Evaluering
Evaluation of Response Network
The aim of Response Network is to provide information and encouragement for sustainable self-help education projects of local community priority. Response Network aim to empower local communities to initiate self-help education activities, which are planned and implemented by the local people. Response Network believes that sustainable development must mobilize peoples own human and environmental resources, and therefore they offer facilitation for self-help projects. Through community meetings Response Network provides encouragement and information concerning self-help education activities to satisfy the needs. The community is also informed about their rights and where to go to ask for advice and support towards their self-help activities after forming a board and recruiting volunteer instructors. RN volunteers, in the position of Area-coordinators, follow up and visit each village. They provide motivation, factual information and encouragement to the community leaders during the process of establishing the self-help education activities. RN distributes relevant self-help resources manuals, in English or ChiTonga, covering the areas of community school, community sports club, community literacy class, community skills training, women’s group, organic vegetable growing, community HIV/Aids support group, community health and nutrition club, know your rights club, community alcohol awareness and support group, Mental Health Club, Community Participation (Governance) Club and community support group for children with special needs.