Breaking through - A manual for field workers and rural women on group formation
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WOMEN POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
WPD Series 1
March 1995/China
CHINA
SECOND EDITION
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of frontiers or boundaries.
A COOPERATIVE EFFORT AMONG:
MOFTEC - THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION
UNFPA - THE UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND
FAO - THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
A NOTE ON SYMBOLS
china's civilization has been recognized as the oldest in the world. One of its major artifacts is the YANG-SHAO KANSU (GANSU) neolethic pottery which dates back to as early as 4700 B.C. Although Gansu is cited as the first site where these artifacts were found, succeeding finds indicate that they were abundantly available in all parts of northwest China.
Among the ten provinces where the "Women Population and Development" programme is operating, seven of these provinces are the cites of these historical pieces.
Pottery was and still is women's basic tool for storage and decoration, especially in the rural areas.
In this Manual we have drawn inspiration from these artifacts and took liberties as we used them in folk art as tools to express our ideas.
Module 1: The role of persons in organization building
Topic 1: Setting a tone for participation
Topic 3: Why organize ourselves
Module 2: Organizational mechanics
Topic 1: Group capital fund and the project revolving fund
Activity 1: Concepts of savings
Activity 2: Mutual assistance through savings and loan operation
Activity 3: Determining our savings capacity
Activity 4: Group policies and procedures
Activity 5: Group capital fund and the project revolving fund
Module 3: Basic elements in the establishment and maintenance of micro-enterprises
Topic 1: Causes of success or failure of a business
Activity 1: My proposed business
Activity 3: My production plan
Activity 4: My management plan
Module 4 - F: County work plan group formation component
Topic 1: Preparatory steps in developing the country work plan
Module 4 - W: Women's group (WG) action plan and wrap-up and closing ceremony