Community Engagement,

Solidarity and Citizenship

Quarter 2 – Module 2:
Empowerment and Advocacy of a
Community Action Initiative
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 Community
Engagement, Solidarity
and Citizenship
Quarter 2 – Module 2:
Empowerment and Advocacy of a
Community Action Initiative
Introductory Message

For the facilitator:

Welcome to the Community, Engagement, Solidarity and Citizenship – Grade 12

Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Empowerment and Advocacy of a
Community Action Initiative.

This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by

educators both from public and private institutions to assist you, the teacher or
facilitator in helping the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum
while overcoming their personal, social, and economic constraints in schooling.

This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and
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consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
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Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies
that will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them
to manage their own learning. Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and
assist the learners as they do the tasks included in the module.

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For the learner:

Welcome to the Community Engagement, Solidarity and Citizenship – Grade 12

Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Empowerment and Advocacy of a
Community Action Initiative

The concept of community has been a great part of our lives since we were
born in this world. It is often used to depict the ideas in social, political, and
cultural landscape of every community. In our community, we create common
beliefs, language, and shared interest. Hence, the concept of community in this
learning resource signifies that you, as a learner, is part of an empowered society
that can achieve the relevant lessons and can enhance your knowledge and skills
at your own pace and time. This module will give you an exciting and fulfilling
activities to understand your community!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning resource while being an
active learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

What I Need to Know This will give you an idea of the skills or
competencies you are expected to learn in
the module.

What I Know This part includes an activity that aims to

check what you already know about the
lesson to take. If you get all the answers
correct (100%), you may decide to skip this
module.

What’s In This is a brief drill or review to help you link

the current lesson with the previous one.

What’s New In this portion, the new lesson will be

introduced to you in various ways such as a
story, a song, a poem, a problem opener, an
activity or a situation.

What is It This section provides a brief discussion of

the lesson. This aims to help you discover
and understand new concepts and skills.

What’s More This comprises activities for independent

practice to solidify your understanding and

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 skills of the topic. You may check the
answers to the exercises using the Answer
Key at the end of the module.

What I Have Learned This includes questions or blank

sentence/paragraph to be filled into process
what you learned from the lesson.

What I Can Do This section provides an activity which will

help you transfer your new knowledge or
skill into real life situations or concerns.

Assessment This is a task which aims to evaluate your

level of mastery in achieving the learning
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Additional Activities In this portion, another activity will be given

to you to enrich your knowledge or skill of
the lesson learned. This also tends retention
of learned concepts.

Answer Key This contains answers to all activities in the

module.

At the end of this module you will also find:

References This is a list of all sources used in

developing this module.

The following are some reminders in using this module:

1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any part of
the module. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises.
2. Don’t forget to answer What I Know before moving on to the other activities
included in the module.
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4. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking your
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5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.
6. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator once you are through with it.
If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do not
hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator. Always bear in mind that you are
not alone.

We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful learning
and gain deep understanding of the relevant competencies. You can do it!

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 What I Need to Know

This module was conceptualized and written to help you explain and
analyze the strategies of empowerment and advocacy of a community action
initiative. Particularly, you may be able to understand and explain ideas about
advocacy, how it is being utilized and how people empowerment plays a very
important role in achieving the community action initiative and plan.

In the previous lessons, you have learned that communities are the people
who have shared a common experience, identity or geography. There may be issues
and problems which the community is facing but still there are solutions that may
take place through community action initiatives. It has also been discussed that in
seeking for solutions through community action plan or initiatives, there is a
guiding principles that we should not go away with. These are the core values of
community action initiative. We should not depart from it in doing such significant
actions. Thus in this chapter, you will be able to discover strategies in
empowerment and advocacy of a community action initiative, as well as, the
importance of commitment and action in participatory development for community
well-being. The aim of this module is to explain and analyze the different strategies
of empowerment and advocacy of a community action. Also, it will explain the
importance of commitment and action in participatory development for community
well –being. Specially, it will give concepts and ideas in doing so. Wherein, after
doing so, at the end of this module, you are expected to learn the following:

Analyze strategies of empowerment and advocacy of a community action

initiative (HUMSS_CSC12 -IIIh - j -15) and explain the importance of commitment
and action in participatory development for community well -being (HUMSS_CSC12
-IIIh - j -16)

1. Define empowerment and advocacy in connection with community action.

2. Describe the significance importance of commitment and action in
participatory development for community well –being; and
3. Promote empowerment and advocacy of a specific community action.

