Participatory Rural Analysis (PRA) is a method for empowering rural or other low tech communities by giving them the tools to analyze their own communities. Such analysis is often much more accurate and insightful than that done by outside professionals from the academic world. The process of analysis also provides local villages and other communities with the basis they need to interact effectively with government and other outside business and institutional organisations.
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Reports from projects on various aspects of their work.
2003 - Participatory Rural Analysis (PRA): How to Become a True Believer
2006-'07 - Mithra Foundation: Annual Report
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Mithra Foundation's Annual Report for the years 2006 through 2007.
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2007 - Albadi School: Annual Report
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Education
2007 Annual Report from Albadi Orphanage and School Project in D.R. Congo.
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2007 - Center for Culture and Development: Project Construction Report
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The Centre for Culture and Development received 1350 GDP from SD Britain for the construction of the building of multi-purpose hall for a supplementary coaching centre Children at Kaligrammam.
Download attachment(s): [ ccd_constructionReport-2007.pdf ]
2007 - Center for Culture and Development: Summer Camp Report
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Supported by SD Norway, this one week program in a village near Madurai, India, was designed so that children had an opportunity to express themselves freely and genuinely. Here is the report of the camp.
Download attachment(s): [ ccd_summerCamp-2007.pdf ]
2007 - Colegio Amanecer: Annual Report
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Education
2007 Report on the Colegio Amanecer Nuestra Señora de Fatima in Colombia.
2007 - Fundación Amanecer: Annual Report
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Education
Amanecer Foundation was created in September 1991. Its objectives include: developing educational and social programmes which encourage a balance between a human being’s interior and exterior contents.
2007.03 - YUM: A Trip to Kalimantan
In the spring of 2007, Olvia Resksodipoetro of Yayasan Usaha Mulia (YUM) and several others took a trip to Kalimantan where they visited a number of SD related projects.
Download attachment(s): [ kalTrip_2007.pdf ]
2007.06 - A Child's Garden of Peace: Update
Illène Pevec, founder of A Child's Garden of Peace (Brazil) reports on events in June 2007.
2007.08 - Mithra Foundation: The India Civil Society Summit
India now claims superpower status as a nuclear weapons state and nearly double-digit economic growth. In contrast to these signs of progress we have the dubious distinction of being on the wrong side of other indicators of human development—maternal mortality, female infanticide and foeticide, and deaths due to preventable diseases, to name several. India’s progress is uneven: while she is developing world-class technology and services; she also has has the world’s largest number of poor and illiterate people. For many, freedom—in its true sense—is yet to dawn. For these people, the struggle continues.
2008 - Centre for Culture and Development (CCD): Annual Report
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Community Development
2008 - Entrelazos: Informe de Miembros Asociados
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Download Entrelazos Annual Report for 2008 (Spanish)
Informes de los Miembros Asociados 2008 de Entrelazos (Español)
Informes de los Miembros Asociados 2008 de Entrelazos (Español)
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2008 - German Gov Grant to Anisha for Indian Farmers
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Anisha has received a sizable grant to help marginalized farmers in a region south of Bangalore, India to maintain a place in the changing Indian economy.
2008 - SD Serbia: Belgrade Marathon for Schools Without Violence
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The Belgrade Marathon has now joined in the partnership for the “School without Violence“. The slogan of this year’s marathon is “19th Belgrade Banca Intesa Marathon – for School without Violence“. …International sports legend Carl Lewis will also join the campaign. He will be a special guest and promoter at the fundraising cocktail party for the corporate sector
2008.02 - Puppeteers Without Borders: Conference in Bosnia
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Participants from the Balkan countries, dedicated to theatre, and to the social and cultural fabric of Bosnian society, took part in a conference called “Mask, Object, Puppet: A Powerful Means of Theatrical Expression. Erica Sapir, of Puppeteers Without Borders gave a presentation called, “Using puppetry in education with special emphasis on Non Violent Communication.”
2009.04 - BCU Update: New Classrooms
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Kalimantan BCU School has started building two new classrooms. The existing classrooms around the latihan hall can only hold a maximum
12 pupils with limited space and the school had reached full capacity
with 55 students. The school has grown from 36 pupils in mid-2008 to 55 now. Four new
classrooms are needed to help us increase our student body to 96 pupils, which is the
financial break-even point…
2009.12 Albadi School Annual Report english
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2010.04 Fundacion el Refugio-JovenesOrfebbres
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A report to SD Great Britain on Fundación El Refugio's progress in the establishment of
sales outlets with the sale of products originating from the training of
young people in jewellery-making and human development, with a focus on
fair trade and association.
2010.06 CCD SWOT Analysis
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2010.08 - Anisha: Sustainable Rural Development in Karnataka
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Poor quality of soil, chemical fertilisers, pesticides, indebtedness, dependence on the market for food, no alternative employment opportunities, as well as poor nutrition and health are all problems Anisha hopes to address with this project to transform 500 acres of agricultural land from chemical to organic farming and initiate “kitchen gardening” to provide security for 200 families in rural Karnataka.
2010.09 Anisha Rural Project Report 2009
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Sustainable Rural Development in Karnataka, India. Seventy percent of India's people depends upon small-scale agriculture to sustain itself But agro-industry, which shuts out the small farmer is drawing away all of the governmental support. Anisha is working to create systems of sustainable organic agriculture that do not depend on expensive, commercial inputs.
2010.09 Anisha Urban Project half-year report 2009
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Anisha is working in four slums
of Bangalore Central City. Pre-primary class for 3-6 years old children six days a week and also provides nutritious foods on
all working days. Anisha offers a supplementary class for school-going children from
first to tenth standard, health support for needy children, savings and
credit for women, raising local resources, and accessing government
benefits for the community.
2010.09 Tierraviva Annual Report 2009
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2010.09 YTS Bukit Batu project Annual Report
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The Bukit Batu project is designed to enable communities to interact more effectively with local government by giving local people an active voice in key decision-making processes. In this project, all members of the community take part in a community-based analysis and planning process that generates a development plan that the community can use to provide a focus for their own development priorities and actions and to participate in the annual government planning process.
2010.09 YUM Malaria Control in Central Kalimantan
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In Bukit Batu people are at constant risk of catching malaria. Since October 2007 Yayasan Usaha Mulia (YUM) has been implementing a Malaria control programme in 6 villages in the subdistrict of Bukit Batu in Central Kalimantan that includes diagnosis and treatment, provision of clean drinking water, building awareness of the dangers of defecation in fields and rivers, and precautionary measures such as impregnated bed-nets and inside residual spraying.
2011.01 - YUMs Malaria Control Project: External Report
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Evaluations
This is an external report on the effectiveness YUM's Malaria Control Project
2011.01 External Evaluation of YUM Clean Water & Sanitation Projects in Bukit Batu District, Central Kalimantan
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2011.11 BCU Project Report
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Bina Cita Utam School Project Profile—from the report to the World Subud Council, 11 June 2011