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Community
Engagement,
Solidarity and
Citizenship
Quarter I – Module 7:
Solidarity In National and
Global Community
Development
 FIRST QUARTER
MODULE VII
Solidarity In National and Global Community Development

Quarter : First Quarter

Content Standard : The learners demonstrate on understanding of
integration of social science perspective and
community action initiative.
Performance Standard : The learners shall be able to synthesize the
integrative experience of implementing
community-action initiatives applying social
sciences’ ideas and methods.
Learning Outcomes : Recognize the importance of solidarity in
promoting national and global community
development ( e.g. poverty alleviation )
Competency/Code HUMSS_CSC12-IId-g-10
Topic : Global Poverty vs. Global Solidarity

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What I Know

By experience, it’s easier for to us to understand and feel what poor

people conduct themselves whenever economic pinch hits them. Driven by
charity, we opt to help them but the help extended has its limits.

This short test is to determine whether you remember some situations

as you experience helping the poor people.
Instruction: Read carefully and choose the letter of the best answer from the
given choices.

1. It’s a community of common responsibilities and interests seeing other

people as our brothers and sisters..
A. Fellowship B. Fraternity C. Solidarity D. Sorority

2. It refers to lacking enough resources to provide necessities of life - food.

clean water,
A. Catastrophe B. Disaster C. Misery D. Poverty

3. It’s a call to recognize each individual person as a part of one human family
- regardless of ethnic, national, racial, gender, economic, political or
ideological differences.
A. Global Solidarity C. Interracial Confraternity
B. Multinational Corporation D. International Community

4. It’s an solidarity action making sure the use of gifts wisely and properly.
A. Accountability C. Transparency
B. Resourcefulness D. Responsibility

5. It’s an solidarity action that is committed to simple living by buying what

people need instead of what people desire.
A. Voluntary simplicity C. Ostentatious life
B. Frugal living D. Miser lifestyle

6. What must we overcome in order to be in solidarity with others ?

A. Fear B. Problem C. Religion D. Social position

7. What is the `nature-focused account of hunger ?

A. That hunger is brought about by catastrophe.
B. That there is not enough food to go round.
C. That hunger is part of the human nature.
D. That hunger is a distribution problem.

8. According to critical alternative views, what is poverty ?

A. A monetary condition brought about by people’s own laziness.
B. A monetary condition where peple do not have enough to satisfy
basic needs.
C. A non-monetary condition where people believe that being poos is
poor is destiny.
D. A monetary and non-monetary condition where people lack access
to community regulated resources, opportunities, and income.

9. The traditional view of development assumes what ?

A. That economic growth is unimportant in development.
B. That people can only move forward through self-reliance.
C. That equitable development is more important than efficient
development.
D. That economic growth can be unlimited through the free market
and will trickle down to the poor.
10. What is meant by trickle-down effect ?
A. That economic growth needs to be controlled by the state.
B. That economic growth needs delivery systems to bring benefits to
the poor.
C. That economic growth will be faster by opening more export
processing zones.
D. That economic growth will eventually and automatically brings
benefits to the poor.

11. What do dependency theorists believe ?

A. That economic growth is dependent on the poor.
B. That free-market development primarily helps the rich
C. That developing countries should be dependent on free-market
development.
D. That free-market development should allow the imported products
to enter one’s port without any tariffs at all.

12. The `absolute ‘ poverty line is drawn to show :

A. The areas of a city in which poverty is concentrated.
B. The most extreme level of poverty is that is found in a society.
C. The estimated minimum level of income needed for subsistence.
D. Households that are poor , relative to the norms and values of
their culture.

13. The functionalist theory of inequality suggests that:

A. The idea of meritocracy ia a dangerous ideology.
B. Inequality is inevitable and we are born into poverty or wealth.
C. There are no social functions of inequality , so it should be
eradicated.
D. High rewards and incentives ensure that the most skilled
individuals will take the most important social positions.

14. The term `assets ‘ refers to:

A. The culturally valued commodities and standards of living that
make the poor feel relatively deprived.
B. A stock of economic resources , including land, shares and bank
deposits.
C. The ` slices ‘ of the population who own differing amounts of
wealth.
D. The flow of money a person receives from their salary or wage

15. The practice of solidarity entails weaving a fabric of fraternal

relationships marked by reciprocity, forgiveness and complete
___________.
A. Appreciation B. Care C. Love D. Self-giving
 What I Need To Know

This module focuses on the importance of of solidarity in promoting

national and global community development. Solidarity is another way of
saying we are all in this together. Our choices affect each other. Solidarity
moves us to pay closer attention to what happens throughout the world and
to consider the impact our actions have on those events.