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 What I Know

Direction: In your own ideas and words, define advocacy and people
empowerment. .

ADVOCACY- ________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT- __________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

You are doing great!

I guess you are now ready for our new lesson.

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 Strategies of Empowerment
Lesson
and Advocacy of a
2 Community Action
Initiative
Understanding advocacy of community action initiative or plan is vital for
people to be empowered. Communities all around the world are facing issues and
problems that are needed to be resolved. In this sense, it is seen that every human
being is seeking improvement in every aspect of human lives, that it is important
for an individual to have improvement is the situation that they are into. Thus,
human being is seeking for social change.

Due to the above stated realities in the community, actions and initiatives
from its members are very relevant and needed. Taking part in community actions
and initiatives mean: a human being is ready and willing to embrace a specific
advocacy. They are seeking solutions to a certain issue or problem that the
community is facing. In this regard it is also reasonable to say that the certain
person who is embracing an advocacy is also ready for empowerment which is a
vital in social change and improvement. According to United Nations,
empowerment is not new to us. There are long-standing efforts to protect human
rights, promote job creation and obtain improved access to water, sanitation,
energy, education and health care all have empowerment at their core — the goal of
ensuring that people have the opportunities they need to live better lives in dignity
and security.

Hence, it is important for you to understand the strategies of empowerment

and advocacy of a community action initiative.

What’s In

Direction: TRUE or FALSE. Write true if the statement is correct and write false if
the statement is incorrect.

_____1. Community actions must give members and leaders a “voice” in the
community action.

_____2 There is a single approach to community development.

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_____3. Social change is not wanted by every individual in a community.

_____4. Human Rights, Gender Equality, Participatory Development and Social

Equity are the core values of community action initiatives necessary for advocacy
and people empowerment.

____5. There can be social change and people empowerment even without advocacy

Notes to the Teacher

This activity will help the learners link their idea of the past
lesson as they identify the strategies of empowerment and
advocacy of a community action initiative.

What’s New

Direction: Song Analysis. Analyze the song of the Singer-Song Writer Noel
Cabangon, entitled “Ako’y Isang Mabuting Pilipino.” In your own perspective based
on the song, what is the advocacy the writer’s advocacy and who will be empowered
in the song? Write your answer in an essay for.

Ako’y Isang Mabuting Pilipino

By: NOEL CABANGON

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Ako’y isang mabuting Pilipino [repeat chorus]
Minamahal ko ang bayan ko
Tinutupad ko ang aking mga tungkulin Lagi akong nakikinig sa aking mga magulang
Sinusunod ko ang kanyang mga alituntunin Kaya’t pag-aaral ay aking pinagbubutihan
‘di ako gumagamit ng bawal na gamot
Tumatawid ako sa tamang tawiran O kaya’y tumatambay at sa eskwela’y ‘di
Sumasakay ako sa tamang sakayan pumapasok
Pumipila at ‘di nakikipag-unahan
At ‘di ako pasiga-siga sa lansangan Ipinagtatanggol ko ang aking karangalan
‘pagkat ito lamang ang tangi kong kayamanan
Bumababa’t nagsasakay ako sa tamang ‘di ko ibinebenta ang aking kinabukasan
sakayan (Nagbababa ako sa tamang babaan) Ang boto ko’y aking pinahahalagahan
‘di nakahambalang parang walang pakiaalam
Pinagbibigyan kong mga tumatawid sa kalsada [repeat chorus]
Humihinto ako ‘pag ang ilaw ay pula
Ako’y isang tapat at totoong lingkod ng bayan
[chorus] Pabor o lagay ay ‘di ko pinapayagan
‘pagkat ako’y isang mabuting Pilipino Tapat ang serbisyo ko sa mamamayan
Minamahal ko ang bayan ko ‘Di ko ibinubulsa ang pera ng bayan
Tinutupad ko ang aking mga tungkulin
Sinusunod ko ang kanyang mga alituntunin
Ipinagtatanggol ko ang mamamayang Pilipino
Mga karapatan nila’y kinikilala ko
‘Di ako nagongotong o nagbibigay ng lagay Iginagalang ko ang aking kapwa tao
Ticket lamang ang tinatanggap kong ibinibigay Ipinaglalaban ko ang dangal ng bayan ko.
Ako’y nakatayo doon mismo sa kanto
At ‘di nagtatago sa ilalim ng puno
[repeat chorus twice]
Di ako nagkakalat ng basura sa lansangan
‘Di bumubuga ng usok ang aking sasakyan Pagkat ako’y isang mabuting Pilipino
Inaayos ko ang mga kalat sa basurahan
Inaalagaan ko ang ating kapaligiran Pagkat ako’y isang mabuting Pilipino

