Section IV: Try Something

Desires, Needs, or Problems? Handout   Page 1 of 1

Desires, Needs, or Problems?

The following is a list of community issues. Read each 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

________ 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.

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