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Community Development <br />
and Organizing <br />
By Arthur John Sagcal <br />
Being the individuals who have the <br />
access not just to great education but also to <br />
higher status in life, in general, gives us a <br />
sense of responsibility to help those people <br />
who don’t. But of course, it is not all just <br />
about responsibility the reason that we help. <br />
These activities of helping the less <br />
fortunate and people in need somewhat <br />
gives you satisfaction for you will sleep <br />
knowing that you help someone and you <br />
somehow change the “atmosphere” for the <br />
day and for the problems they face everyday <br />
even if it just brief moment in their lifetime. <br />
After all, you may never know what effect <br />
you gave to that particular person in just a <br />
small act of kindness. <br />
So what really is a Community <br />
Development? What are its aims and <br />
purpose in a community? From the <br />
French comunete, community is a large or <br />
small social unit who have something in <br />
common, be it may in values, beliefs, identity <br />
or religion. Development on the other hand, <br />
is the “gradual unfolding, a fuller working out <br />
of the details, of noted changes or growing <br />
improvement”. It may not be the definite <br />
definition of the term but it is however <br />
revolves around the essence of development <br />
which are change/positive change. <br />
Community development then is the <br />
improvement, growth and change of one <br />
community and its people for the better. Us, <br />
being the fortunate ones and the one who <br />
have access to EDUCATION, have the <br />
responsibility to help them for being a <br />
Thomasian, we are encouraged to help those <br />
in need and being in the University of Santo <br />
Thomas, we must illustrate the Thomasian <br />
values we are highly proud of.