Pagkat ako’y isang mabuting Pilipino

RUBRIC FOR THE ESSAY

Criteria 5 4 3 2 1
The The The situation The The situation
situation situation and opinion situation and opinion
Quality and opinion and opinion were vague and opinion given was
of given was were and general. given was poorly
Writing excellent. informative somehow organized and
and not related not related to
organized. to the the given
concept. concept.
No Few spelling Almost half Every Many spelling
grammatical or of the answer paragraph or grammatical
Grammar errors grammatical contains contains errors.
Usage errors spelling or spelling or
grammatical grammatical
error errors.

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 What is It

After finishing the activities earlier, you may now be able to grasp the idea of
our lesson in this module. You must get your pen and answer sheet and carefully
read the lesson. It is important to read and comprehend the ideas and context of
this lesson.
Let us continue our lesson!

First, let us try to understand what the definition of core values is.

.
According to Oxford Dictionary, empowerment is the act of
giving somebody more control over their own life or the situation
they are in or giving somebody the power or authority to do
something.

On the other hand advocacy is the support, advice and help given to people,
often with special needs or aims, who are unable to speak for themselves

Thus, if it will be applied to community engagement, solidarity and

citizenship, these two are both modes of community engagement. It highlights the
collaborative nature of various groups and people working together to attain a
specific goal that may promote betterment of the quality of life and social change.

To elaborate, according to Taguibao (2016), in connection with community

action, people empowerment is the process that increases community autonomy
and individual self-determination. These processes are designed to help gain
control of their own lives.

As stated by Ban Ki Moon, Former Secretary General of the United Nations,

this aims to ensure that people have the right set of skills and opportunities they
need to live better and dignified lives.
Now, let us move to advocacy. It refers to enabling marginalized groups and
promoting their individual rights. It is a process of supporting people and
advancing or promoting the rights these individuals have.

Advocacy, in connection with community engagement, also means attaining

people empowerment. It can be led by people who are not part of the community or

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by leaders within the community. The most effective advocacy and people
empowerment is the combination by both.

Empowering sectors like the poor, indigenous people and the likes need
strong and effective advocacies for protection and promotion of their interests. In
this sense, according to Huberman (2014), these are the strategies is community
mobilization resulting to people empowerment and advocacy:

1. Secure Strong Leadership-Engage strong leaders within the community

members. The leader should possess these characteristics: the will to serve
as the leader of the community over a significant period of time; the capacity
to provide both infrastructure and human resources; financial stability; the
ability to gather and manage financial resources, and the respect and
support of the community.

2. Establish Formal Structure- a formal structure must be created for it can

effectively lead community change efforts. These may include specific
committees, organizational charts, rules like by laws, policy statements and
formal letters of agreement for those who lead, organize, and participate in
the community effort.

3. Engage the stakeholders- engage people, groups or institutions that may be

affected by or are important to the achievement of the stated purpose of a
project. They include government, civil society, and the private sector at
national, intermediate and local levels.

4. Conduct a Needs assessments-it's a way of asking group or community

members what they see as the most important needs of that group or
community. The results of the survey then guide future action.

