Community-led Centralised Irrigation Network
Learning from community
One of the most important things in community-led projects is understanding that the local people know the boundaries well (far better than you). In many cases, you are not the one who transfers the knowledge, but you are the one learning from the community. You have to transit the concepts; they will analyse and design everything themselves.
1-Community against the project
2- Community inline with the project
3- Community handling the project
Many variables affect stakeholder engagement in this project.
Gender
Age of leaders
Tribes
Facilitation skills
In Figure 1, the community and project faced opposition due to various factors requiring analysis. The image depicts a clear divide between the community and project members.
Moving to Figure 2, a positive shift is seen as the community and leader unite on project goals. The leader, seated among project members, fosters trust and explains project concepts effectively.
Figure 3 demonstrates progress as trust is established over six months through strategic efforts (analysis needed). Having built trust, the leader conveys project details to a rural community while project colleagues support from behind.
Technical Consiedration
RTC and Monitoring
Outlets
Pump Stations
Inlets
Colleagues