Kerja Komuniti

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WHY WE EXIST

Kerja Komuniti exists to help us learn how to do community work thoughtfully, practically, and together.

Community work is rarely clear or straightforward. Many of us learn by doing, making mistakes, and figuring things out as we go, often without enough space to pause or reflect with others.

Kerja Komuniti is a place to share ideas, experiences, and practical ways of working from real community-based practice, and to make sense of the work.

WHO THIS IS FOR

Kerja Komuniti is for people who are doing community-based work, or preparing to do it, and want practical support for working with others.

This includes people who are:

  • working with communities, groups, collectives, or small organisations
  • involved in community development, facilitation, organising, or participatory projects
  • planning, running, or reflecting on projects with groups
  • learning on the job and looking for ways to think, plan, and learn more clearly

You do not need formal training to use this site. The materials are designed to support people who want tools and ideas they can use, adapt, and learn from.

HOW WE DO THIS

We do this through:

  • learning pages that explore each step of the project cycle through theory and practice
  • downloadable worksheets that can be used, adapted, and tested in practice
  • handouts and slides to support facilitation and group learning
  • photos and videos showing these materials in use, in real contexts

All content is organised around the project cycle, to support thinking from planning to action, reflection, and learning again.

WHERE THIS COMES FROM

Kerja Komuniti is developed by Pik-Svonn, whose work centres on community-based and youth-led practice, with a focus on participatory project design, collective decision-making, and learning through action.

Her experience spans grassroots initiatives, participatory work with young people, and community-based projects in areas such as youth development, culture and arts, livelihoods, and refugee and displacement contexts, shaped by work in Malaysia, Thailand, across Southeast Asia, and in wider Global South settings, and by working across spaces ranging from informal collectives and direct action movements, to community organisations, institutions, and governance bodies.

Kerja Komuniti reflects an ongoing practice of working with groups under real constraints, paying attention to how people plan, decide, act, and learn together in community settings.

WHAT WE BELIEVE

We believe that:

  1. Community work is a journey, not a finished product
  2. Community work is never neutral. It involves relationships and power.
  3. People in communities shape solutions, not just receive them
  4. Learning happens through action, reflection, and conversation
  5. There is no single method that works everywhere
  6. Mistakes are part of learning
  7. Ideas and materials should remain open to improvement
  8. Working together matters more than individual expertise alone