본 연구는 노숙인들의 자활증진을 위한 커뮤니티가든 프로그램 시행을 위해 노숙인에 대한 이해와 실태를 정확히 파악하고자 관련 연구동향을 분석하였다. 우리나라 노숙인은 IMF라는 외환위기를 계기로 사회의 관심을 받게 되었으며 경제상황이 좋아지면 사회에 복귀할 것이라는 예상과 달리 노숙인의 수는 줄지 않고 있다. 노숙 인은 일반인에 비해 신체적, 정신적 장애의 유병률이 높은데, 건강 은 자활의지와도 연관이 있어 노숙인의 건강관리는 자활을 위해 매 우 중요하다. 노숙인의 지원 목적은 사회로부터의 격리가 아닌 사 회복귀이며 가장 효과적인 방법은 일자리의 제공과 직업훈련이다. 노숙인에게는 생존권의 보장이라는 측면에서 기초생활유지와 사 회통합을 위한 각종 서비스가 지원되고 있다. 최근 노숙의 근본 원 인을 해결하고자 주거지원 정책이 시행되고 있는 가운데 지원주택 에 지속적인 서비스의 결합이 시도되고 있다. 이와 같은 지원주택에 커뮤티니가든을 도입하는 것은 노숙인들의 자활 증진을 위한 신체 적, 정신적 건강관리와 소통의 공간을 통한 사회성 향상, 직업교육 의 공간 제공 등 종합적인 서비스를 가능하게 할 것으로 기대된다.

Contemporary society gave birth to pollution environment, family collapse, estrangement human-being, and serious disequilibrium. Sustainability and community are core issue of developmental 21st developmental society. As the alternative plan came up needs of the times, community garden is able to make practical application of elevating life quality for residents as well as get various beneficial effect. Community garden was attempted to settlement, failed it in Korea, while made good use from old times in Germany, U.K., and U.S.A. Participation and conversation intrapopulation are a key factor to use, maintain, and preserve. Consequently, This study was performed to develop leader training program that took charge of primary role in activating community garden. Organization which deduce outcome and motivate, as the core competence of leadership, was composed of horticultural information and actual experience to horticulture.

This study was conducted to apply practically community garden program which elevating quality of life through making, using, and keeping of it, that was helped rental housing residents improve life of oneself and environment of village independently. So far, a rental housing for a low-income group was a good way in solving lack of housing, reforming circumstance of house, but it gave rise to problems like breaking neighborship, and deprivation. Community garden program was composed to 16 session divided 1st and 2nd step program during March 29~July 26, 2005. 1st step was responsible for cultivating one's ability through observation plant culture, understanding, rule of the life, 2nd step was growing practical ability helped residents participate in community garden, effective management garden, development profitable business. This program got elevation of participant's self-esteem and life desire.