COMMUNITIES' INFORMAL CARE AND WELFARE SYSTEMS
IN ASIA-PACIFIC COUNTRIES (CICWS)
PHASE II

• to stimulate NGOs and community thinking towards communities' informal care and welfare systems and
  
• to consult NGOs and indigenous communities on trialing the draft training manual to refine it and to enhance its use.

To achieve these aims, three consultation workshops with rural based NGOs and communities were held in Cambodia and India during May 2002.

Workshop no. 1 was held in collaboration with Arogyam Centre for Health and Development in Patna, Bihar, India, from 1 to 5 May 2002.
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Workshop no. 2 was held in collaboration with Krom Akphiwat Phum in Battambang, Cambodia, from 13 to 17 May 2002.
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Workshop no. 3 was held in collaboration with the Tata Institute of Social Sciences and RAHI (Rural Action and Human Interest, based at Sundargarh District) at Jharsuguda District, Orissa, India, from 27 to 31 May 2002.
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Some of the key findings of the evaluation of the three workshops were as follows:

• The workshops have achieved the objectives of the project to a great extent.
• One of the most successful aspects of the workshops was that it helped the participants to understand the concept of CICWS and recognise the importance and usefulness of them in communities.
• More time was needed to discuss some topics of the manual.
• Participants learned about various dimensions of CICWS.
• For similar workshops, field visits and more use of roleplays and exercises were recommended.
• In terms of impact, participants' organisations and communities may initiate discussion and training on CICWS.
• The project has provided a new insight to participants.
• The message of workshop needs to be spread in communities, similar workshops may be organised for the same participants as well as at the national level and the revised version of the manual to be distributed to them.
• A majority of the participants have found the training manual useful. It can be used in community work and to practice useful CICWS.
• The training manual clearly discusses its objectives and application, but the language of the manual needs to be simplified.
• The participants have identified several target groups for the training manual.
• The participants have appreciated the overall subject matter, the manual's emphasis on the importance of CICWS, values of CICWS and training methods.
• It has tried to get back to the basics to achieve a much larger goal.
• It has succeeded in driving home the need to revive CICWS.
• It has provided encouragement to participants to do something for CICWS in their locality.
• While appreciating the manual and its good intentions, participants have suggested to attend to editorial issues in the translated versions, to simplify the manual, to use relevant examples and to make the manual available in different languages etc.
• The participants were generally pleased with the workshop arrangements.