Solidarity is where awareness - of ourselves, our choices and the realities

of other people - spills over into action that makes a real difference for the
better.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. Give the meaning of solidarity;
2. Present the overview of situation on poverty; and
3. Discuss the practical ways of showing solidarity.

What’s In

In the previous lesson, it was presented that there are good numbers of
Filipinos who have been doing wonders in serving poor communities. Yet
conditions of poverty remains a reality. Can poverty be reduced or alleviated?

Pictures below are presented. Try to get into them and draw out your insights.
Questions are given below for analytical purposes, and there is no need to answer it
in a sheet of paper.
 Picture 1 Picture 2

Picture 1
https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/07/17/7-countries-with-worse-income-ineq
uality-than-the.aspx

Picture 2
https://businessmirror.com.ph/2018/10/14/bridging-the-rich-poor-gap/

In picture 1, weighing scale, by principle, heavier things are, tend to move

downward than the lighter one, but in the image, it’s the opposite.
Granting that the single person has something with him to make it heavier,
what is that something with him? What reality that the cartoonist would like
to stress ou?

In picture 2, obese man in sumptuous meal while many people, presented

as smaller figures, are craving for the food on the table, what does this obese
man represent for? How about the people as the height of man’s calf, what do
they represent for? What reality that the cartoonist would like to present?

Can communion , fellowship and solidarity be possible between the rich

and the poor? Can the gap be bridged ?

What’s New

Perhaps these questions may come to our mind, Why I am poor? , Why are
my classmates so destitute?, Why do they have high- end gadgets?, Are they
rich?. We mark each one of us with a label, rich or poor and there is a feeling
of separation. We might be thinking that the poor are the problems and the
rich are the solutions.

Below are the scenarios of people extending help to the poor.

Bill and Melinda Gates build a foundation which

help to improve people’s health and giving them
chance to lift themselves out of hunger and
extreme poverty.

https://www.businessinsider.com/a-poor-woman-asked-melinda-gates-to-adopt-an
d-raise-her-two-children-2019-4

Henry Sy Sr. through SM Foundation through

SM Foundation helps poor students in college
scholarship program to achieve their dreams by
giving them access to quality higher education

https://www.forbes.com/profile/henry-sy/#22560c174a10

We can build now a BETTER HUMANITY where there is communion,

fellowship and solidarity among ourselves.
 What Is It

Below is the illustration of what our community appears to be, and it’s moving
towards the direction of solidarity.

THE POOR
THE FACES OF POVERTY

Poverty is hunger.
Poverty is lack of shelter
Poverty is sick, not able to see a doctor
Poverty is not having access to school
Poverty is not having a job
Poverty is losing a child to illness
THE Poverty is powerlessness
RICH Poverty is lack of representation and freedom

SOLIDARITY: WITH THE POOR AGAINST

POVERTY

ACCOUNTABILITY VOLUNARY
SIMPLICITY
RESPONSIBLE PRODUCTIVITY
SELECTIVE CONSUMERISM
CONSULTATIVE LEADERSHIP

In this illustration, the circle represents the world. The rich occupies the
smaller slice while the poor takes the bigger slice. The other slice are those
people working with poverty alleviation in solidarity with the poor by
practicing virtues of accountability, voluntary simplicity, responsible
productivity, selective consumerism and consultative leadership.
The meaning of the following terms are as follows:

A. Poverty - a monetary and non-monetary condition where people

lack access to community regulated resources, opportunities and
income.
B. Solidarity -a commitment walking in journey with others and
treating others as my brothers, sisters, family in communion and
fellowship.
 C. Accountability - a solidarity action by treating others
particularly the poor and by using things with sense of
responsibility
D. Voluntary simplicity - a solidarity action in which the person
chooses to live a life of austerity so that the poor will have access
to more resources and can live a life of dignity.
E. Responsible productivity - a solidarity action in which a person
supports pro-people and pro-land activities resulting in greater
benefits to the community.
F. Selective consumerism - a solidarity action in which a person
rejects products and things that oppress people and violate the
land and its people.
G. Consultative leadership - a solidarity action in which a person
knows that power corrupts and may use it for the benefit of the
greatest number of people.

