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3.32 EMBRACING PARTICIPATION IN DEVELOPMENT: Wisdom from the Field The same group of boys was asked to list the criteria on the basis of which they had decided on these categories. They listed the following: Category 1 – the poorest - Roofs are made of cardboard or plastic waste material - People wear rags and use sacks for blankets - They eat once a day or beg for food - Their children attend the literacy school run by the Catholics, where education is free - They have poor hygiene - The poorest are so hungry that they do not have the strength to sweep or maintain their surroundings - These people are often neglected and live in isolation from the rest of the community - This category is comprised of the handicapped, the aged, or orphans who have lost either both or one parent (and are being looked after by a step-parent who neglects or mistreats them) - Some households are even headed by children "The poorest usually depend on funerals", commented one man. He explained that the area has a high death rate and nearly every day there is a funeral. The poorest people attend each and every funeral, and move from one funeral house to another, so that they get some food to eat. Source: Field notes of Mary Simasiku, Chipulukusu Compound, Ndola Part 3 Category 2 – the poor - They have fields from where they get some seasonal food - Sometimes they work for ‘food for work programs’ like PUSH - They beg food from neighbors - Husbands do not work - Houses are partly roofed with Korrie (25) sheets and partly with cardboard - Women engage in prostitution while men resort to stealing in order to raise money - They depend on a vegetable diet without oil or tomato - This category is mainly comprised of widows, or households where the husband does not work and the wife runs some small business. However, the little money she makes will be grabbed by the husband, who will use it to buy beer
EMBRACING PARTICIPATION IN DEVELOPMENT: Wisdom from the Field 3.33 Category 3 – the better-off - They can afford to eat meat or chicken once a month - Houses are well roofed with iron or korrie sheets but sometimes they leak - They dress well - They have blankets and beds - They have furniture and mats - They own black and white TVs and radio cassette players operated by batteries - Their children go to government primary schools Category 4 – some of us - Own a tavern - Houses are wall-fenced - Own color TV and fans, which are operated by generators - Work for big companies like ZESCO - Their children go to schools where the fees are high (private schools like Modern School) - They dress in the acceptable standards - They own two houses, some are rented out - They engage people to work in their fields - They own hammermills, salons, barber shops, or mini buses - They can afford to book taxis - They are able to sponsor funeral costs After having listed the criteria for the classification of households, the group categorized the households they had shown on the social map for their cluster. The aggregated information from this analysis is as follows: Part 3 CATEGORY NO. OF HOUSEHOLDS Poorest 17 Poor 53 Better-off 17 Rich-some of us 14 Total no. of households on the social map 101
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