This approach sharpens participant skills and perspectives, and so enables them to be better equipped to support community efforts to create a better future
Community consultation is at the heart of community development practice. Practitioners must be able to surface the diverse perspectives that coexist within a community of place, the challenges and constraints affecting community members and the opportunities for developmental action. Process that reveals differing sources of power, worldviews and visions for the future is needed. There are various approaches that have been developed over the years to assist practitioners. Seriti employs two specific participatory methods, namely, Community Mapping and Community Coaching.
These enable respectful and productive consultation with communities and constitute the first steps toward crafting effective and sustainable solutions to developmental challenges. This approach sharpens participant skills and perspectives, and so enables them to be better equipped to support community efforts to create a better future.
This process involves three key steps:
