COMMUNITY
DIMENSIONS
TOOLS SHEET
STEP OF THE FBF CYCLE
This tool fits particularly well in
the ‘Event or Issue’ and
‘Describe and Analyse’ phases.
PURPOSE OF THE TOOL
This helps the community to consider what the key
elements of a healthy community are and identifies things
that might mean it is unhealthy. It helps us, as facilitators,
see what a healthy community might look like in this local
cultural context.
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HOW TO USE THE TOOL
THINGS TO WATCH OUT FOR
1. The participants are asked to consider the diagram
opposite. What is going well in the community and
what is not going so well. You can either break the
participants down into smaller groups or individuals,
or carry it out with the whole group, but by the end
of the exercise you should have everyone’s ideas
on a central diagram.
Feel free to change and adjust this tool to suit the
situation. But remember: Make sure that
everyone can participate!
Social: Spiritual/Cultural
How people are being taken care of.
Includes community health and selfreliance, education, activities, people
knowing each other and getting together.
The communities cultural traditions,
dances, arts and festivals. The religious
activities in the community and their
knowledge and understanding of God.
2. Now ask the group (either as individuals or all
together) the following questions and make sure the
answers are recorded:
a. What surprised you?
b. Was this hard or easy to do? Was it harder
to think of the things that were going well or
things that were going less well?
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Which has the greatest ability to change?
d. Which would be the most difficult to
change?
e. What resources can we use to improve the
health of our community?
f.
What does this mean for our work? Are
there any opportunities?
Power:
The structures for making decisions and
policy. Includes local government,
community voice in decision making,
informal/traditional leaders in schools
and other groups.
Economics/Wealth:
The local economic situation in the
community at household level and the
economic health of businesses.
Employment of adults and youth, benefits
from government and community support.
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