Disparity , inequality and gap between the rich and the poor exist but
solidarity can transform it into a communion, fellowship and unity. Your
solidarity and our solidarity can this world - wounded and broken with
selfishness, rivalry , animosity and bigotry - into a BETTER HUMANITY filled
with peace and love.

Let’s try some activities for it!!

What’s More

Let’s try to express the act of solidarity. It may be varied according to our
dispositions and capacities.

Write your answer in a sheet of paper.

ACTIVITY I: SOLIDARITY: NEEDS OVER WANTS

A. Write down at least 10 things that you acquire in the past 5 days either
you bought them or given to you. Encircle the things that you consider as
NEEDS and cross out those which you consider only as WANTS.
B. Answer the following questions in a separate sheet of paper.
1) What would be the changes in your life if you will be living based only
on your needs?
 2) In what context can we say that solidarity is being applied in living a
life based only on your needs?

ACTIVITY II: SOLIDARITY: BE WITH THE MOST VULNERABLE

Answer the following questions in a separate sheet of paper.

You are riding in a bus full of people, what would you do if:
1) At the next bus stop, a grandmother gets in and there are no empty seats
left?
2) A blind person is getting off the bus?
3) A lady carrying a baby in her arms gets on?

ACTIVITY III: HELPING EACH OTHER: THE MAGIC OF SOLIDARITY

This activity is in the form of story. Read it and find the application of
solidarity in the situation.Answer the questions below in a sheet of paper.

MUSHROOM IN THE RAIN

by
Mirra Ginsburg

Ant: - Where can I find a shelter? "Then, the little ant saw a beautiful
mushroom and it ran under it to wait till it stopped raining". "But the rain
was harder and harder.
After a while a butterfly with soaked wings arrived, it was so wet that
it could no longer fly, it crawled under the mushroom and said": - Ant, ant,
let me find shelter under the mushroom! I am all wet, I am cold and I
cannot fly. The ant answered: - There’s not enough room and we will be
very tight but it does not matter, because we will be in good harmony. "The
butterfly and the ant sheltered themselves under the mushroom while it
continued raining more and more.
After a short while a small little mouse arrived running and said": - Let
me stay under the mushroom! I am all soaked. The ant and the butterfly
answered: - Well, there is almost no room for you, but it does not matter.
We will squeeze ourselves just a little bit so that you can fit in!
"The rain was stronger and stronger, it seemed that it was not going
to stop any more and just then, a wet and shaking dove arrived". - All my
feathers are wet, my wings are tired... Let me get dry and rest under the
mushroom until it stops raining! The little mouse answered:- But the thing
is that there is no more room here. And the little dove begged them: - If you
would squeeze just a little bit... Then the little mouse said: - It is ok, let’s all
squeeze just a little bit more, look how wet is our little friend.
"Then a hare arrived running and said: - Please, hide me because the
fox is chasing me. The ant told the others: - Poor hare! We are going to
squeeze in just a little bit more.
They had just finished hiding the hare under the mushroom when the
fox arrived running, and sniffing the air around furiously it said: - Have
you seen the hare? Are you sure that she is not hidden here? And the
butterfly answered: - How could it hide here if there is no room? So, the fox
looked around grumbling and left. "Finally it stopped raining and the sun
shone again in the radiating sky.
 They had just finished hiding the hare under the mushroom when
the fox arrived running, and sniffing the air around furiously it said: -
Have you seen the hare? Are you sure that she is not hidden here? And
the butterfly answered: - How could it hide here if there is no room? So,
the fox looked around grumbling and left. "Finally it stopped raining
and the sun shone again in the radiating sky.
Surprised the ant wonders: - How is it possible? When it began to rain
only I fitted alone under the mushroom, and then there was room for
the five of us. "At that moment, a frog that had seen everything from a
nearby place came up to the mushroom laughing and croaking and
told them: - My friend ant, don’t you realise that the magic is in
solidarity? When we help each other everything is solved! "Finally all
looked at the mushroom and understood why, at the beginning, the
ant could hardly fit and, nevertheless, at the end the five little animals

1. Which characters in this story are supportive?

2. Why do we say that they are supportive?
3. Why did the frog laughed at the ant? What didn’t the ant understand?
4. What would you do if another child was getting wet under the rain and you
had an umbrella?
5. How can you be supportive with your mates, friends , neighbors, relatives,
etc.?

