- Community Development Theory
We explore theories of community development and we look at strategies towards Community development. Through this course you gain foundational understanding of community development as a concept. This course enhances your ability to drive your community interventions using the right skills and tools effectively)
- Advocacy, Networking and Partnerships
Looking at strategies for creating collaborative partnerships and networks that further your community interventions. This also includes an introduction to Advocacy. It enhances your ability to collaboratively with others either through networks or partnerships to amplify the work you do. Creates opportunities of sustainability and scalability of the work you are doing.
- Developing community intervention plans
Developing a detailed and usable project plan for your community intervention. This course provides you with project skills that can be applied in any context. It helps you in the design of your project implementation to be effective and efficient thereby better enabling the achievement of your project objectives.
- Research
An introduction to research concepts and the process of research that you can use to strengthen your understanding of the challenges and solutions facing your community. Students will have to conduct research and produce a research report as part of this process.Â
Through this course you gain competencies in research that can be applied in other contexts opening up possible employment opportunities and funding. The course enhances your community development work as you are able to propose and implement research based solutions.
- Peer Education
This focuses on peer education as a strategy to enhance youth development within your particular context. The course provides a holistic approach to research and facilitation skills that increase your and employment opportunities.
- Organizational Development and Management
In this course the focus is on formalizing a community intervention focusing on leadership and management within a CBO or NPO. We also look at managing volunteers, developing workplace policies and monitoring budgets.
Through this course you professionalize the work you do as a Community Development Practitioner in addition to providing you with skills and knowledge to set up your organization or community project with the right systems for your operations and funding opportunities.
- Conflict Management
Strategies and techniques for managing conflict within an organization or community at large are explored and through this course you are equipped with the tools to manage conflict in your personal life, work and community.
- Human rights
Unpack the history of Human Rights and how it effects community development, looking specifically at promoting ethical and non-discriminatory practices. The course helps position you within a global and historical context of community development, thereby enabling you to design and implement human rights approaches to your community work.