Mercy Corps’ Guide to Community Mobilization Programming is intended to be a resource for designing, planning, implementing, and evaluating community mobilization programs and activities.
Audience The guide can be used by Mercy Corps staff unfamiliar with community mobilization methodologies, as well as any development actor interested in strengthening community participation and leadership in programming. Community mobilizers and program managers will find field-proven tools and practical lessons about implementation in the guide.
Technical support staff and other advisors can draw on the capacity statement and impact examples to identify best practices, inspire new program design or articulate indicators. For country and regional leaders, the guide illustrates the role of community mobilization projects or activities in the context of larger strategies and is useful for representation and outreach.
Most importantly, the guide can be a resource for communities themselves, building on the experience of participating in and leading mobilization processes.