ABSTRACT
This chapter explores how community development can assist people to develop skills, knowledge and confidence through Community Capacity and Human Capability programmes.
Community capacity building can be very useful in developing skills and knowledge for a range of developmental tasks
Many community capacity programmes are heavily compromised by the top-down and banked approach adopted by agencies
The human capability approach can be applied through creating practical and achievable objectives in development programmes
Capability programmes can bring real benefits in terms of human growth and empowerment
Human capabilities are twofold; it is about personal growth, and the social change required to create the freedom for personal development to take place
Community development workers need to make choices about their approach to assisting individual and group development in communities.
