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Dassalami Soce PACA Assessment
Venchele Saint Dic 08.23.2012
Participatory Analysis for Community Action (PACA)
PurposeThe main goal of PACA is to lay the groundwork for the community to determine its own needs and what it wants to address.
The development worker establishes a partnership to assist the community to determine what it wants, not what is dictated from outside.
The PACA methodology aids the development worker to facilitate representative groups within the community’s own assessment of their own needs.
History
Founder: Ousmane Ndiaye
Year: 1920
Successors: Mamadou Ndiaye, Sidy Ndiaye, Sekoun Diaye, Mamadou Ndiaye, Maroudji Ndiaye (current village chief)
Demography Dassalami Soce = 826 hbtsSaroudia = 276 hbtsBoutilimite = 138 hbts
Total Population = 1240 hbts
0-5yrs : 245 hbts 6-14yrs : 640 hbts 15-49yrs : 290 hbts 50yrs + : 65 hbts
1920-Present
• Activities for men and women have stayed the same except for the materials used at work
• Increase of population – Division of population in two separate
villages
• Education level has augmented among the people in the village – Increase of the number of parents who send
their children to school
Saate Baa
Priorities 1. Case de
Santé2. Arabic and
French Schools
3. Electricity
Opportunities
Construction of bigger health
hut Provision of educational resources to
schools Provision of
health resources in
causeries
Weaknesses Lack of
education resources in
schools Lack of health resources in health hut
Poor infrastructure of the health
hut Self-
centered perspective
Key Community Members
Women & Men Associations
Health Statistics
• The main illnesses in Dassalami are: – IRA (cough)– Diarrhea – Others (fièvre, céphalus, plaie,
conjonctivitis, règles douloureuses, parantosé, uthérie, varicelle, maux de ventre et fatigue)
Health Statistics June 2012
Age Malaria IRA Diarrhea Other Total
0-5ans 00 07 06 11 24
6ans-14ans
00 00 02 05 07
15ans+ 00 01 01 08 10
41
July 2012 Age Malaria IRA Diarrhea Other Total
0-5ans 00 21 08 21 50
6ans-14ans
00 02 02 06 10
15ans+ 00 03 01 18 22
82
Gender Roles
Typical Day of Women • Draw water for daily
activities • Clean & Cook • Take care of children• Talk with other women
in the village – Mostly during
ceremonies (baptisms, Ramadan, naming ceremonies and weddings)
Typical Day of Men • Go the mosque early in
the morning • Go to work
– Most men either work in the fields and sell the cashcrops
OR They work in masonry
• Drink tea in the afternoon after the prayer
• Talk to other men in the village in the evening
Cultural Norms 1 • Women are considered the backbone of the family
– they are responsible for the education and the well-being of the entire family
– They are expected to follow the rules of the husband mostly in financial matters
– They depend on their husbands for their needs and the children
• Men are the providers and decision makers of the family– They are expected to provide for the financial well-being of
the family
Note: In villages, the role of men can be more complicated when he is in a polygamous relationship. Most of the jobs they hold are seasonal. Therefore, during the rainy season, most families do not have the means to take care of themselves.
Cultural Norms 2
• Greetings are very important • Men are the initiators when greeting
women • Women are not allowed to talk back
to their husbands. Note: The people in the village respect and consult the Imam. He has the highest authority and influence in the village.
Meetings
1. Prayer before and after meetings 2. Participants will tend to focus on one
subject at a time - To jump to another topic while having
not reached a decision on the prior theme is considered disrespectful
3. Mutual agreement on decision 4. Follow-up
Agriculture
Main Cashcrops
1. Cashew Nuts (Cassullo)
2. Tomatoes (Mentenjo) 3. Sour Tomatoes
(Jaato)4. Rice (Manno) 5. Peanuts (Tio) 6. Peppers (Cano) 7. Eggplants (Patansé) 8. Calalou (Canjo)
Village Activities
1. Agriculture (rainy season only) 2. Selling of cashew nuts (dry season
only)3. Maraichage (rainy season only)
Note: The field is a large field comprising of each family’s land. Each family owns their parcel of land in which they cultivate different cashrops.
Thank you for your attention
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