Materials

  Five scarves or bandanas to use as blindfolds for climate setter

  Five oranges (or any locally available and inexpensive fruit) for

climate setter

  Prepared flipchart of Project Design Questions/Steps

  Community Development Cycle visual (from session 3)

  Blank paper and markers for the visioning exercise

  Handouts:

  Project Design Worksheet (English version)

  Project Design Worksheet (translated version, as appropriate)

  Sample Project Designs (see Appendix A)

Preparation

1.

Thoroughly review the whole project design sequence (i.e., Parts

1 and 2) so you become familiar with the steps and how the

participants will be working in project teams. Decide how you

want to use the Sample Project Designs (Appendix A). You may

want to have the participants read the samples during Step II so

they have an overall idea of how the design looks, or you may

want to refer to them later in the session. However you decide to

use the cases, make sure the group understands they are meant

to serve as samples, not as the model. The danger is that sometimes

people try to mold their projects too closely after what they see in

a sample rather than being more loose and creative with the

process.

2.

Prepare a flipchart with the Project Design Questions/Steps and

post it on the wall, next to the Community Development Cycle

visual.

3.

If you want to demonstrate the ranking matrix in Step V C, adapt

the criteria to make it suitable for your group.

Procedure

STEP I. Climate Setter Finding the Orange

(20 minutes)

A. Lead the group in a brief climate setting activity which

emphasizes the need for community members' involvement in

the planning process. One suggestion is  Finding the Orange. 

For this exercise, you will need to clear an open space in the

training room, or better yet, take the group outside to a green

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