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    COPAR (Community Organizing Participatory Action Research) is a social development approach that aims to transform apathetic, poor communities into participatory and politically engaged communities. It is a process where communities identify needs, build confidence to take action, and develop cooperative attitudes. COPAR uses progressive cycles of action-reflection-action to raise critical awareness and address both immediate and long-term problems. The approach emphasizes participatory and mass-based methods to empower disadvantaged groups. Key phases include pre-entry, entry, sustaining organization, and eventual phase out as communities become self-reliant. Capacity building is also important to strengthen communities' ability to work together to meet goals through commitment, resources, and skills.

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    COPAR (Community Organizing Participatory Action Research) is a social development approach that aims to transform apathetic, poor communities into participatory and politically engaged communities. It is a process where communities identify needs, build confidence to take action, and develop cooperative attitudes. COPAR uses progressive cycles of action-reflection-action to raise critical awareness and address both immediate and long-term problems. The approach emphasizes participatory and mass-based methods to empower disadvantaged groups. Key phases include pre-entry, entry, sustaining organization, and eventual phase out as communities become self-reliant. Capacity building is also important to strengthen communities' ability to work together to meet goals through commitment, resources, and skills.

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    COPAR (Community Organizing Participatory Action Research) is a social development approach that aims to transform apathetic, poor communities into participatory and politically engaged communities. It is a process where communities identify needs, build confidence to take action, and develop cooperative attitudes. COPAR uses progressive cycles of action-reflection-action to raise critical awareness and address both immediate and long-term problems. The approach emphasizes participatory and mass-based methods to empower disadvantaged groups. Key phases include pre-entry, entry, sustaining organization, and eventual phase out as communities become self-reliant. Capacity building is also important to strengthen communities' ability to work together to meet goals through commitment, resources, and skills.

