Abstract
This research article aims to study, analyze, and develop community capacity to empower communities and prevent social problems in Nakhonpathom province. This work is qualitative research and uses documentary research to create training prototypes and focus groups among sample groups or key informants. This is a group of volunteers' spirits, Phutthamonthon, Nakhonchaisri Samphran district totaling 34 people to be aware of the community's problems.
 The study results showed that the training model obtained from the document's synthesis and processing consisted of the volunteer concept, The King's philosophy, the concept of community empowerment. After that, the focus groups found that the volunteer spirit group in the Phutthamonthon district voted that the garbage problem was the biggest, consistent with the volunteer spirit in Samphran district. Both groups propose a waste separation campaign, support equipment from government agencies, educators. In contrast, the Nakhonchaisri district volunteer spirit group resolved that the problem of invasion of the Tha-chin river was the most important. Moreover, proposed state legislation to create a group to negotiate seriously with the government and put pressure on those who transgress the river, including the media as a tool of pressure. Finally, by training the model with a volunteer group, they will understand the problems in their communities and formulate groups to solve problems in the community through volunteer activities.
Highlights
Under the present Thai society context, it focuses on material prosperity according to capitalism, economic growth, and technological advancement
The researchers created a body of knowledge to train the representatives of the three groups of volunteer spirit groups, namely, The King's philosophy, the principles of understanding, connecting, and developing, the volunteer spirit concept and empowering the community
From the training and data collection, it was found that the volunteer spirit group will use the knowledge gained to develop community potential around participation and public mind such as building unity on important days, inviting people to join the network to solve problems in the community jointly
Summary
Under the present Thai society context, it focuses on material prosperity according to capitalism, economic growth, and technological advancement This causes Thai society to become highly competitive, leading to social inequality and social problems. The volunteer spirit group in Phutthamonthon District has about 2,500 members, the Nakhon Chai Si district volunteer spirit group has approximately 2,000 members, and the Sam Phran district volunteer spirit group has approximately 1,800 members It is an essential group of people who can add skills to organize activities to empower the community and the community's problems. To develop community co-operation to strengthen the community to have co-operation to prevent such problems sustainably This will benefit the most people in Nakhon Pathom and can use this format to be disseminated for development and application in other areas
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