SCF-UK: actividades, participação e empoderamento da comunidade de Mocha

Abstract

This report is the result of a follow-up of activities using the participatory approach by SCF-UK. Particular emphasis is given to the activities carried out by SCF-UK in Mocha, District of Mopeia, Zambézia Province, and the evaluation of the participation of different stakeholders in these activities. The results showed that the role of SFC-UK in the development of Mocha, focused mainly on the complementarity of some functions of the state, mainly in activities that benefit children, such as building a school and opening a source of drinking water. The study showed the participatory approach, which aimed above all to reduce SCF-UK's role of doer, is still little used. The activities carried out after 1995 (the year the institution started using the participatory approach) continue to be defined mostly by the institution. Despite the weak use, the study shows that the institution has a strong interest in using the participatory approach, which is demonstrated for example by the intention to create an internal DRP team. The results showed that community empowerment is primarily an empowerment that creates skills for some community members, and not an empowerment over the entire community.