No man is an island unto himself in society. Social groupings, associations, affiliations and belongings which are based on love are needed to enhance harmonious human co-existence in various social settings. This gives people the courage and confidence to contribute to community development to improve their living conditions. In this context, examine Maslow’s hierarchy of need theory for community development.

Basic understanding:
People cannot live in isolation from others in the society. Human existence is strongly affirmed by the existence of other people in the society and by being recognized by others too.People are guaranteed of love and belonging to a family as a mini social unit, community, society, an association or organization as a social group =>muster the courage and confidence to contribute reasonably to community development in the society=> People will interact and associate with others with intention to develop as individuals and communities in order to improve people’s living conditions. Community development projects or programmes are usually established to address many needs in
human environment.
For example: physiological need for food develops talents of people to work as machine operators, clerks or supervisors improve the workers status in the community

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