5. Create a Strategic Plan- develop a strategic plan that lays out the goals and
objectives. The strategic plan should identify the social, structural, and
individual changes that will lead to people empowerment.

These are some of the many strategies of empowerment and advocacy of a

community action initiative.

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 What’s More

Directions: Draw If the statement is correct and if the

sentence is incorrect. Write the answer in your answer sheet.

______1. Empowerment is the act of giving somebody more control over their own
life.
______2. Advocacy is the situation where somebody is giving the power or authority
to do something.
______3. Advocacy, in connection with community engagement, also means
attaining people empowerment.
______4. Strategic planning is a way of asking group or community members what
they see as the most important needs of that group or community.
_____5. The result of needs assessment survey will be the guide for future
community action initiative.

______6. Leader should possess only one of these characteristics: the will to serve
as the leader; the capacity to provide both infrastructure and human resources;
financial stability; the ability to gather and manage financial resources, and the
respect and support of the community.

_____7. Structures created for a community action initiative may be formal or

informal, for it can both effectively lead community change efforts.

______8. Engage people, groups or institutions that may be affected by or are

important to the achievement of the stated purpose of a project for them to better
understand the program.

_____9. Stakeholders are not important in the success of community action plan.

_____10. The most effective advocacy and people empowerment is the combination
by both.

What I Have Learned

Empowerment and advocacy have various definitions y in connection with

community action initiatives. These are two sides of the same coin. Both are
emphasizing the cooperation of groups and individuals who are working together to
achieve a certain goals and objectives. Both are drivers of social change, aiming to
achieve a more able and independent community who can advocate for itself in the

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rung run. Thus, it is vital to keep in mind and analyze the different strategies of
empowerment and advocacy of a community action initiative, which are the
following:

1. Secure Strong Leadership

2. Establish Formal Structure

3. Engage the stakeholders-

4. Conduct a Needs assessments

5. Create a Strategic Plan.

What I Can Do

Direction: Answer the questions below that pertains on the importance of

analyzing and understanding strategies of empowerment and advocacy. Write your
answer in your answer sheet.

1. In your own perception which is more important, empowerment or

advocacy? Defend your answer. (10 points)
2. Which among the strategies discussed earlier of empowerment and advocacy
is the most important? Why?
RUBRIC FOR THE ESSAY
Criteria 5 4 3 2 1
The The The situation The The
situation situation and opinion situation situation
Quality of and opinion and opinion were vague and opinion and opinion
Writing given was were and general. given was given was
excellent. informative somehow poorly
and not related organized
organized. to the and not
concepts. related to
the given
concept.
No Few spelling Almost half Every Many
grammatical or of the answer paragraph spelling or
Grammar errors grammatical contains contains grammatical
Usage errors spelling or spelling or errors
grammatical grammatical
error errors.

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 Assessment

Direction: Match column A to column B. Write the letter of your answer in your
answer sheet.

A B
1. _________is the process that increases community a. Ban Ki Moon
autonomy and individual self-determination
b. civil society
2. __________ refers to enabling marginalized groups and
c. Empowerment
promoting their individual rights.
d.leader
3. _____________ stated that empowerment aims to
ensure that people have the right set of skills and e.Advocacy

opportunities they need to live better and dignified f. stakeholders

lives. g. government
4. The people, groups or institutions that may be h. formal structures
affected. i. needs assessment
5. The ________ should possess these characteristics:
j. strategic plan
the will to serve as the leader of the community over
k. Taguibao
a significant period of time; the capacity to provide
both infrastructure and human resources; financial
stability; the ability to gather and manage financial
resources, and the respect and support of the
community.
6. ________ and 7.___________ are examples of
stakeholders.
8._____________ is a way of asking group or community
members what they see as the most important needs.

9. ___________ may include specific committees,

organizational charts, rules like by laws, policy
statements and formal letters of agreement.

10. __________ lays the goals and objectives of a

community action initiative.

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 Additional Activities

Direction: Complete the table below about the strategies of empowerment and
advocacy. Explain each with your own idea.

