1.To achieve development objectives

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GOALS OF CD

• 1. To achieve development objectives
• Every program at community level
• has specific objectives
• Collective objectives at local level
• become objectives at district and
• state levels

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• CD objectives should be in accordance with the
  goals at ministry and national levels.
• Objectives goals
• at local level at ministry or
• national level
• Eg. Increase average Eg. To eradicate
• household income poverty
• from RM600 to
• RM900 in 2003

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To develop functional social institution

• CD is based on principle of working in a group
• Indirectly, CD encourages the development of
  working committee, association, institution all
  are having functions (functional)
• Eg. JKKK (VDSC)
• Youth Association
• Womens Club

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3. To strengthen community solidarity

• Strengthens interpersonal communication
• Through CD program, one knows each other in the
  community
• Towards community cohesiveness

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4. Towards the development of local leadership

• All group initiatives need leaders
• Leaders - 2 types
• (a) Formal leaders
• - Elected formally
• - Have affiliation with an
• organization/agencies

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• Eg. District Officer
• Health Officer
• - Structured roles and functions
• - Have authority

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b. Non-formal Leader

• Elected informally
• Due to influence in the community because of
  reputation, expertise, popularity, etc.
• Eg. Village Head, JKKK,
• Religious leaders
• Pensioners (doctors, teachers)

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5. To mobilize human resources

• People are important community resources
• Labour (administer, planner, workers)
• CD process is HRD process
• Therefore, the more active the CD program is, the
  better mobilization of the human resources in the
  community

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To increase the capability ofcommunity to face
challenges

• To prepare people through educational process
  (non-formal)
• The emergence of social institutions facilitates
  this CD goal

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Challenges

• Fluctuations in commodity price (eg. Palm oil
  effect on palm oil farmers)
• ICT and education.
• Influence of mass media.
• Changes in demographic profiles (age, working
  parents).

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7. To encourage participation at local level

• Planning
• Implementation with and
• Gaining the benefits by the
• of development people