ABCD-Training-of-Trainers-Tools-July-2013
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1.14. Story-telling<br />
(Source: Coady International Institute)<br />
Session Title<br />
Session Objectives<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Session<br />
Resources<br />
<strong>Training</strong> Materials<br />
Story-Telling<br />
Identify and critically examine cases <strong>of</strong> community-driven development<br />
from participants’ own experience<br />
45 minutes<br />
Flipchart paper<br />
Markers<br />
Criteria for Community-Driven Development Stories and Accompanying<br />
Questions<br />
Common themes <strong>of</strong> Community-Driven Development<br />
Introduction<br />
Everywhere in the world, there are stories about a time when communities mobilized their own assets<br />
and successfully undertook an initiative without any direction from outside individuals or agencies. Even<br />
in the poorest or most remote communities, you will find great stories. Often these stories are about<br />
efforts to build or rebuild local infrastructure, provide a new service to community members, or create a<br />
new enterprise.<br />
This exercise will draw on participants’ own stories <strong>of</strong> local community-driven success. This will help the<br />
group to identify some common threads <strong>of</strong> what works and what does not work in their own context.<br />
The primary objective is to come to a common understanding <strong>of</strong> what the term “community-driven”<br />
means so that participants can learn to stimulate similar activities in places where it may not be<br />
occurring already.<br />
Instructions<br />
Divide people into groups <strong>of</strong> four. Ask each person to tell a story about a development activity that was<br />
initiated and driven by members <strong>of</strong> a local community. In its initial stages this activity drew exclusively<br />
on the community’s own resources. Over time, if outside resources were tapped, this assistance played<br />
a supportive rather than leading role in the development activity.<br />
Make sure you include the following information (also found in the <strong>Training</strong> Materials Guide as a<br />
handout):<br />
• The name and location <strong>of</strong> the community<br />
• The type <strong>of</strong> initiative or activity the community mobilized itself to work on<br />
• Why they chose this initiative or activity<br />
• How the community organized themselves to make decisions and carry out the work<br />
• The resources, skills and other assets that were mobilized<br />
• The role played by external institutions such as local government, NGOs or businesses<br />
• Why you think this is a good example <strong>of</strong> community-driven development<br />
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