Designing a Model for Establishing a Community- Based Organization: Conditions, Interactions and Consequences (Case Study of Keykha Village, Zabol Township, Iran)

This study aimed at designing a model for establishing a Community Based Organization (CBO) based on conditions, interactions and consequences in Keykha Village, Zabol Township, Sistan and Baluchistan Province. The research design was qualitative and used case study, which was carried out in 2014. The village of Keykha was the case study and the active memberships of local CBO were units of analysis. The samples were selected using purposive and snowball sampling method (n=16). Observation, in-depth interview and documents review were the main tools for data collection. Validity and reliability of the research were confirmed by using three methods in data collection, establishing a database and using interviewees’ opinions in completing the research report. Data analysis was performed in three steps: descriptive findings, counting keywords, and coding. According to the results, the local CBO establishment in Keykha in accordance with the Straus and Corbin’s paradigm model has been affected by the contextual, causative, and intervening conditions. Establishment of this CBO has paved the way for interactions among people with officials and provided people with consequences (including educational and learning, women’s empowerment, health and environmental, social and cosmopolitan, economic and rural construction, and psychological).