Moral Leadership and Community Management Programme (PLMGC)

The Moral Leadership and Community Management Programme (PLMGC) empowers individuals, families and rural communities to exercise values-based leadership and improve their community organisation. The goal is clear: when there is ethical leadership, community organisation and trust, it is possible to achieve better living conditions in terms of health, education and the environment. Funded by USAID,

Scope of intervention

Healthy Towns and Communities (MCS)

462 Community Neighbourhood Councils (JVC) in an equal number of rural and indigenous communities.
Regions: Ucayali, San Martín, Ayacucho, Junín, Huancavelica, Abancay, Cusco, Pasco, and Lima.

Effect of Social Capital on Families in Alternative Development Communities in the VRAEM

17 Community Neighbourhood Councils (JVC) in communities in the VRAEM (province of La Mar, Ayacucho).
Period: January –July 2022.

How do we work?

The PLMGC uses a participatory and experiential methodology (‘learning by doing’), which is based on the participants’ own experiences. It works with:

Simple and inclusive language

Group dynamics that strengthen trust and commitment

Reflection on everyday life

constant assessment of everyone's contributions

Results and impact

A quasi-experimental study conducted with 2,448 users of Pension 65 in Piura, Amazonas, and Ayacucho showed that, after receiving reading glasses:

More leadership and community management in the hands of the community itself

Healthy Towns and Communities:

1,843 people participated in the PLMGC.
462 JVC developed key community management tools.

Effect of Social Capital in the VRAEM:

121 participants from 17 JVCs, health personnel, and municipal officials completed the programme.
The 17 JVCs also drew up their community assessment, monitoring form and social welfare plan.

Greater social capital: trust, sense of community and collective action

Social trust: improving relations between the community and other bodies (municipalities, sectors, programmes).

Sense of community: leaders and the population value ‘being part of the community’ and tackling problems and challenges together.

Collective effectiveness: more people participate in actions for change, community work, health monitoring, and care for the environment.