In simple words, community development is a process where the citizens of that community come together to fight the consequences of an existing problem collectively. Community development training courses seek to empower individuals and groups of people with necessary skills. This will not only lead to personal development but will also positively affect society. The volunteers of each community teach these necessary skills through the formation of social groups working for one common agenda.

Community Developers Must Understand Two Things:

1. How to work with individuals?
2. How to affect communities’ positions within the context of larger social institutions?

Inaccessibility of basic human rights, like unavailability of safe drinking water,  improper sanitization, and electrification, are some of the common problems that rural people have to face. Community development training courses and youth empowerment projects aim to expand the horizons & opportunities among the backward class of society.

• Informal Education: It involves direct interaction with the community members. It is far from the traditional and structured classroom environment. 
• Organization Development: In reality, the primary objective is to promote, sustain, and support the various organizations that look after various aspects of the community. While some invest their effort in educating the people, there are other organizations that impart knowledge of better agricultural prospects.
• Community Training: Through community training and learning modules. The citizens can develop confidence, become aware of their surroundings. And have a better understanding of their rights, law, and order.

The Main Aim Of Community Development Courses:

• To identify and apply various tools  in engaging communities for all-round growth
• Also, to assist practitioners in source resources needed for the development
• To develop practitioners’ skills in monitoring and also, evaluation of various activities conducted for community benefit.

Final Thoughts 

Exercising through engagement by conducting interactive sessions among the villagers, and spending time with them to know about their thought processes. The exchange of information will help in building social capital and also, enhancing social outcomes via a decision-making procedure. Certain community development courses also focus on language-based learning. This will ensure a positive exchange of information with the language barrier tackled without much hassle.  

Victas Foundation, a voluntary organization, has been a key activist in bringing a positive change to the community. Through the implementation of community development training courses, and training the aim is to impart knowledge, skill and also, exchange ideas that will foster positive growth.