Core Programs > Social Community Engagement
We cannot know what communities need without a better understanding of their aspirations, concerns, and values. This program cuts across all five core programs of CHA to be effective and lead to improved outcomes. We believe in meaningful community engagement because of the evidence that non-participation in its various forms is damaging for health and wellbeing and is known to lead to adverse feelings of powerlessness, which leads to feelings of chronic stress. We further understand that Social Community Engagement is the process whereby the public contributes to decision-making processes and is a fundamental civic right.
CHA aims to be a strong proponent of this view that community engagement is the key to participatory – as opposed to merely representative – democracy. Hence, we seek to better engage the community to achieve long-term and sustainable outcomes, processes, social capital, stronger relational networks, decision making, or implementation that encompass strategies that are sensitive to the community context. CHA seeks to demonstrate its mandate and achieve desired outcomes through;
- Advocacy
- Community and Church Mobilization
- Capacity Building
- Community Empowerment
- Social Research
