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Tools to Strengthen Community Resiliency Health Promotion Summer School June 24, 2008

Tools to Strengthen Community Resiliency Health Promotion Summer School June 24, 2008. A presentation by. Roya Rabbani. Lorna Heidenheim. Self-Help Resource Centre www.selfhelp.on.ca. Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition www.ohcc-ccso.ca. Tools to Strengthen Community Immunity OBJECTIVES.

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Tools to Strengthen Community Resiliency Health Promotion Summer School June 24, 2008

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  1. Tools to Strengthen Community ResiliencyHealth Promotion Summer School June 24, 2008 A presentation by Roya Rabbani Lorna Heidenheim Self-Help Resource Centre www.selfhelp.on.ca Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition www.ohcc-ccso.ca

  2. Tools to Strengthen Community ImmunityOBJECTIVES • Introduce the concepts of community resiliency and its relationship to social capital; • Identify factors contributing to community resiliency • Relate skills and structures for self-help/peer support to building community resilience • Emphasize skills and structures for community development to building community resilience

  3. Agenda 1. What is community resiliency? 2. Components of community resiliency 3. Self Help and Mutual Aid Strategies 4. Community Capacity Building for Resiliency 5. Reflections

  4. Learn from experience and build future capacity Self-organize and regulate Work together to build resiliency

  5. Community Resiliency • Ability to bounce back after an adversity • Ability to learn from the negative experience to respond more effectively in future • Ability to create balance between risk factors and support/coping factors • Resiliency is a dynamic process

  6. A resilient community …is one that takes intentional action to embrace the personal and collective capacity of its citizens to respond to and influence the course of social and economic change. The Community Resilience Manual Centre for Community Enterprise

  7. The Four Dimensions of Community • Ability to do things differently • Ability to build capacity RESOURCES • Ability to self-organize • Ability to work together PEOPLE ORGANIZATIONS PROCESS

  8. Abby 72; retired; lives alone with no immediate family close by; ex-smoker and is overweight; Loves to tango and chat; fluent in French; is warm and friendly; volunteers to socialize; has a constant phobia of dying alone; Despite her appeared cheerfulness, feels lonely and useless. Joachim 34; New to Canada; waiting for family to join; takes ESL; Nostalgic for past; unsure about future, lives in high-rise building in suburb; uses services for some needs but in a disconnected way; with all his skills feels worthless. Pansy 51; factory worker; suffers form undiagnosed chronic pain; single parent; one of her children is autistic; gets help from various services, but feels completely alone; no one seems to understand what she faces. They live in the same community identified as high risk, prone to crime, child poverty, unemployment, alienation, dilapidated dwellings, cultural and racial tension, etc…..

  9. Building Capital, Building ResiliencyUsing mutual aid/self-help PROCESS to work with PEOPLE “Social capital refers to those stocks of social trust, norms and networks that people can draw upon to solve common problems.” How to agree on norms? How to develop trust? What type of networks?

  10. The Burning Question:What does Mutual Aid/Self-Help have to do with Social Capital? Social capital refers to the norms and networks that enable collective action. MASH works based on Norm of Reciprocity Self-help strategies enable people to communicate norms and rules conducive to respect, mutuality and reciprocity. By sharing leadership and responsibilities, people creates norms and strategies to work collaboratively. MASH builds Network of Support People who share same experience and face the same difficulty, can become each others’ source of strength and support. Self-help groups are mechanism to create networks of support. Seeing your peers succeed in dealing with a difficulty in life, creates a sense of efficacy. MASH enabling Collective Action Self-help groups give people a sense of connectedness and strength. By its very nature, group work, when based on capacity building and skills development, is enabling and leads to collective action, which in itself is empowering.

  11. Community Mutual Aid/Self-Help GroupsWhat can they do to build community resiliency? • Gather and unite people around the issues; • Provide opportunities to build capacity through shared leadership; • Increase self-efficacy by opportunities for modeling, peer mentoring and group work; • Motivate individual by giving them a communal responsibility; • Connect people to each other, organize them around issues and broaden their network

  12. Experiential Knowledge Self-Help Strategies Supportive Communities Shared Leadership Self-Help Strategies: Key Elements Validate their knowledge of issue, concern, problem, etc. Gather people around same concern to create networks of support Enable them to work cooperatively by sharing responsibility/leadership

  13. Structures that support MASH Organization with clear commitment to people participation Policies and procedures to facilitate people participation Ability to work with diversity Willingness and ability to build peoples’ capacity Willingness and ability to have different service delivery model

  14. Building Community Capacityfor Resiliency

  15. Indicators of Community Resiliency People Resources • Diversified leadership • Visionary leadership • Community participation • Community Pride • Optimistic about Future • Spirit of co-operation • Sense of attachment • Self-reliant • Belief in education • Variety of NGO’s • Partnerships Diversified Employment Local Ownership Plan to increase LO Economic Diversification Seeks external resources Aware of competitive position Process Community Plan Participation in vision, goals On-going action Regular evaluation Actions guided by Plan Inclusive approach Organizations

  16. Mapping Community Resiliency Assets

  17. Distribution of ResourcesEquity, Equality, Access • Changing Demographics • Power & Privilege • Access and Choice • Policy and Legislation • Embracing Diversity

  18. What is the aim of the Tool Kit? To assist organizations in becoming more aware of and responsive to the populations that they serve. Who is the Tool Kit for? Small to mid-sized, volunteer-based, not-for-profit community organizations, with lessons for larger organizations and institutions

  19. For More Information Ontario Self-Help Network (OSHNET): Shared Leadership Handbook www.selfhelp.on.ca Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition: From the Ground Up, Inclusive Community Organizations www.ohcc-ccso.ca The Community Resilience Manual: Centre for Community Enterprise www.cedworks.com/communityresilience01.html

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