognize and and apappprecireciateate the skillsthe skills,, knowledge andknowledge and experienexperiencece that enable a person that enable a person to contribute to the solving of to contribute to the solving of sosoccial, ial, ececonomic, politic onomic, politic andand ec ecologic ologic pproblems.roblems.

CooperarCooperartiontion –– to implement to implement activitactivitiesies ba based on the mutual sed on the mutual aappprecipreciationation of the different of the different ccultureulturess..

to fight against to fight against ddisisccriminriminationation and aggravatingand aggravating procedproceduresures of of oorganirganisationssations, , iinstitunstitutions andtions and communities; communities;

toto ap apppreciareciatete the skillsthe skills, , knowledge knowledge and experiences and experiences accumulated in a community and accumulated in a community and to use them to use them in order to in order to produce changes;produce changes;

to consider a pto consider a prioritriorityy the treatment of the problems the treatment of the problems of of persons facing poverty and persons facing poverty and sosocciaial exclusion;l exclusion;

toto facilitatefacilitate the access of all groups and persons to the access of all groups and persons to iinformanformationtion and opportunities;and opportunities;

to influence to influence thethe politics and ppolitics and programrogrammesmes in the benefit of in the benefit of the communitiesthe communities..


to encourage to encourage the founding of networks and the founding of networks and relations among communities and orelations among communities and organirganisationssations;;

to develope to develope an attitude and guidelines to an attitude and guidelines to protect the environment;protect the environment;

to sustain to sustain social initiatives meant and able to social initiatives meant and able to produce lasting changes;produce lasting changes;

to evaluateto evaluate the accomplishedthe accomplished activities, activities,

reflereflecctting ing upon themupon them..


IdentitIdentityy and mand motivaotivationtion 1 1

the most important human resources beside the most important human resources beside our team are the stakeholders accompanying our team are the stakeholders accompanying the process.the process.

For a cFor a creativreative and successful worke and successful work we have we have to considerto consider: :

- the own ithe own identitdentity and its transformation under y and its transformation under the influence of sthe influence of sooccialiialisationsation, , mmigrigration and ation and vocatvocationionaall training training; ;

- our mour motivaotivationtion andand what we expect from our what we expect from our work and domain of activitywork and domain of activity; ;

We are confronting with 3 dWe are confronting with 3 dimensiimensionsons::

universally recognized universally recognized the n the normorms ofs of expectationsexpectations, , values and normsvalues and norms our team our team

membersmembers ((our own missionour own mission))

ExpectationsExpectations, , values and nvalues and normorms s identified during the socialisationidentified during the socialisation

and and confirmed by theconfirmed by thestakeholders accompanying the processstakeholders accompanying the process

IdentitIdentityy and mand motivaotivationtion 22

Phases of the process of Phases of the process of community development community development 11

The rThe realiteality isy is c chhaoticaotic but the major phases of but the major phases of the activity of community development arethe activity of community development are::

- to be present to be present ((periodic taskperiodic task));;

- to obtain and collect information;to obtain and collect information;

- to identify the to identify the formalformal and and informainformal actorsl actors ;;

- to ato analnalize theize the circumstances and to icircumstances and to identifdentify the y the persons interested in producing changes persons interested in producing changes ((or in the or in the contrary could be an contrary could be an „„obstacleobstacle“)“);;

the action phasethe action phase::- to ito identifdentify they the ggrrooupupss and pand persoersons we will ns we will

work withwork with; ; to formto form new gnew grrooupups;s;

- to ato analnalizeize and settle the objectives together and settle the objectives together with the team; with the team;

- to develop and implement the plan;to develop and implement the plan;- to form networksto form networks and initiate partnerships;and initiate partnerships;- to evaluateto evaluate andand celebrate the success.celebrate the success.

and always: and always: develop ownership! develop ownership!

Phases of the process of Phases of the process of community development 2community development 2

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