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Running Head: COMMUNITY ASSET MAPPING 1

Community Asset Mapping Case Study on Kayamandi Community in Western Cape

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COMMUNITY ASSET MAPPING 2

Asset mapping is basically a tool that can be used to develop a community from the inside out by

a means of identifying and mobilizing community assets. Instead of focusing on the community

problem to be fixed within a community and trying to address such problems entirely with

external skills and funding, Asset mapping focuses on identifying individuals, groups and

institutions within a community that may play key roles in growing a community social and

economic well-being. In doing this, the community agencies are incorporated into partnership

with other development agencies who seek to strengthen the influence of community assets. The

community agencies may be local leaders, community, local community business leaders and

even lobby groups that may exist within the community to bring a productive change within the

community (Griffin & Farris, 2010). They also assist in sustainable development of such

community assets to ensure their increased efficiency within which communities can utilize them

to enrich their goals. Utilization of community assets empowers the community actors to even

strive more for the sustainability of the community and may empower them to begin addressing

new community challenges and develop new community assets at the same time improving on

the existing ones.

Asset mapping is very important aspect and strategy for community development and

sustainability since it seeks to uncover and expand the community knowledge and skills. Asset

mapping encourages the community sustainability through the strengthening the community

based assets as well as the existing networks within the community in regards to community

actors and the general community (Griffin & Farris, 2010).

My community asset mapping is on one of the communities in Western Cape Province in South

Africa. The community is commonly known as Kayamandi. The name basically means nice

home in the Xhosa language. Breaking the name, Khaya means nice where as Mandi means

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Running Head: COMMUNITY ASSET MAPPING Community Asset Mapping Case Study on Kayamandi Community in Western Cape Name Instructor Institutional Affiliation Date 1 COMMUNITY ASSET MAPPING 2 Asset mapping is basically a tool that can be used to develop a community from the inside out by a means of identifying and mobilizing community assets. Instead of focusing on the community problem to be fixed within a community and trying to address such problems entirely with external skills and funding, Asset mapping focuses on identifying individuals, groups and institutions within a community that may play key roles in growing a community social and economic well-being. In doing this, the community agencies are incorporated into partnership with other development agencies who seek to strengthen the influence of community assets. The community agencies may be local leaders, community, local community business leaders and even lobby groups that may exist within the community to bring a productive change within the community (Griffin & Farris, 2010). They also assist in sustainable development of such community assets to ensure their increased efficiency within which communities can utilize them to enrich their goals. Utilization of community assets empowers the community actors to even strive more for the sustainability of the community and may empower them to begin addressing new community challenges and develop new community assets at the same time improving on the existing ones. A ...
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