Strategies of Empowerment and

Advocacy in Community Action nitiative

Congratulations!

You can now proceed to the next module!

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What’s More
1.
2.
Assessment 3.
1. C
4.
2. E
3. A 5.
4. F
5. D 6.
6. What’s In
7. . B &G 7.
8. I 8. 1. True
9. H 2. False
10..J 3. False
9.
4. True
5. False
10.
Answer Key
References:

Ban Ki Moon, 2012, People’s Empowerment Is Key Means to Achieving

Sustainable Development
https://www.un.org/press/en/2012/sgsm14443.doc.htm

Noel Cabango, Ako’y Isang Mabuting Pilipino

https://generito.wordpress.com/2010/03/24/ako%E2%80%99y-isang-mabuting-
pilipino-by-noel-cabangon/

Definition of Empowerment
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/empowerment

Definition of Advocacy
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/advocacy?q=ad
vocacy

Taguibao, J and De Guzman, F. , 2016Community Engagement Solidarity and Citizenship, Vibal

Group Inc.pgs 54-56

Huberman, Barbara, 2014, Strategies Guided by Best Practice for Community

Mobilization https://advocatesforyouth.org/wp-
content/uploads/storage//advfy/documents/Factsheets/strategies%20guided%20
by%20best%20practice_8-11-14.pdf

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Lesson Importance of
3 Commitment and Action in
Participatory Development

In the last lesson, the terminologies empowerment and advocacy were

discussed to you. Also, the strategies of both, empowerment and advocacy were
enumerated and delivered. These explains the essential thoughts that must not be
forgotten in preparing a community action initiative. All of the above stated
concepts must be incorporated with commitment and action. Without the two, the
percentage of a successful community action is very much unsure. Thus, in this
lesson, we are going to tackle about the importance of commitment and action in
participatory development.

What’s In

Direction: Using a Venn diagram, compare the two concepts, the empowerment
and advocacy in connection with community action initiatives. Write your answer
in your answer sheet.

EMPOWERMENT ADVOCACY

Notes to the Teacher

This activity will help the learners’ link their idea of the past
lesson as they and explain the importance of commitment and
action in participatory development for community well –being.
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 What’s New

Direction: Read and analyze the article by Atty. Alexander Lacson. In essay form,
answer the following questions below. Write your answer in your answer sheet.

Twelve Little things a Filipino can do to help our Country

By: Atty. Alexander Lacson

1. Follow traffic rules.

2. Whenever you buy or pay for anything, always ask for an official receipt.

3. Do not buy smuggled goods. Buy local, buy Filipino.

4. When you talk to others especially a foreigner, speak positively of our race
and our country.

5. Respect your traffic officer, policeman, soldier and other public servants.
6. .Do not litter, dispose of your garbage properly: reduce, recycle and reuse.
7. Support your church.

8. During election do your solemn duty to vote.

9. Pay your employees well

10. Pay your taxes

11. Adopt a scholar or adopt a poor child.

12. Be a good parent teaches your kids to follow the law and to love our country

Questions:
1. What does the article above tell you?
2. What kind of virtue will a person must have in order to achieve the things in
the article?
3. What is the significance of the article in your study of community action
initiative?

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 RUBRIC FOR THE ESSAY
Criteria 5 4 3 2 1
The The The situation The The situation
situation situation and opinion situation and opinion
Quality and opinion and opinion were vague and opinion given was
of given was were and general. given was poorly
Writing excellent. informative somehow organized and
and not related not related to
organized. to the the given
concept. concept.
No Few spelling Almost half Every Many spelling
grammatical or of the answer paragraph or grammatical
Grammar errors grammatical contains contains errors.
Usage errors spelling or spelling or
grammatical grammatical
error errors.

What is It

Good job!
After finishing the activities above, you now have an idea about our new
lesson. It is now time for you to read and understand our new lesson. It is
important for you to analyze its application in the real life situation.
Let us continue our discussion!

