Application ofthis new paradigm to CD interventions has led to WVT's community capacity building strategy. World Vision Tanzania's Use of AI for Community Capacity Building Community capacity building involves recognizing the community's need to develop and believe in its potential to become more- sometimes more than expected or even more than seems possible. During the relationship-building process, people are encouraged to share their good news stories, their strengths and opportunities, their dreams, and their shared visions. Communities are asked to compare the existing situation with the desired and preferred future. Focusing on the similarities and differences between the community vision and the actual situation helps establish baselines.
Communities determine what capacities are required to achieve their vision.
Experience seems to show that most communities would like to build capacity in management, finance, networking, and technical areas such as health, agriculture, etc. Capacity goals are established by the community in each area. To determine what kinds of capacity they wish to build over time, communities assess the level oftheir skills in areas listed in Number 3. By assessing its level of capacity in each area, the community establishes capacity baselines from which to build. The community is empowered to develop specific indicators in each category against the phases or stages of its growth.