What’s the best way to provide continuing education to Pakistani students undertaking community development and service projects in their home communities? Why a specialized online training of course! Village Earth has developed a specialized course for the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX)’s Global UGRAD – Pakistan program alumni. The course, Community Leadership and Service Fundamentals, will run for 5-weeks in an asynchronous format for 20 Pakistani students. The course will teach the students how to prepare for and begin a community service project, how to mobilize a community to develop appropriate tools and strategies, and also how to implement a monitoring and evaluation component to the project. Village Earth specializes in developing and facilitating online trainings in all areas of community development. For more information visit our Specialized Training page. To consult with Village Earth about your organization’s or group’s training needs, please contact Jamie Way at [email protected]
GSLL 1501 – Approaches to Community Development
This course provides a framework for community development based on a participatory, bottom-up, multi-sector model. Various approaches have been used in community development with varying degrees of success. One approach that has consistently demonstrated effectiveness is the Village Earth model based on participatory practices.
Through personal and structural empowerment, the objectives of economic well-being, environmental sustainability, and socio-cultural vitalization can be met. By looking at an overview of the entire development process and using case studies, this course will prepare participants to work in the field of community development and illuminate how all of the development efforts fit together to support the overall goal of sustainability.
Upon completion of this course participants will be able to:
Compare different development approaches and evaluate their effectiveness.
Understand the basic principles that underlie sustainable development.
Incorporate participatory practices into community development activities
Design a development project based on the Village Earth model
Who should take this course? This course is suited for people who are interested in community development and work or plan to work in this field. This includes people working or volunteering at NGOs, NPOs, governmental organizations, without border organizations, or missionary organizations. In addition, people involved in funding community development projects benefit from this course.
