Daily Activity Clock Tool

5.5.1 Daily Activity Clock Tool

The daily activity clock tool illustrates all the different activities carried out in a day, and it reveals how the workloads are shared among different members of a household. During the application of the Daily Activity Clock, it was clear that the project members (all women) start their daily activity as early as four o’clock in the morning, and they go to bed at nine or ten o’clock in the evening. It was also evident that most of them, as with all the women in the community, participate in income generating activities and spearhead the organisation of social and community events, such as marriage, funerals, cultural shows, religious shows etc. unlike men who only grace such occasions. The application of the Daily Activity Clock reveals the tasks performed by men, women and children (boys & girls) in a given household. As participants drew their own daily activity clock, The daily activity clock tool illustrates all the different activities carried out in a day, and it reveals how the workloads are shared among different members of a household. During the application of the Daily Activity Clock, it was clear that the project members (all women) start their daily activity as early as four o’clock in the morning, and they go to bed at nine or ten o’clock in the evening. It was also evident that most of them, as with all the women in the community, participate in income generating activities and spearhead the organisation of social and community events, such as marriage, funerals, cultural shows, religious shows etc. unlike men who only grace such occasions. The application of the Daily Activity Clock reveals the tasks performed by men, women and children (boys & girls) in a given household. As participants drew their own daily activity clock,

Another revelation from the session is that women carry out both productive and reproductive roles in their households without their contributions being acknowledged and with no economic values attached to such work. It was also evident that they work for more hours than other household members, although the age, status of an individual and the size of the household members play a major part in determining exactly how long they work for. Therefore, any development interventions could focus on the reduction of time spent on specific activity. For example, planning for hammer mill to reduce time spent on pounding grains, introducing planter that can be attached to a plough so that women do not have to plant after ploughing is done. Knowing who is involved in what activity and when a specific activity is undertaken is important information to development promoters to draw their work plan accordingly in relation to the activity and time for the appropriate receivers

5.5.2 Problem Analysis Chart tool

This tool was used to identify problems experienced by participants, prioritise them and work out solutions (Table 5.1). In order to identify the problems faced by the respondents, cardboards were distributed to the participants who were then asked to list their problems on the cards. Those who could not write asked the enumerators to write for them.

It was evident from this exercise that there is a high potential among community members on how solution to their problems could be found. Their participation in identifying problems and work out solution can be an effective way of development planning, because it promotes a two way flow of information between and among relevant stakeholders. It was also important to have learnt that coping strategies employed by community members could be more effective if assessed in detail and might just require little inputs. This is because such strategies came into place through experience and therefore could consist of valuable information that could also be useful in finding scientific explanation. Hence, the application of the problem analysis chart tool It was evident from this exercise that there is a high potential among community members on how solution to their problems could be found. Their participation in identifying problems and work out solution can be an effective way of development planning, because it promotes a two way flow of information between and among relevant stakeholders. It was also important to have learnt that coping strategies employed by community members could be more effective if assessed in detail and might just require little inputs. This is because such strategies came into place through experience and therefore could consist of valuable information that could also be useful in finding scientific explanation. Hence, the application of the problem analysis chart tool