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DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK VISVA-BHARATI UNIVERSITY

5 DAYS IMMERSION PROGRAM ON PARTICIPATORY RURAL APPRAISAL

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Debopriya Grusha Jytosa Jyotishma

INTRODUCTION What is Participatory Rural Appraisal ? • Participatory – means that the people are involved in the process in deciding how something is to be done. • Rural – area which is located outside towns and cities with agriculture as its main occupation. • Appraisal – the finding out of information about problems, needs and potential in a village.

PRA – Participatory Rural Appraisal Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) is an approach used by non governmental organization and other agencies involved in developmental processes. The approach aims to incorporate the knowledge and opinions of the rural people in the planning and management of development projects and programs.

PRA – A Method of Data Collection

• Participatory in nature. • People of the community are the Masters. • Expert knowledge is not required. • You are only a mobilizer and a facilitator.

Key Principles • Participation – local people serve as partners in data collection and analysis. • Flexibility – not a standardised methodology. • Team Work – everyone is involved. • Diversity – attempts made to identify and analyse contradictions and exceptions. • Optical Ignorance – leave out unessential details. • Systematic – to get correct details and conclusions, it is best to cross check. • Reversal of Learning – learning from rural people directly on the site and face to face.

PRA Techniques Practised Transect Walk Social Mapping Resource Mapping Historical Timeline Seasonal Calendar Hazard Mapping Happiness Mapping Wealth Ranking Stakeholder Analysis FGD (Focus Group Discussion) S.W.O.T (Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, Threats) Analysis

OBJECTIVES OF THE 5 DAYS IMMERSION PROGRAM • To understand the application of various PRA techniques being taught to us during orientation workshop. • To understand the advantages and disadvantages of PRA techniques. • To learn about the village where the social workers were placed during the 5 days immersion program.

DAY – 1 •Transect Walk :It is an observatory walk with the community people usually done to have an overall idea about the physical aspects of the community. It starts from a point and ends at the same point.

•Social Mapping :It is an exact visual representation of the community made by the community people facilitated by the social workers.

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DAY – 2 •Resource Mapping:The resource map focuses on the man made and natural resources prevalent in the community.

•Historical Timeline:This tool helps us to understand the changes in a community with the help of the community people and to chart it in a chronological order.

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DAY – 3 •Seasonal Calendar:It is the process of depicting the changes in the various aspects of the community with the changing of seasons. For e.g.- cropping pattern, occupation pattern, health status, migration etc.

•Hazard Mapping:It is the mapping of the hazard as perceived by both the people of the community and the social workers and classifying it as FELT & UNFELT.

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DAY – 4 •Happiness Mapping:It is based on the tactics of asking questions and to understand how the community people perceive the term “HAPPINESS”.

•Wealth Ranking:It is the process of understanding the concept of “WEALTH” as per the community people and to rank it accordingly.

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DAY – 5 • Stakeholder’s Analysis :This is the identification of the relevant groups having stake (importance) in a particular community. They are symbiotic in respect to the community’s function.

• FGD (Focus Group Discussion) :FGD is a good way to gather people from similar backgrounds or experiences to discuss a specific topic of importance as well as of interest.

• S.W.O.T Analysis :It is a PRA tool where the social worker identifies and classify the STRENGTH, WEAKNESS, OPPORTUNITY & THREAT of a community.

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OBSERVATIONS • The student social workers observed the below listed facts

LEARNINGS • It helped us to know ad understand the already listed PRA Techniques • We got a proper insight about the village of Adityapur ad how various • We learnt how the PRA tools cam be implemented in our regular fieldwork practise.

CONCLUSION Lastly, we would like the thank the Department of Social Work and Field Co-ordinator Dr Sasmita Patel for providing us the opportunity of 5 days immersion program on understanding and applying the PRA tools which has been a learning experience for the student social workers. The immersion program not only enhanced the grip on the PRA tools but also enhanced the skill of social worker dealing with the people of the village community and their problems.