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BLANTYRE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
MODULE
CD 121
Compiled by
ESTHER ZALINGANIRA SAYENDA

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Blantyre International University
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BLANTYRE
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E-mail: eszalie@gmail.com
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©2012
Programme: Bachelor of Community Development.
Department: Community Development
Course Title: Introduction to Community Development
Course Code: CD 121
Course Duration: Semester
Lecture hours per week: 3
Tutorials hours per week: 1
Course Credits: 3
Method of Assessments: Course work 40%
Final Examination 60%

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Aim of the Course:
This course is designed to acquaint students with the introductory community development concepts. Topics to Study
1. Understanding Community Development
2. When does Community Development Happen?
3. Community Development Practice
4. Community Participation in Community Development
5. Poverty and Community Development
6. Community Capacity Building

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7. Community Mobilization and Advocacy
8. Community / Social Communication

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CHAPTER ONE
UNDERSTANDING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
A common definition of community development is not simple to attain, nor is it universally agreed upon. Part of the confusion rests with the fact that community development is both a process (a comprehensive process for managing community change that involves citizens in a dialogue on issues to decide what must be done, to share their vision of the future, and then to involve them in implementation activities) and a product or outcome (establishing a city park, improving infrastructure, creating an industrial park, etc). The
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