TRAINING OF TRAINERS ON CEBHPP at Silent Hill
Hotel.
SOCIAL MOBILISATIONKAYONZA DISTRICT
INTRODUCTION
Gikuriro is a 5 years USAID – funded program focusing on capacity
building, nutrition and WASH service delivery. The program is
implemented through a consortium of two international Agencies;
Catholic Relief Services- USCCB(SRS) who is the prime and SNV, the
Netherlands Development Organization a sub recipient.
Gikuriro program is supporting the efforts of the MoH to improve
access to Sanitation and households water treatment and safe
storage options by implementing the CBEHPP .
CONT
• It is within this framework Kayonza district in collaboration with Netherland Development Organization (SNV) through GIKURIRO Project organize the training of Trainers from 8 sectors in order to reinforce their capacity in community mobilization for improving sustainability of Health Clubs and sanitation services
EXPECTATIONS OF PARTICIPANTS
Objective:
Participants will be able to describe and
explain tools/ techniques of community
mobilization in water and sanitation services
delivery.
GROUND RULES
« Participants to agree on a list of rules that will be followed during the training »
MANAGEMENT
• Electing leaders of the training including:• Overall• Journalist• Reporter• In charge of Social Affairs
INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL MOBILIZATION
Exercise• State one social mobilisation event that you
participated in?
• What was your role?
• Challenges met?
What is social/ community mobilization?
It is the process of:• Bringing together different stakeholders.• Raising people’s awareness and demand for a particular
action/ change (e.g. hygiene promotion)• Scaling up intervention• Assisting in the mobilizing resources and services.• Considering the most vulnerable• Strengthening community participation for ownership
What is a Community?
A Community is a set of people living together with common
interest. We all live in a community. What are different things that
bind us together?
Beliefs Values Language TerritoryReligion Culture Occupation
Key steps and tasks involved in community Mobilization
Cont’’
1. Defining the problemThe first step in community mobilization is to collect the basic information about the issue. This will
give you an idea of the extent of the problem and what the underlying causes are. In doing so, you will
have a clear statement of the problem and identify the target population in the community affected by it.
2. Establishing a community mobilization group
The aim is to establish a group that can influence community mobilization
activities. It usually consists of partners that have a stake in the issue, as well
as influential groups and members of the community such as formal and
informal leaders and religious and traditional leaders.
Cont’’3. Designing strategies, setting objectives and selecting target groups
To achieve a planned change at community level, resources need to be
mobilized from the community and other external partners. After obtaining
resources, the community mobilization group should design strategies to
address the identified problem with objectives that are SMART, which means
Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-bound. The objectives
should be assessed for their impact on the targeted groups in the community.
Cont’’
4. Identifying partners In the community there are various partners that work independently to achieve similar goals.
Therefore, it is important to identify relevant partners through a simple mapping exercise.
5. Developing an action plan with a time line
An action plan links the general community mobilization plan with time lines for the actual
implementation of the planned activities, and the deadlines set for goals to be achieved. This
enables the progress of activities to be monitored against the targets set during the planning
phase.
6. Building capacity
Capacity building involves identifying existing capacity resources and assessing the gaps that exist to
implement the community mobilization. The gaps identified should be supplemented by capacity
building of the community groups and other relevant stakeholders in the community involved in
community mobilization.
7. Implementing the plan of activities
Based on the action plans developed with all of the relevant community level partners, implementation
of the community mobilization activities is the main task. In the implementation process, a clear role for
any partners that are involved should be put in place and communicated with all of them
8. Monitoring and evaluation
Monitoring and evaluation is the last, but essential,
element of community mobilization. It enables you to
check whether the action plan has been implemented
effectively and the specific objectives are met with respect
to the issue the community is mobilized to achieve.
Key tasks involved in Community Mobilization
1. Developing an on-going dialogue between community members
2. Creating or strengthening community organizations
(Committees etc.)
3. Creating an environment in which individuals can empower
themselves to address their own and their community’s health
needs
4. Promoting community members’ participation
5. Working in partnership with community members
6. Identifying and supporting the creative potential of
communities to develop a variety of strategies and
approaches
7. Assisting in linking communities with external
resources
8. Committing enough time to work with communities,
or with a partner who works with them
Group work questions:
• What are the major problems met by Health
Clubs?
• What are the causes (direct & indirect)?
• How do you ensure community participation in
addressing their health problems?
QUALITIES AND SKILLS FOR SOCIAL MOBILIZERS
Capacities needed for social mobilizer
CAPACITY
SkillsAttitude
KNOWLEDGE
Skills needed for social mobilizer
Attitudes include:
• A willingness to examine and challenge their own assumptions, opinions
and beliefs.
• A genuine respect for all community members
• A non- judgmental and accepting approach
• An understanding that different people have different views and
perspectives
• A belief in community capacity to take effective action.
Skills include:• Good communication skills, especially listening
• Good facilitation skills to enable communities to conduct
their own analysis of their lives and situations
• Techniques to help facilitation awareness of political, gender
and cultural issues and relationships
• An ability to challenge assumptions sensitively (e.g. about
the role of women).
Knowledge includes:
• The community mobilization process
• The principles of community mobilization
• Knowledge of Education related Issues and problems,
causes and effects
• Understanding of the ethical issues related to community
mobilization.
Qualities of a good social mobilizer
A good social mobilizer is a person who gets things moving, a social animator
a catalyst.
He/ she must be good at:
• Bringing People Together
• Building Trust
• Encouraging Participation
• Facilitating Discussion and Decision-making
• Helping Things to sun smoothly.
• Facilitation in community mobilization process
Group work
Find out reasons why local authorities are involved in mobilizing Communities in the management of water supply systems and sanitation facilities?
• Let us all light a fire that can lead to some of the changes we want to see in our District
• We are really proud to have you all in the spirit of collaboration.
• MURAKOZE CYANE!!!!• RUGIRA Jean Baptiste, CBEHPP Training Facilitator