**5.1 Objective of the community**

The data indicated that the following are the objectives of the "Awramba" community.


Indicators of the above objectives are the following:

1.The indicator of the first objective is the different kinds of supports (financial, emotional, and the like) given to the community during grief time when there exist problems.

For example, in "Awramba" community, there are different community-based organizations such as income generating activity association and elder care house, which serve as means of sources of income and support during the time of old age.

*An Ethnographic Study on Sense of a Community: The "Awramba" Experience DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.105953*


The community mourning values (theme-7), religious view (theme-8), and gender equality (theme-9) results are agreed with the study by [4].

As the McMillan and Chavis sense of community theory is a major theory in community psychology, it is cited in more than 2500 different, scholarly publications, the researcher used it for the interpretation purpose.

McMillan and Chavis define sense of community as "a feeling that members have of belonging, a feeling that members matter to one another and to the group, and a shared faith that members' needs will be met through their commitment to be together."

In this key definition, they identify four major elements required for a sense of community: membership, influence, integration and fulfillment of needs, and a shared emotional connection. By their definition, all four elements must be present to define a sense of community.

#### **5.2 Membership**

As the theory said there needs to be a defined territory or boundary, physical or not, something that shows who is a member and who is not. This can be a geographic marker, or it may involve similar interests, etc. These say who is in and who is out, who belongs here, and who does not. This is related with the "Awramba" community members living in the community village. And in addition to members of the community who share physical boundary, there are also members of the community who do not share geographical location, which is (theme-13).

In a community with clear boundaries, members experience emotional safety. This means a physical sense of safety from crime, etc. Relationally, it means a secure place to make friends, a safe space to speak truthfully. As the researcher got information from the community members, there is no a single police station or court in the village. And it also explained by the "Awramba" community's value of being honest (theme-10a) and ways of handling conflict (theme-11).

A member who feels safe is more likely to make personal investment in the community. Personal investment is made in order to show commitment, and it's made because one feels wanted by the community and entitled to be there. This idea of the theory also related with the "Awramba" community members' commitments for scheduled meetings (theme-10b).

#### **5.3 Influence**

Related to influence, which refers to how the individual influences the community, and that community influences the views and actions of the person. Participant:2 said "If we miss to adhere to the norm of the community, there is advise in the first place

provided by other community member for that." This can show how the group influences individual members of that community. It also related to the community members adhering to the norms of the community.
