Time

1 hour, 15 minutes

Materials

  Blank flipcharts, markers, and tape

  Flipcharts with phrases from the handout (as many copies as small

groups in Step III).

  Handout: Are these Desires, Needs, or Problems?

Procedure

STEP I. Introduction

(5 minutes)

Select a few key ideas from the rationale to quickly introduce the

session and link it back to the earlier sessions on assets deficits

approaches and community assessment tools (mapping, calendars,

meetings, etc.). Do not overdo this introduction; the exercises and

discussion, which follow, are the main learning vehicles in this session.

STEP II. Individual Exercise on Sorting Desires,

Needs, or Problems

 (15 minutes)

A. Display the flipchart list, Desires, Needs, or Problems (opposite

page), and distribute the handout containing the same infor 

mation. Tell the group it is a list of issues compiled from several

different participatory needs assessment activities conducted in

Community X.

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