Community mobilization

Community mobilization is an attempt to bring human and non-human resources together to undertake developmental activities and achieve sustainable development.

[2] A group of people have transcended their differences to meet on equal terms in order to facilitate a participatory decision-making process.

In other words, it can be viewed as a process which begins a dialogue among members of the community to determine who, what, and how issues are decided, and also to provide an avenue for everyone to participate in decisions that affect their lives.

Resources include: The Centre for Disease Control envisions that strong healthcare initiatives will be readily owned by a community if the leaders ("grass tops"), the citizens ("grass roots"), and youth are fully engaged in mobilizing the community, educating stakeholders, and implementing evidence-based interventions.

Recently, community mobilization has been a valuable and effective concept which has various implications in dealing with basic problems like health and hygiene, population, pollution and gender bias.