Paper – V (a) Rural and Tribal Community Development- I

Paper – V (a) Rural and Tribal Community Development- I

Objectives:

·         To develop in students in in-depth understanding of the conceptual framework of rural & tribal communities and their development.

·         To enable the students to understand various issues related to community empowerment and scope for social work intervention.

·         To provide knowledge of the various programmes and development efforts towards rural and tribal communities.

·         To equip the students with an understanding of the relevance of various community development approaches to social work practice.

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UNIT I: Basic Concepts of Communities; Rural Community – Meaning, Definition, and Characteristics of rural Communities. Rural Communities in transition; Tribal Community- Meaning, Definition and Characteristics of Tribal Communities; Difference between Urban and Tribal Communities; Understanding the above concepts with regard to Field work Perspective

UNIT II: Community Development: A Conceptual Framework - Concept and Definition of Community Development, An Overview of Early Community Development Experiments and Projects in: Rural Areas: Sriniketan, Marthandom, Gurgaon, Baroda, Firka, Nilokhere and Etaiawah Projects, Tribal Areas: Hill area development programme; An Analytical View of the Programmes for Social Work Practice in the Communities.

UNIT III: Issues related to Community Development - Genera Issues: Poverty, Indebtedness, Unemployment, Health, Nutrition and Sanitation. Issues related to Women, Children, Youth and Elderly, Rural Specific Issues: Agriculture, land and Land related Problems; Tribal specific Issues: Employment and economic aspects, issues related to settlement, Understanding the issues of the community development and scope for social work intervention.

UNIT IV: Programmes for community development –response of social worker - An Overview of Various Programmes: Rural: IRDP (Integrated Rural Development Programme), DWCRA (Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas). SGSY (Swarnajayanti Gram Swarazgar Yojana), REGS (Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme)- National and State level, Indira Kranthi Patham; Tribal: ITDA (Integrated Tribal Development Approach), GDC (Girijan Development Corporation), Constitutional Provisions for Scheduled Tribes; Social Workers Response: Creating Awareness, Facilitating an Environment for Successful Implementation of the Programme.

UNIT V: Community development approaches and scope of social work practice – Target Group Approach - Programmes relating to Men, Women, Children and Youth and Role of Social Worker. Development Relationships, Demonstrating the Purpose, Providing Knowledge, Empowering the Target Group, Offering Direction, Providing Support, Networking and Advocating, Using Participatory Techniques, Evaluating the Practice; Institution Building Approach- Micro-finance and Self-Help Programmes, Role of Social Workers – Social Mobilization, Community Resource Person System, Preparation of Micro- credit Plans, Development of Social Capital, Capacity Building Strategies, Collaboration and Convergence; Rights Based Approach- Programmes relating to Education, Health, fair economic resources, including Livelihood Opportunities; Role of Social Worker – Conducting awareness camps, strengthening self-help groups. Gender mainstreaming, facilitating empowerment for pro-poor public action, sensitizing of department staff and panchayat raj functionaries.

Paper – V (a) Rural and Tribal Community Development- Important Questions.

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