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ROTARY FOUNDATION SEMINAR

ROTARY FOUNDATION SEMINAR. District 7790 Maine, November 17- 2018. COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT. Assessing the strengths, weaknesses, needs, and assets of the community you plan to help is an essential first step in designing an effective and sustainable global grant project.

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ROTARY FOUNDATION SEMINAR

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  1. ROTARY FOUNDATION SEMINAR District 7790 Maine, November 17- 2018

  2. COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT Assessing the strengths, weaknesses, needs, and assets of the community you plan to help is an essential first step in designing an effective and sustainable global grant project

  3. COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT . Remember, you can’t use global grant funds to cover the cost of doing an assessment, but you can use district grant funds.

  4. COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT An article in ‘’The Rotarian’’ november 2018 4 questions about communityassements

  5. COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT They started with a community meeting, which was well-attended. But it was primarily the village council that did the talking. The others — moms and dads, the elders — sat in the back and nodded.

  6. COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT . Then they did focus groups that were much smaller, eight or 10 people, which did not involve the community leaders. That was very interesting, because some of the things the people were telling us were right in line with what the village council was telling us, but they heard other things, too. They were very open about the struggles the community is facing and the lack of opportunity for themselves and their children. 

  7. COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT The other exercise that was really interesting was called community mapping. You let members of the community draw a map of their village. Some things are important to people in different ways. The school is important to people with children; the clinic is important to just about everyone. It’s another way to get them talking about what they have and what they don’t have, and what they need. 

  8. COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT What did you think the community needed before you conducted the assessment? What did you discover?

  9. COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT This probably applies in many developing contexts — when you go into a poor community, the people there will take whatever help you want to bring. They’re not going to say no to a project. But that doesn’t mean that my idea of their greatest need is the same as theirs.

  10. COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT What advice do you have for other clubs? Follow the community assessment guide on Rotary.org. I was involved in real estate development in Wisconsin for 17 years before I moved to Honduras, and a community assessment wasn’t anything I was familiar with. I was nervous about it. But the guide walks you through different methods. It’s something that we as Rotarians can do ourselves, and we can learn a lot doing it.

  11. COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT To consult:  Community Assessment Tools  to find instructions and tips. (605-en Rotary.org)

  12. COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT The form will help you communicate the results of your community assessmentGlobal Grants - Community Assessment Results (Rotary.org)

  13. COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT . Remember, you can’t use global grant funds to cover the cost of doing an assessment, but you can use district grant funds.

  14. COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT Questions

  15. COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT THANKS

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