Director,
T.E.(Terry)
Manning,
Schoener 50,
1771 ED
Wieringerwerf,
The Netherlands.
Tel:
0031-227-604128
Homepage:
http://www.flowman.nl
E-mail:
(nameatendofline)@xs4all.nl : bakensverzet
and
"Money is not
the key that opens the gates of the market but the bolt that bars them"
Gesell, Silvio The
Natural Economic Order
Revised English
edition, Peter Owen,
“Poverty is created scarcity”
Wahu Kaara, point 8 of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty, 58th
annual NGO Conference, United Nations,
04.18 INFORMATION FLOW.
The three main lines of information flow
foreseen under the project are:
a) Transfer of information within the project.
- Vertical, from the project coordination group
(who would also liaise with external sources involved, such as education
authorities, schools, health authorities, clinics) to well commission level to
tank commission level to individual user and return back up the line
- Horizontal, for instance within the LETS groups and between LETS groups,
between tank commissions, and between well commissions
- Combination of both - through a project-level radio station
- Project website mainly as a source for b) and for information sharing in
general for (c) below
b) Local consultants,
activity groups, and schools.
-Through local consultants with small
businesses set up under interest-free micro-loans under the projects, who help
local people choose crops to grow, instruct on agricultural methods, give
professional advice on productivity questions etc.
-Local translation bureaus set up under interest-free micro loans under the
projects to put material into a form the local people can understand.
-Activity groups working under the LETS systems with any of the parties in a),
such as the Health Clubs foreseen, groups of actors etc.
-Local schools, information and courses for children and, eventually, adults.
c) Transfer of
information from and to external sources.
-Incoming
through information shops set up as private businesses (as in b) " local
consultants") under the projects. These would have telephones, faxes,
computers.
- Outgoing, through cultural and economic websites ( recent experiments in
Communication and
monitoring
Within
each of the above specific sectors, rather complex interdisciplinary
relationships can arise. Just to cite one typical example, to make the
integrated sanitation system foreseen work, users need to be advised on the
benefits of better hygiene (Health Clubs) then practise what they have learned
and install their new toilet (and, eventually, water harvesting) systems. A
system of cooperative inspection then needs to be put in place. A home
inspection report has to be developed. Local women nominated by the tank
committees have to be trained to apply the report system and to advise and help
users where they are doing something wrong. Women nominated by the well
commissions have to be trained to monitor the work of the local inspectors. A
woman nominated by the (unified) well commissions will have to check the work
of the well commission monitors. Information and experiences would need to be
exchanged both vertically and horizontally under a).
The same users will at the same time need
separate instruction on how best to recycle their urine, and later, their
composted faeces. Basic recommendations will be developed under the projects
for this, although single users, the local tank commissions, or the project
coordinator could also obtain consultancy under b). Where the project supplies
recommendations, cooperative structures similar to those described for hygiene
would need to be developed to make sure they are applied properly.
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04.19 Recycling of funds and importation of items needed for productivity
increase.
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04.17
Project insurance and forfeit in the form of gift in case of loss of the
project structures.
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06.22 Creation of
the health clubs.
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