Sustaining the Process

• Do We Eat Once-And-For-All?
• How do Communities Maintain Their Facilities? (Flat Rates vs Fees)
• The Importance of Identifying and Training Leaders
• Records and handover reports

Key points

Since the mobilization intervention must be sustained, the cycle must be repeated. When the mobilizer prepares to leave, either the agency must replace with a new mobilizer, or a community member must be recruited and trained by the mobilizer to carry on. (In a few rare cases, another agency will provide a new mobilizer). The mobilizer must refer to her or his journal on which to base a written hand over report.

Reading

Sustaining the Process Module Hub Do We Eat Once-And-For-All? Sustaining the Cycle Discussion Handout How do Communities Maintain Their Facilities? (Flat Rates vs Fees) Costs of Maintaining Water Supply Discussion Handout The Importance of Finding Leaders to Carry On Identifying and Training Leaders Discussion Handout Reporting to Assist in Sustaining Review Leaving Usable Records Review Report Writing Discussion Handout

Outcomes

The student will understand the importance of sustaining the intervention beyond a single community project The student will see that if a community cannot maintain its facility, it might as well have not been installed The student will understand the need for finding community leaders to carry on, and how to identify and prepare them to do so The student will know how to take notes from her or his journals and prepare a handover report for the new incoming mobilizer