When do you say that social mobilization is effective?

Answer 1

1. The organized people representing different ethnic group act as vehicle to develop social harmony and peace increase the general capacity of the people for self-empowerment. Full participation at the grass-roots is only possible if the rural people are organized.

2. A properly designed community mobilization process leads community members, both female and male, to the emergence of self-governing institutions which act as the sustainable organizations for co-operation, peace and development, helping people enhance their receiving and utilizing capacities and also to work together for household and community initiatives.

3. The result of the social mobilization process is that people get organized to work together if they live in close proximity and share common interests for community development. The foremost requirement in this process is that people organize themselves into a broad based and multi- purpose and multi- ethnic Community Organizations (CO).

4. The Community Organization is a mass coalition of all those residents of a village whose continuing economic and social interests are best served organizing themselves as a group. Such an organization can be created around an activity of importance to most of the villagers. Before on becomes a member of CO, the individual struggles against a harsh environment. Once he/she is organized in a broad-based group, the individual has the leverage with which to address and tackle problems, which he/she could not have done alone. The group can function in various fields depending on the needs of the village or community.

5. social mobilization is based on the active participation of all households without any discrimination. For preventive development to be effective, mobilization should cover each member of the community, irrespective of the ethnic group, economic group or different settlements at the lower level. Social harmony will be best achieved by forming social capital through multi- ethnic and multi- economic group community organizations which will be engaged in multi- sectoral development for themselves and their villages.