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EMBRACING PARTICIPATION IN DEVELOPMENT: Wisdom from the Field 3.29
During transects with the adolescents in Zambia, we focused on the following:
~ learning areas frequented by the adolescents and their
meeting places;
~ using this as an opportunity to meet more adolescents and
to invite them for discussions;
~ using it as an opportunity to introduce ourselves in different
sections of the compound (meeting parents, guardians,
opinion leaders and other elders to explain the purpose of
the appraisal);
~ visiting video shops, bars, taverns, market places and other
locations where we found many adolescents to have
discussions with; and
~ observing the activities of the adolescents.
2.4 Wealth and well-being ranking
Wealth and well-being ranking is a method used to analyze ways in which a
community identifies differences and divisions among its members. Usually this
analysis identifies different categories of households within a community. The
same can also be used to categorize individuals in a group.
Wealth and well-being ranking can be a relatively difficult analysis to facilitate
in the community. People can become suspicious about the purpose of the
analysis. They may also hesitate to discuss individual or household level information
in public. Sensitive facilitation skills are required since this analysis is
about individual and personal information. It is best to introduce this subject at
the later stages of the appraisal after establishing rapport with the community.
Go ahead with this analysis only if the community members feel free to carry it
out. Do not impose. It is also important to be observant of the process and
follow the discussion while the analysis is going on. Care needs to be taken that
there are no individual biases influencing the ranking. This analysis is best
carried out in a group, so that the facilitator can follow the discussion and
debate among the participants.
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