THE FOUR-FOLD PLUS ONE APPROACH
PRRM has set a mission of enabling local communities for self-governance, management of habitat and influencing public policy initially through the four-fold approach (education, livelihood, health, and self-government) that became the five-fold approach with the addition of community-based natural resource management (CB-NRM).
The four-fold approach consists of EDUCATION to combat ignorance, LIVELIHOOD to combat poverty, HEALTH to combat sickness, and SELF-GOVERNANCE to combat civic inertia or selfishness and indifference. It was a tested approach to rural development that is integrated, universally applicable and for all season.
Following the four-fold approach, PRRM rural reconstruction workers or RRWs then conducted functional literacy and numeracy to enable household members to transact with other members of the community. Farmers were taught sustainable agriculture technologies to increase farm productivity and income. Community health volunteer workers campaigned for basic hygiene practices and sanitation to prevent the spread of diseases. Sectoral associations of men, women, and the youth were organized as a model for participatory democracy at the grassroots level.
In late ‘80s, PRRM adopted a strategic orientation that combines a bottom up empowerment approach with policy advocacy. Its basic strategy combines demonstration of sustainable models of development at the local level; and advocacy for policy reforms from the local to the national and global levels (PRRM 1986). The demonstration part is primary and aims to prove that a model can work at a local but critical human scale. The policy advocacy aspect supports and helps broaden the space for reclaiming sovereignty by the local community in shaping its own development. The two complement and reinforce each other.
The four-fold approach has also become four-fold + 1 to include environmental protection and restoration.
The four-fold approach consists of EDUCATION to combat ignorance, LIVELIHOOD to combat poverty, HEALTH to combat sickness, and SELF-GOVERNANCE to combat civic inertia or selfishness and indifference. It was a tested approach to rural development that is integrated, universally applicable and for all season.
Following the four-fold approach, PRRM rural reconstruction workers or RRWs then conducted functional literacy and numeracy to enable household members to transact with other members of the community. Farmers were taught sustainable agriculture technologies to increase farm productivity and income. Community health volunteer workers campaigned for basic hygiene practices and sanitation to prevent the spread of diseases. Sectoral associations of men, women, and the youth were organized as a model for participatory democracy at the grassroots level.
In late ‘80s, PRRM adopted a strategic orientation that combines a bottom up empowerment approach with policy advocacy. Its basic strategy combines demonstration of sustainable models of development at the local level; and advocacy for policy reforms from the local to the national and global levels (PRRM 1986). The demonstration part is primary and aims to prove that a model can work at a local but critical human scale. The policy advocacy aspect supports and helps broaden the space for reclaiming sovereignty by the local community in shaping its own development. The two complement and reinforce each other.
The four-fold approach has also become four-fold + 1 to include environmental protection and restoration.
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Phone: 63-2-83724989
Address: 56 Mother Ignacia Street corner Dr. Lazcano Street, Quezon City, Philippines 1103