Making a commitment includes dedication of

self to a certain person or a cause. Before anyone
makes a commitment, it must carefully think about.
A commitment obligates a person to do something
that it involves action. Hence, it is very important to

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 commit and act to accomplish a certain community action initiative
through participation of the citizens.

According to Taguibao (2016), participatory development generally

aims to engage the marginalized in development projects which are designed
and initiated for their own benefit. Participatory development is guided by
the possibility of success and sustainability of development projects is more
attainable if the local community is engaged in the process of development.

Stakeholders must not be ignored in the process. It has already been

discussed in the first lesson who the stakeholders are. They are the people,
groups or institutions that may be affected by, can significantly influence or
are important to the achievement of the stated purpose of a community
action initiative. They include government, civil society, and the private
sector at national, intermediate and local levels.

These stakeholder groups are:

General public: those who are directly or indirectly affected by

the project (women’s groups, individuals and families, indigenous
groups, religious groups)

Government: civil servants in ministries, cabinets, etc.

Representative assemblies: elected government bodies

(parliament, national and local assemblies, district and municipal
assemblies, elected community leaders.

Civil society organizations: networks, national and

international NGOs, grassroots organizations, trade unions, policy
development and research institutes, media, community based
organizations.

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 Private sector: umbrella groups representing groups within the
private sector, professional associations, chambers of commerce.
Donor and international financial institutions: resource providers
and development partners

If all of these stakeholders will develop participation, in terms of

commitment and action, any community action initiative will be a success.

Let us not forget the forms of participatory development.

Passive Participation- Participation is at the minimum; stakeholders
are merely informed about the plans and progress of projects. People
participate by being told what is going to happen or has already happened.
Hence, this kind of commitment is not very effective in attaining community
action initiative.
Participation by Consultation- Stakeholders being asked for their
idea or opinion about a certain problem while development professionals
only listen to their views. People involved exercised no responsibility in
formulating the original plan or the decisions that went into it, and the
development professionals are not obliged to incorporate their views.

Participation by Collaboration- Stakeholders with predetermined goals

participates during the discussion, analysis, and decision-making stage.

Empowerment Participation- Stakeholders actively participate in the process

and its analysis. This features a joint decision making process, wherein
stakeholders are considered equal copartners with the external experts. Most
significantly, control and ownership of the process are in the hands of the
primary stakeholders.

Thus, in all these for types of participation, it is essential to develop

empowerment participation, for it includes commitment and action in the
grassroots level whom are the direct beneficiaries of a community action. Hence,
they are the ones who are being empowered.

Hence, we should not forget that in any action there are good and bad
effects. According to NGO leader Gerardo Bulatao, these are the pros and cons
of participatory development:

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 PROS CONS
– Participation helps LGUs maximize – Costly and slow
the use of their resources
– Tokenism – only a few locals from
– Enhances trust in the government the community are hand-picked to
prove its participatory credentials
– Ensures continuity of plans despite
changes in leadership

– Accurately identify problems,

issues, needs and concerns

Therefore, everyone should be careful in taking commitment and action in

community action intiative.

What’s More

Directions: Below are the icons to reinforce your ideas of the importance of
commitment and action in participatory development, analyze and rearrange the
jumbled letters that corresponds to the icon. Write your answer in your answer
sheet.

TCOEIMTMMN SMOTNIKE ATCOIN

1.__________________________ 2._______________ 3. ____________

D EROLDHSKATE TEMNEMROWOPE

4.______________________ 5. ________________________

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 What I Have Learned

It is important for you to remember the importance of commitment and action in

participatory development for community well –being. It is not an easy job to seek
solutions to community issues and problems that are long ago running around the
community but we have to keep in mind that participatory development engaged with
commitment and action of the citizens and other stakeholders anything is possible.
There are lots of positive attributes of participatory development like participation helps
LGUs maximize the use of their resources, Enhances trust in the governments, ensures
continuity of plans despite changes in leadership and accurately identify problems,
issues, needs and concerns. All these will help in the community well-being. Also, we
cannot go away with negative attributes, like, Costly and slow, and the idea of tokenism
where only a few locals from the community are hand-picked to prove its participatory
credentials. Through these negatives, it is certain no matter how slow, if there is
commitment and action among the citizens of the community there will be a
community development, as well as community well-being.

