4. PROCESS :
HOW MATTERS
1. Introductions and
consensus
2. Volunteer leaders are
trained
3. Volunteer leaders gather
info from community
4. Present findings back to
community
5. Agree on list of village
priorities
6. “Households need better ways
to control the cleaner, healthier
environments.”
12 community leaders design a solution:
latrines + handwashing stations + community
education + monitoring committees
7.
8. “I am changing some of my farming
practices from these conversations. For
example, I am now farming earlier so I can
plant two cycles and really increase my yields.”
"Women in my community love this program,
because it's helping us do things on our own.
We've started a savings and loan group that we
run by ourselves, and we make more money
now.”
"I have learned from (OVP's techniques) that
we shouldn't blame God or witchcraft as the
causes of our problems but ourselves.”
9. Mission
OneVillage Partners engages villagers in
Sierra Leone to meet their needs and
build skills for self-reliance.
Vision
OVP envisions thriving, self-reliant
communities throughout rural Africa.
10. • Power over, power with and power to empower.
• Creating the space, an experience, in which the
community determines for itself its priorities, issues,
opportunities, future scenarios and what success looks
like.
11. • Context is self-mobilizing ACTION.
• Solutions oriented.
• Reflecting back.
• Focus on what THEY can do
• Real choice
12. Service Delivery
Model
Empowerment
Model
PRO • Quick
• Good for relief
work
• Lasts longer
• Layered approach
• Fosters resilience
CON • Extractive
• May create bias
• May create
distrust
• Takes longer
• Funding?