Title Social Mobilization by Asst. Prof. Milan Subedi Sir.pdf ✅

Implementation model in the process of social mobilization Social mobilization agency may work in two models that can be characterized as cadre based and staff based. Organization difference in social mobilization approach come in staffing. Staff based models • • In staff based model the social mobilizers are the employee of the implementation agency. These staff are active at all levels from mobilizing individuals’ household to perusing outside funding, from managing relationship with local government to undertaking evaluation This range tend to reduce the number of hhs that can be mobilized per staff Success depends on presence of staff members and difficult to sustain when program withdraw • • Cadre based model • In the cadre based model social mobilizers work at community level and help the community organization to identify and select the community leaders or genuine leaders who become directly accountable to community organization. These genuine cadres who are members of the community itself work to mobilize the individuals and household and become link between the people and social mobilize agency. In this way single social mobilizer can cover more territory as the local community leaders do much of the ground work. Community member motivated to work as a group leader manage the part of the process These mechanism reduces the cost of social mobilization The cadres like to be remain the village even when donor funded efforts come to end • • • • •
Social mobilization: Strategy of poverty reduction • Poverty is multidimensional problem: from which directly or majority of the population is Low investment indirectly suffering. It is Low saving basically due to the process of vicious cycle. This why also is social problem. • No one can overcome this problem personally by herself or himself. similarly going to each individual household for enabling it to resolve the problem might take an unusually long period of time Low income Low production Therefore a planned efforts is needed to achieve self reliance so that populace Fig: Vicious cycle of poverty living under above it and the poverty line could rise those who are already above might not tumble down. •
• One who is better off today might turn destitute tomorrow and who is poor today could become affluent tomorrow. • Social mobilization for poverty alleviation may be initiated by members of community or by social mobilization agency through and about change in society. The social mobilizer, however, does to do, but works partnership with them, listening to their aspiration, while at the same time exposing them to the new individual to bring not tell about what concerns and their ideas. Socioeconomically disadvantaged people have no resources other than human resource capital. Therefore, it may require guidance to recognize their full potential to contribute their individual and community development and to translate this potential to into action The Assumption: In a society people are willing to an a potential to do their so many things themselves for their betterment and wellbeing of their family and society community. But they often need initial assistance to reveal hidden resources and discover the potential of working together The objectives: The aim of social mobilization is to harness the dormant potential and willingness of the people to help themselves • • •