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Rural Community Resource Centres:
A Guide for Developing Countries
Shirley Giggey (Author)
Size:
unspecified
ISSN:
Categories:
Education, Teacher Training
ISBN No:
978-0-85092-640-8
Publication Date:
1988
Number of Pages:
118
Status:
In stock
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Description
Practical, sound advice on setting up and running rural community centres. This guide is written for anyone living in or working with rural communities (community leaders, teachers, extension workers, women’s group leaders, youth group leaders, etc.) and who feel their community could benefit from having informational and learning resources. It is written clearly and simply, with examples from around the world, and includes illustrations and checklists.
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Part 1: Setting up a Centre: Promoting, Planning, Organising and Supervising Tasks
Promoting the Idea
Setting up a Planning Group or Committee
Determining Community Needs
Community Profile
Setting Objectives
The Budget
Fund-raising
Setting up a Bank Account
Auditing
Choosing the Staff
A Building for the Centre
Monitoring and Evaluation
Part 2: Operating a Centre: The Day-to-Day Tasks
The Basic Tasks
Consulting about Informational and Learning Resources
Sources of Materials
Selecting Materials
Ordering, Receiving, and Checking
Paying
Information-sharing Activities
Co-ordinating Activities with Extension Workers
Producing Materials
Recording Stories and Skills
Duplicating Methods and Supplies
Organising and Recording the Materials
Other Possible Services
Promotional Activities
Continuing Fund-raising Activities
General Tasks (Keeping Accounts; Lending Procedures; Keeping Statistics; Keeping a Record of What is Borrowed; Keeping a Record of Visitors; Stock-taking; Insurance; Reviewing the Materials; Writing Reports; General Maintenance and Repair of the Centre and the Materials)
Part 3: Extra Information
1. A Sample Constitution
2. Duties and Qualities of Committee Leaders
3. A Sample Workplan
4. What to Write when Applying for Funds
5. A Sample Fund-raising Record
6. Types of Accounts
7. Organisations that Provide Useful Materials
8. Sample Form Letter Requesting Publications List
9. Sample Form Letter for an Order
10. Subjects
11. A Simple Method of Keeping a Record of Materials
12. Simple Filing Rules
13. Sample Receipt for Money Received
14. Sample Accounts Pages
15. Keeping a Record of What is Borrowed
16. How to do the Stock-taking
17. List of Basic Equipment and Supplies
18. Definitions of Words
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