Community Mapping
Community Mapping is critically important process to understand the assets, requirements, needs and characteristics of area. It’s a great tool to engage the community, understand the challenges faced by them and training needs of the society in general. Unless correct method and approach is designed, the deficit of the area often reflects badly on the neighbourhoods and often damaging.
Engagement of people from community from different walks of life ensures problems are looked from all angles and easy solutions can be devised to tackle them.
Clear definition of objectives, purpose and goal, community engagement, Technology integration are key strengths of Kolumbus healthcare to begin the process. Various methods used to include surveys, interviews, existing reports, government data, and personal observations of the CSR Mobilizers. Environmental, political, and social factor analysis in included as part of the report.
Best ethical practices including data privacy and report confidentiality is maintained. The need assessment and reporting are done for health, education and environmental needs of the community.