Can someone define Social Mobilization? What are the pros and cons of it?

Social mobilization is the primary step of community development for recovery from conflicts and disasters. It allows people to think and understand their situation and to organize and initiate action for their recovery with their own initiative and creativity. Through mobilization, people can organize themselves to take action collectively by developing their own plan and strategy for recovery rather than being imposed from outside.

• Increase community, individual, and group capacity to identify and satisfy their needs
• Improve program design
• Improve program quality
• Improve program results
• Improve program evaluation
• Be a cost-effective way to achieve sustainable results
• Increase community ownership of a program

Like any development approach, social mobilization is not a panacea; it’s not the answer to every development issue nor the right approach for every community. And even within the same community, it may be the right approach for certain health issues but not for others. In the right circumstances, however, it has been proven to be a powerful tool for unleashing the potential of individuals and communities around the world.

social mobilization means identifying needs and searching for quick solution.

Social mobilization is a process that raises people awareness and motivate them for social change. Usually social mobilization happened because of certain goal and would be done through demonstration, marches, and gathering.  It is also use by agencies to facilitate social change, like  corrupt government and so on.

It can help them understand, but they can use other options too.

Social Mobilization is the organization of the society or people in the society for certain ventures.

Since there are more people, which indicates more hands and more ideas and skills, its good and  easy for the execution of any task.

Loffing is normally associated with social mobilization as a number people are likely to sit on the fence lazing. There also seem to disagreements and unnecessary infighting if leadership instructions are loosely given or not clear.

Lead Safety and Occupational Health Specialist 

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