What I Have Learned

Activities given fuels you to get some learning on this module. The learning as
you explore it as follows:

1. The gap, inequality and disparity between the rich and poor are huge.
global poverty is alarming.

2. Despite some scenarios poverty, there are some people initiated by the
rich themselves the act of solidarity.

3. That the brighter side of humanity is ,by reducing poverty and alleviating
it , a promising hope that communion, fellowship and solidarity come to us
in fullness.

4. That there is always a magic touch of solidarity if we help each other.

 What I Can Do

Write your own pledge of commitment where you apply the act of
solidarity in a long bond paper. Give at least 5 ways whereby you resolve to do
something about your weak points in favor of solidarity.

Example is given to you.

MY ACT OF SOLIDARITY

I, Maria Makiling, promise to commit myself:

- to practice energy `conservation by turning off lights and faucets that
are not in use.

Assessment

After a thorough discussion, this test is to assess your grasp of things

essential for living a life of solidarity

Instruction: Read carefully and choose the best answer from the given
choices.

1. The phrase with the poor against poverty expresses the concept of
_________.
A. Austerity B. Charity C. Liberty D. Solidarity

2. Which of the following situations NOT contributing to solidarity ?

A. I discourage any wasteful use of food and other supplies.
B. I spend a lot of money for a drinking spree with friends.
C. I buy only what is needed.
D. I am a vigilant consumer.
3.Which of the following explanations that corroborate to the statement `No
man is an island , entire of itself, every man is a piece of the main.’ -
John Donne
A. Whatever happens to someone else, good or bad, has an effect on
you.
B. One in which it is every person for himself or herself, we are in the
world alone.
C. Global poverty makes the rich feel separate or different from the
people who live in poverty.
D. Anything that happens in this world is determined by fate,
something we can’t change it.

4.A solidarity action which support activities resulting in greater production ,

and which benefit pro-people and pro-earth individuals.
A. Consultative leadership C. Responsible productivity
B. Selective consumerism D. Voluntary simplicity

5. A solidarity action that rejects products and things that oppress and
violate the land and its people.
A. Consultative leadership C. Responsible productivity
B. Selective consumerism D. Voluntary simplicity

6. According to critical alternative views, what is poverty ?

A. A monetary condition brought about by people’s own laziness.
B. A monetary condition where peple do not have enough to satisfy
basic needs.
C. A non-monetary condition where people believe that being poos is
poor is destiny.
D. A monetary and non-monetary condition where people lack access
to community regulated resources, opportunities, and
income.

ITEMS 7-15. All are solidarity actions in particular situations. Choose the
letter of the best answer from the given choices in the box below.

A. Accountability C. Selective consumerism

B. Voluntary simplicity D. Responsible productivity

7. I practice energy conservation by turning off lights and faucets that are not
in use.
8. I buy only what is needed.
9. I avoid the use of chemicals and products which can harm the
environment.
10. I do not undertake expensive projects and needless expenditures.
11. I buy only Philippine products that benefit my country’s economy.
12. I buy Philippine products instead of imported goods.
13. I help the less privileged in whatever way I can.
14. I discourage any wasteful use of food and other supplies
15. I have a simple taste of my clothes and things..
 Additional Activities

This is for purpose of self-evaluation and reflection

Rate yourself in your solidarity action by ticking a check mark in the column.

ALWAYS OFTEN SELDOM NEVER

1. I believe in accountability
by understanding the
situation of the less
fortunate , and I do whatever
I can offer help to them
2. I practice voluntary
simplicity by buying what I
need instead of what I want.
3. I believe in selective
consumerism by buying only
those products that benefit
my country’s economy
4. I promote responsible
productivity by buying
Filipino products than
imported products.
5. I practice participative
leadership by consulting
others
References

WORLD WIDE WEB

(2020 June 8) World Vision ` What Is Poverty? Its Not As Simple As You
Think ‘ in
https://www.worldvision.ca/stories/child-sponsorship/what-is-poverty

(2018 December 6 ) Seat, Leroy , ` Solidarity With The Poor: Are We All Talk,No
Action ?, in
https://goodfaithmedia.org/solidarity-with-the-poor-are-we-all-talk-no-actio
n/

Economic and Social Inclusion Corporation, `What Is Poverty ‘ in

https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/esic/overview/content
/what_is_poverty.html

Debs, Eugene V. , `Global Solidarity and Global Poverty’ in

https://www.unbound.org/-/media/Files/PDFs/Youth
resources/solidarityseries.ashx

YOUTUBE

JPIC-IDC features JPIC-IDC Housing Apostolate Sa Sugbo: Ang

Janssenville- San Pio Subdivision in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ursZPI0ihtg