Exercises: Getting to know before acting
A neighborhood street floods every rainy season because plastic bags clog the drains. Tell the problem apart from one of its symptoms and state the need that a local…
A neighborhood street floods every rainy season because plastic bags clog the drains. Tell the problem apart from one of its symptoms and state the need that a local venture could address.
To diagnose the garbage problem in a vacant lot, the group proposes three actions: interviewing the neighbors on the block; counting and recording the waste that shows…
To diagnose the garbage problem in a vacant lot, the group proposes three actions: interviewing the neighbors on the block; counting and recording the waste that shows up over a week; reviewing the municipality's collection data. Classify each action as community dialogue, direct observation or data consultation, and explain what each one contributes to the diagnosis.
Order the phases of a community diagnosis applied to the case of the vacant lot turned into a dump: stating the need to address; identifying who is affected and what…
Order the phases of a community diagnosis applied to the case of the vacant lot turned into a dump: stating the need to address; identifying who is affected and what causes it; delimiting the problem; gathering information in the community. Justify why that order is the right one.
A community assembly has three problems on the table —the lack of water in the dry season, the garbage in the river and the lack of jobs for young people— but resources…
A community assembly has three problems on the table —the lack of water in the dry season, the garbage in the river and the lack of jobs for young people— but resources for only one. Propose two prioritization criteria (for example, how many people it affects, how urgent it is or how feasible it is to solve) and apply them to justify which one to address first.