Community Mapping Clinic Lesson Plan

Aims of the tool

This lesson plan aims to help participants understand their community by exploring local resources, challenges, and opportunities. It also fosters a sense of community and empowers young migrants to actively contribute to their new environment.

Description of the tool

What is Community Mapping?

Community Mapping is a process that empowers local community members to visually identify their community’s strengths, resources, and weaknesses. It’s used to gain a better understanding of the community, especially during planning, policymaking, and development. This participatory method helps reveal the different values that community members place on their local resources.

Learning Objectives:
- Understand what community mapping is and why it matters.
- Identify and analyse the community’s strengths, resources, and challenges.
- Create solutions for social issues like climate change, inequality, accessibility, environmental problems, education, gender equality, safety, and migration.
- Encourage critical thinking, empathy, and active participation among young migrants.

Mapping Themes

The development and implementation of the CMCs will cover topics of social issues, such as:
- Climate Mitigation and Adaptation: Finding ways to reduce harm from climate change and prepare for its effects.
- Inequalities: Making sure all people have equal rights and opportunities.
- Accessibility and Barriers to Inclusion: Removing obstacles so everyone can take part in the community.
Environmental Degradation: Stopping damage to the environment and keeping it healthy.
- Access to Education: Helping everyone get a good education.
- Gender Equality and Safety: Making sure all genders are treated fairly and feel safe.
- Migration: Supporting people who move to a new place and looking at why they moved.