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