Community Mapping

Dynamic Social Development Model
Delos Santos, D. Community Engagement, Solidarity, and Citizenship p.96
Community Virtues: Resilient, Vigilant, Progressive, Adaptable, and Accountable

Five-Point Initiative: Engagement, Planning, Implementation, Development,
and Sustainability
The figure above represents an ideal holistic development paradigm. Any

community that has these initiatives and embodied virtues of community members
would definitely succeed.
Community Virtues
1. Resilient Communities
Countless challenges are faced by almost everyone every day. Only resilient
people become successful after facing each challenge. As Filipinos are known to be
resilient people, it is also hoped that our communities should be resilient, as well.
Based in a tropical country, we are experiencing different seasons that could

harm our crops and livestock. Drought, floods, heat waves, earthquakes, forest fires,
and tsunamis are just a few of the challenges from Mother Nature that our
communities face (Delos Santos, D. 2017). Aside from that, challenges can be in the
form of corruption, red tape, crime, terrorism, and human rights abuses (Delos
Santos, D. 2017). It is expected that despite all these, people and communities
should rise from it all and continue to live and exist. As these challenges are already
expected, for they come on an annual basis or as a precedent from other
communities, contingency plans must be crafted.
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2. Vigilant Communities
As we take extra careful in securing our door locks at night, communities must
also be vigilant to possible threats. Securing the safety of its members is one of the
main focus of any community. Laws are already in existent to make sure that
everybody will get to enjoy their freedom in its utmost sense. It serves as a deterrent
but will be used when someone tries to break the status quo.
However, upholding dogma of the past might seem a standard, but
communities must also be ready to adapt if there are new trends that are beneficial
for the community's growth. Anything, also, that could be the cause of a community
to fall, be it its economy or the welfare of its people, must be eliminated. Being alert
and awake will always give a head start.
3. Progressive Communities
Change is the only constant in this world. One who is afraid of change can
never go to places. From what we have learned from the previous virtue,
safeguarding our belief system is important but so as keeping with development.
Protecting our culture and history will always be everybody's goal but our world right
now is advancing drastically and if we cannot keep up, we will be left at the bottom.
Progressive communities know when to change and when not to adapt. The
role of community leaders are very critical in this matter. Synergy is important for
ideas to flourish and take root. Ideas that are arbitrary made without the consultation
of the community will be hollow and will not connect to their target beneficiaries.
(Delos Santos, D. 2017). It will always be a risk in advancing to the current trends
but not trying to do so will result in not wanting to grow.
4. Adaptive Communities
Progressive community is more likely the same with Adaptive Community.

However, the former is more into looking for long-term changes. Its target is growth
from what is already present. The latter deals with the present condition. Innovative
and creativity are two of the requirements in order step up with the current trends.
Korean fashion is very trending now in the Philippines. Teenage girls are at
the peak of copying the way how Koreans dress. Even with Korea's skin care
products are always present in the Philippine cosmetics shops. This is one example
of trying to change a bit, to look trendier, to adapt. But an adaptive community is
more into the changes occurring in order to survive whenever our environment
demands it. With this Covid 19 pandemic, if our community won’t adapt to the new
normal guidelines, then it is expected that more people will get infected by the virus.
5. Accountable Communities
Accountable communities have the best people who knows their role in their
community. They have the sense of ownership. They know that they have to take
part in planning, execution, solution and sustaining community goals and programs.
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The sense of ownership empowers people and in result, gives people confidence
and will to act. People become committed and be more productive.
Beautiful ideas spring from people who are accountable. They study, research
and dissect information or proposals before putting it on the table, for fear that it will
result in failure if not looked into thoroughly. Accountable people do not just look
after their own advantage but the benefit of all the members of the community.
Five-Point Community Initiatives
The five-point community initiatives are the processes or mechanisms that a

community undergoes in order to develop and realize its goals.
1. Engagement - connecting to the community and its people

2. Planning - converting ideas into blueprints through meetings and discussion
3. Implementation - action and realization of the set plans
4. Development - enhancing process for continuous implementation
5. Sustainability - meeting needs of stakeholders; pursued as a goal
WHAT’S MORE
INSTRUCTIONS: From the list of Self-Involvement Ways for Community

Engagement in page 3, pick one that you have done and identify your role in
that activity. Use the template below applying SWOT analysis. Give a short
description for each area:
Strength - how well you did your part
Weaknesses - what part did you not get involved in
Opportunity - what have you learned from the activity
Threat - what harmed you in the process
Copy the template below in your notebook and start answering.
Name: ____________________________ Date: _________
1. Activity:
_____________________________________________________
2. Scenario (3-5 sentences):
_____________________________________________________
3. Role (specific):
_____________________________________________________

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Dynamic Social Development Model

Delos Santos, D. Community Engagement, Solidarity, and Citizenship p.96

Community Virtues: Resilient, Vigilant, Progressive, Adaptable, and Accountable

The figure above represents an ideal holistic development paradigm. Any

Based in a tropical country, we are experiencing different seasons that could

Progressive community is more likely the same with Adaptive Community.

Five-Point Community Initiatives

The five-point community initiatives are the processes or mechanisms that a

1. Engagement - connecting to the community and its people

INSTRUCTIONS: From the list of Self-Involvement Ways for Community

Copy the template below in your notebook and start answering.

Name: ____________________ Date: _

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