On community public service

Public service for a community is a great task by great people. It is essentially important in a community as it involves policy making as well as working for the improvement of the different aspects of the community. Without it, the community does not have a definite direction for betterment. As the communal virtues and norms changes through times because of natural causes and assimilation, community service has a very important function to ensure that problems caused by these “changes” would not afflict even the small extent of the community. In doing so; policies, ordinances, memorandums must be effected to work on the roots and fruits of problems and positive developments.

There are two approaches in treating a problem of a community. First is the strict and direct liquidation, and the second is the non-support that would slowly send or guide the problem to disappearance. Each can be applied appropriately depending on the kind of the problem, current situation and the community servant/s implementing it.

The other beneficial work of public service for a community is the comprehensive community development to be carried on through infrastructure projects, human resource development, socio-economic enhancement, encouragement of function groups’ participation, etc.



The tasks of the community servants are very subtle and significant in the development of the populace as well as the whole community. The degree of development of a certain place can not solely be determined by its own appearance and history but can be judged through the reactions or appreciations of the residents, which can be accounted usually to community service. However, community service is very delicate and can easily be harmed. Most often the community servants themselves take advantage of their privileges and power to advance their personal and selfish interests which results to community problems and stagnation.