What I Can Do

Direction: Answer the questions below that pertains on the importance of commitment
and action in participatory development for community well-being through an essay.

1. In your own perspective, how important is it to have commitment in a

community action? Explain your answer
2. As a citizen in your community, cite an example, wherein you participated
that you have given commitment and you acted to the cause of the
community action, especially during this time of pandemic.
RUBRIC FOR THE ESSAY
Criteria 5 4 3 2 1
The The situation The situation The situation The situation
situation and opinion and opinion and opinion and opinion
Quality of and opinion were were vague given was given was
Writing given was informative and general. somehow not poorly
excellent. and related to the organized
organized. concepts. and not
related to the
given
concept.
No Few spelling Almost half of Every Many
grammatical or the answer paragraph spelling or
Grammar errors grammatical contains contains grammatical
Usage errors spelling or spelling or errors
grammatical grammatical
error errors.

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 Assessment

Direction: Matching type. Match the statements being described in column A to

the words/s in column B. Write your answer on your answer sheet.

COLUMN A COLUMN B

1._________ obligates a person to do something that it a. Participatory Development

involves action.
b. Government
2. ___________generally aims to engage the
c. Tokenism
marginalized in development projects which are
designed and initiated for their own benefit. d. Participation by
Collaboration
3. The stakeholders group who are directly or
indirectly affected by the project. e. Passive

4. The stakeholders group who are civil servants in f.negative

ministries, cabinets, and the likes. g. positive
5. . The stakeholders group who are the umbrella h. Empowerment
groups representing groups within the private sector, Participation
professional associations, chambers of commerce.
i. Private Sector
6. A negative effect of participatory development
j. General Public
wherein only a few locals from the community are
hand-picked to prove its participatory credentials k. Commitment

7. Type of Participation wherein the stakeholders

actively participate in the process, analysis and there
is a joint decision making process

8. Type of Participation wherein the stakeholders,

with predetermined goals participate during the
discussion, analysis, and decision-making stage.
9. Participation helps LGUs maximize the use of their
resources is one of the ____________ effects of
participatory development.
10. Type of pparticipation that is at the minimum

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 Additional Activities

Direction: Search for one United Nation Millennium Development Goal, promote it
by making a poster or slogan in a bond paper.

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 RUBRICS FOR THE ACTIVITY
Criteria 5 4 3 2 1
The Almost all Some Minimal Many
poster/Sloga the required required required required
Required n includes elements elements elements elements
Elements all are included are included are are missing.
required on the on the included
elements as poster. poster/slog on the
well as an. poster.
additional
information.
All graphics Almost all Some Minimal Graphics do
are related graphics are graphics are graphics not relate
Graphics - to the topic related related to are related to the topic
Relevance and make it to the topic the to the topic
easier to and most topic.
understand make it
easier to
understand
The The The The The poster
poster/Sloga poster/Slog poster/Slog poster/slog /slganis
Attractive n is an is an is an is distractingly
very attractive somewhat acceptably messy or
attractive in terms of attractive attractive poorly
in terms of design, in terms of though it designed. It
design, layout, and design, may be a is not
layout, and neatness. layout, and bit attractive.
neatness. neatness. messy.

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Assessment
1. K
2. A
3. J
4. B What’s More
5. J
6. C 1. COMMITMENT
What’s In
7. H 2. TOKENISM
8. D 3. ACTION ANSWERS MAY VARY
9. G 4. STAKEHOLDER
10.E 5. EMPOWERMENT
Answer Key
References:

Lacson, Alex, 2005,

file:///C:/Users/User/Downloads/12%20Little%20Things%20Every%20Filipino%2
0Can%20Do.pdf

Definition of Commitment https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/commitment

Taguibao, J and De Guzman, F. , 2016, Community Engagement Solidarity and Citizenship, Vibal
Group Inc.pgs 48-50

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Learning Resources Management and Development Section (LRMDS)

Provincial Capitol Compound, Balanga City, Bataan

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Email Address: [email protected]

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