Discussion Board 9 Discussion Board #9 Due Sunday 8/9: Single Story View the following Ted Talk by ChimamandaNgoziAdichie: "The Danger of a Single Story" Reflect on your acts of service. Consider one...

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The coronavirus pandemic has proved to be a disaster for the human beings within couple of months of its a
ival. The disease started spreading throughout our community. People started to lock themselves in their homes. The economy degraded exponentially with the rise in the death of people affected with coronavirus. Many people who had jobs in the private sector lost it due to the unavailability of providing their service because they had to quarantine themselves in their own house. Hue and cry raised from all sides in the community. People ran out of money food and every other necessary things that is required for their living. In these cases it is very much essential to remember that we together form a community and the responsibility of development and upliftment of the community lies on the hands of all of us. Fortunately, almost everyone around me took the responsibility of the development of the community and hence I have witness many people providing help to the needy ones at this hour of distress. I have seen people donating money for the good cause of feeding and clothing. There were many people who distributed food among the needy people for free. There were people who volunteered themselves for helping those who cannot help themselves due to the cu
ent crisis.
These efforts put forward by a section of people in the community, contribute to peoples' quality of life and sense of community. By involving themselves in those charity works, people realise how much they depend on those people in other time who they are helping now and how the community is interconnected and depends on one another. This work give birth to a sense of empathy love and compassion for the people they stay around which ultimately leads meaning to the life and makes us realise about the importance of a community. It is very important that we realise the importance of the community we live in and start working for it because a community e cannot survive on its own it depends on each and every people that constitutes a community.
It is the responsibility of all the people living in the community to contribute to it. Because without the contribution of the people a community won’t exist or there will be chaos all around. When people stop giving importance to a community it gradually starts degrading and comes to a point where it cannot be e mended any further. The lack of active participation of sensible citizens in a community also speaks a lot about the people living in it. When we e study or watch a community prospering, we automatically assume that it is because of the people. There is no existence of community without the people and hence to develop the community we need to help each other develop. Thus the importance to serve the community is immense as it ultimately depends on individual development as well.
Asset based community development is a particular approach that deals with the development of a community based on the assets or skills of the individual living in the community. For better understanding of asset based community we can say that asset based community development is the development that takes place in a community which directly depends on the skills like connection, potential, knowledge of the individuals living in that particular community.
Serving a community of friends and family as well as acquaintances impact our relationship and social ties along with our shared understanding with...