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    COPAR

    COMMUNITY
    ORGANIZING
    PARTICIPATORY
    ACTION RESEARCH
    COMMUNITY ORGANIZING
    PARTICIPATORY ACTION
    RESEARCH (COPAR) is a social
    development approach that aims
    to transform the apathetic, poor
    into dynamic, participatory and
    politically responsive community.
    Aprocess by which a community
    identifies its needs and
    objectives, develops confidence
    to take action in respect to them
    and in doing so, extends and
    develops cooperative and
    collaborative attitudes and
    practices in the community.
    Acontinuous and sustained
    process of educating the people
    to understand and develop their
    critical awareness of their existing
    conditions, working with the
    people collectively and efficiently
    on their immediate needs toward
    solving their long-term problems.
    Amiddle ground where the
    health care worker and the
    people need to attain community
    organization. A liberal freedom of
    the community where the people
    are allowed to participate in the
    overall health care status of their
    community
    Atransformation force, that
    enables the individuals, families
    and communities to be
    responsible for their own health.
    Importance of c o p a r
    COPAR is an important tool for
    community development and people
    empowerment as this helps the
    community workers to generate
    community participation in development
    of activities.
    COPAR prepares people to eventually
    take over the management of a
    development program in the future.
    COPAR maximizes community
    participation and involvement;
    community resources are mobilized for
    health development services.
    PRINCIPLES OF COPAR
    People, especially the oppressed,
    exploited and deprived sectors are
    open to change, have the capacity
    to change and are able to bring
    about change. COPAR should be
    based on the interests of the
    poorest sectors of the society.
    COPAR should lead to a self-reliant
    community and society.
    Process/methods used in
    copar
    A PROGRESSIVE CYCLE OF
    ACTION-REFLECTION-ACTION : 
    Which begins in small, local and
    concrete issues identified by the
    people and the evaluation and
    reflection of and on the action
    taken by them. A PROGRESSIVE
    CYCLE OF ACTION-REFLECTION-
    ACTION
    CONSCIOUSNESS-RAISING : 
    CONSCIOUSNESS-RAISING
    Through experiential learning is
    central to the COPAR process
    because it places emphasis on
    learning that emerges from
    concrete action and which
    encircles succeeding action
    COPAR IS PARTICIPATORY &
    MASS-BASED : 
    COPAR IS PARTICIPATORY &
    MASS-BASED Because it is
    primarily directed towards and
    biased in favor of the poor, the
    powerless and the oppressed.
    COPAR IS GROUP-CENTERED : 
    COPAR IS GROUP-CENTERED And
    not leader centered. Leaders are
    identified, emerge and are tested
    through action rather than
    appointed or selected by some
    external force or entity.
    Phases of c o p a r 
    Pre- Entry Phase : 
    THE INITIAL PHASE OF THE
    ORGANIZING PROCESS WHERE THE
    COMMUNITY ORGANIZER LOOKS
    FOR COMMUNITIES TO SERVE OR
    HELP.
    IT IS THE MOST COMPLEX PHASE IN
    TERMS OF ACTUAL OUTPUTS,
    ACTIVITIES, AND STRATEGIES AND
    TIME SPENT FOR IT.
    ENTRY PHASE : 
    ENTRY PHASE SOMETIMES CALLED
    THE IMMERSION PHASE AS IT THE
    ACTIVITIES DONE HERE INCLUDES THE
    SENSITIZATION OF THE PEOPLE ON
    THE CRITICAL EVENTS IN THEIR LIFE,
    MOTIVATING THEM TO SHARE THEIR
    DREAMS AND IDEAS ON HOW TO
    MANAGE THEIR CONCERNS AND
    EVENTUALLY MOBILIZING THEM TO
    MAKE COLLECTIVE ACTION ON THESE.
     SUSTENANCE AND STRENGTHENING
    PHASE : 
     OCCUR WHEN THE COMMUNITY
    ORGANIZATION HAS ALREADY BEEN
    ESTABLISHED AND THE COMMUNITY-WIDE
    UNDERTAKINGS.
     AT THIS POINT, THE DIFFERENT
    COMMITTEES SET-UP IN THE ORGANIZATION-
    BUILDING PHASE ARE ALREADY EXPECTED
    TO BE FUNCTIONING BY WAY OF PLANNING,
    IMPLEMENTING AND EVALUATING THEIR
    OWN PROGRAMS, W/ THE OVERALL
    GUIDANCE FROM THE COMMUNITY-WIDE
    ORGANIZATION.
    PHASE OUT : 
    THE PHASE WHEN THE HEALTH CARE
    WORKERS LEAVE THE COMMUNITY TO
    STAND-ALONE. THIS PHASE SHOULD
    BE STATED DURING THE ENTRY PHASE
    SO THAT THE PEOPLE WILL BE READY
    TO FOR THIS PHASE. THE
    ORGANIZATIONS BUILT SHOULD BE
    READY TO SUSTAIN THE TEST OF THE
    COMMUNITY ITSELF BECAUSE THE
    REAL EVALUATION WILL BE DONE BY
    THE RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY
    ITSELF.
    Capacity Building
    for Sustainable
    Community
    Health
    Development
    is a process that aims to increase a
    community’s ability to work
    together to meets its goals and
    needs. Capacity building works to
    enhance the strengths a community
    already has. Capacity is built from:
    Commitment: the will to act;
    Resources: including both financial
    and other resources; and
    Skills: talents and expertise
    So what is ‘capacity’?
    Capacity is the ability of individuals,
    organisations, institutions and
    societies to set and achieve objectives,
    solve problems, and perform functions
    sustainably
    Capacity components include skills,
    systems, structures, processes, values,
    resources and – crucially – powers
    These components confer a range of
    political, managerial and technical
    capabilities
    (UNDP, 2006)
    Dimensions of Community
    Capacity
    Participation & leadership
    Skills
    Resources
    Social & inter-agency networks
    Sense of community
    Understanding of community history
    Community power
    Community values
    Critical reflection
    SD capacity development
    principles
    1. Don’t rush the long-term process
    2. Respect and foster value systems
    3. Scan everywhere for ideas, but reinvent locally
    4. Change mindsets and power differentials
    5. Aim overtly for capacity, not just as a by-product
    6. Start with local processes – integrate external
    inputs
    7. Stay engaged even here capacity remains weak
    8. Be accountable to beneficiaries
    9. Emphasise learning by doing
    10. Support those with real – not just de jure –
    responsibility

     Each is easy to understand, but challenging to


    achieve

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