ABCD-Training-of-Trainers-Tools-July-2013

methodology from start to finish, these groups can be formed randomly and an institution map can be
created of one of the participants’ communities. (They can decide which one).
Ask participants to identify five helpful institutions in the community as potential assets and mark them
on the community map. Ask participants to report back to the group briefly.
Ask participants why they think institutions can be assets. They may respond with answers like:
• “They can provide services and expertise.”
• “They can offer office space and facilities for community activities.”
• “They can lend materials and equipment for community activities.”
• “They can purchase things made by community members (for example, chairs from a local
carpenter, prepared food from a local women’s group)”
• “They can offer links to institutions outside the community.”
Discuss with the participants what their experience is of institutions. Are they helpful in the community?
Do they respond to requests? Who do they respond to?
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