Common Principles of community development

Community development is a helping process, useful means of maintaining and developing the human material potentials and capacities in the community for meeting social needs and raising the living stander of people. The principles of community development typically embodied in communitydevelopment programs. It is very necessary to keep in view principles of community development during the working (helping process) in the community. There are certain NGOs and other government organization working in this field to assist communities. I hope below principles are useful for such organization, development teams in succeed their programs.

·         Democratic: Respect must be given to the will of the majority and it is also necessary to heard all voices and majority request is also protected.

·         Inclusive: There are some important characteristics that often marginalize people. All community members are allowed to participate in these kinds of helping processes, whether who are poor or disables.

·         Identification of active persons: Every community has some dynamic and active persons, a community developer should first identify active persons and negotiate with them about programs where he goes to work, that kind of people are helpful to prepare and organize the community to cooperate in this matter.

·         Self-determination: Let the community to be gather to discuss their concerns, options and arrive at their own conclusion . They need technical and social guidance from experts, but it must be considered their own decisions that may be right for them.

·         Enhance material capacities: We should believe that every community has source of strengths, for example certain individuals are active and have practical talents and skills to help others in need. A community developer should identify these kinds of assets and work with them.

·         Encourage: A developer should encourage the community to participate and in decision making.