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

Scene 2: NUMA village and MAKA town
6. Gloria, member of local women’s association, based in Numa village.
7. Tom, local entrepreneur, based in Maka town.
8. Bill, information officer, NGO commodity exchange service, based in Maka town.
9. Salma, local teacher in Maka town, previously in Numa village.
Gloria is a member of the local women’s association in Numa. This association runs a successful savings
and credit service for local members. Through this service, Gloria purchased a mobile phone which she
rents out to people in the local community. .
Tom is a local entrepreneur in the nearby town, Maka town. Knowing prices for grain are high because
of the shortage in Maka, he has purchased grain from a neighboring region and trucked it in. He is now
able to take advantage of the high prices for grain. He has had a business relationship with several
traders in the region, including Sarah. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce.
Bill works for an NGO commodity exchange service. He is responsible for providing information to
farmers and traders about prices in different markets.
Salma is a local teacher, married to Tom. When she was younger, she taught at the Numa village primary
school when Peter went to school there. Together with parents and students there she helped build a
garden to supply nutritious foods to children. She is her local urban women’s association’s
representative at the provincial level (in Kipse).
Show how Peter’s family and the larger community in which he lives could make use of bridging social
capital to “get ahead”
Scene 3: KIPSE town, the provincial capital
10. Patrick, absentee landlord, based in Kipse
11. Jonas, Sarah’s brother, works as an agricultural extension officer, Kipse
12. Kate, manager, Public Works Department, Kipse.
13. Bob, managing director, Pipes International, based in Kipse.
Patrick is an absentee landlord. His land is taxed by the acre if his land is under cash crop production.
Albert rents land from him. He is an elected representative in the Kipse provincial government.
Jonas, Sarah’s brother, works as an agricultural extension officer in Kipse, providing support to the cash
crop sector. He is a member of the union of public servants.
Kate is a manager role in the Public Works Department of the Kipse Provincial Government. It purchases
plastic piping from Pipes International for its public works program. Kate attends the local church and is
a member of the local women’s association. All women’s associations are federated into regional and
national bodies. She is also a member of the Rotary Club.
A large corporation, Pipes International, manufactures plastic piping for export. Its managing director,
Bob, serves as a member of the Chamber of Commerce. Bob is also in the local Rotary Club. He is also an
active member of the same local church as Kate, where he sings in the local choir.
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