Desires, Needs, or Problems

1. The soil is poor.

2. Eighty percent of the girls in our town can't read.

3. There is no market.

4. The second schoolroom is not finished.

5. Jobs available to youth require higher levels of skills.

6. Men drink too much.

7. Women's emotions and interests are stifled.

8. Ninety percent of the people suffer from parasites.

9. The road is always in bad condition.

10. We want a playground for the children.

11. Our cooperative would be more successful with more

members.

B. Write the individual task on flipchart and explain it as follows:

1. On your individual handout, read each issue item and decide

whether you would consider it a desire, a need, or a problem.

Based on what you think, mark it:

D for desire

N for need

P for problem

2. As you work through the list, make a mental note of some of

the factors that influence how you are making the distinctions.

C. Allow participants 8 to 10 minutes to work.

III. Small Group Discussion and Reports on

Defining Terms

(30 minutes)

A. Hang copies of the flipcharted phrases in several places in the

room. Ask the participants to assemble around the flipcharts in

groups of five or six.

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