Research on Community mobilization and participation in community

Research on: Community mobilization and participation in community development projects, Kauma, September 2014

�What are the factors which influence participation in community development projects? �How mobilization process can at best enhance participation in community development processes?

Presentation of the research �Objectives 1) to determine factors which facilitate or impede inclusive communities’ mobilization in informal settlements in Lilongwe 2) to identify individual characteristics which influence participation in community development projects. � Research process: 60 questionnaires

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Main findings �Community cohesion and wellbeing �Social capital and sense of solidarity �Perception of difference and exclusion �Knowledge, participation and benefits of community development projects

Cohesion and wellbeing �Overall sense of wellbeing �Individual problems such as lack of money, lack of job opportunities, etc

Social capital and sense of solidarity �Community organization and groups’ membership in Kauma �Ability to voice community needs - What channels people use to voice community needs? - What could prevent people to do so?

Perception of differences and exclusion �Exclusion Do some kind of differences divide people in the community? Difference in education, wealth, landholding, time spent in Kauma, religion, tribes? �Access to services

Community development projects �Knowlegde �Participation 1) Lack of collective action and preference for individual interests 2) Lack of information and awareness about community development projects 3) Lack of inclusion �Sense of benefits