Respondent 5: “No, no ownership of WAMMA, but I’m in WAMMA, yes I’m a team member.” Ownership may be the wrong word here. However, belonging, or feeling part of WAMMA, as can be seen from the replies, an important thing for the staff members. 4.3.14 You have worked for a number of years with the programme, this shows commitment to the programme. Tell me about it. Respondent 1: “Make sure in the community all religions, boys, girls, women and men, all people work together they participate fully.” Respondent 2: “Yes, for full to WAMMA yes and for this commitment to WAMMA I get many experience in PRA to do this.” Respondent 3: “Yes I’m committed.” Respondent 4: “Myself I feel proud because of one thing, first of all transparency, I worked for WaterAid for more than ten years. Myself in my heart I really love transparency. I was working with this NGO for more than ten years because I’ve had that transparency, and I was feeling if the government system could be assure that the things that are coming from the top are reaching the bottom it would be very good. But sometimes, because of the bureaucracy of the government, bureaucracy are good, but if you scratch you do something without telling the reason, you burn that bureaucracy, although the bureaucracy is good. But that awareness of myself thinking to be transparent in everything, someone can come and look at the accounts and reports, auditing. So for myself it gives me a confidence of working really.” Respondent 5: “I have worked for many years, so my commitment is to know the need, the problem of the community. And I have to facilitate the communities to first of all identify the problem and then sit together with them to plan and implement even to evaluate. So its my commitment to struggle with the problem.” From the responses, staff commitment to the programme is tied to the work, to the training and capacity building, to pride in achievements and in personal responsibility for carrying out the work. A duty to undertaking the work in the right way respecting and participating with the communities also is a factor in this commitment. 4.3.15 How committed do your fellow workers feel? Respondent 1: “Sometimes there is a delay of funds, same motivation is there.” Respondent 2: “Yes, we developed together. There is water, health education, community development.” Interviewer: “And everyone works together?” Respondent 2: “Yes there is good participation, anyway we do anything the coordinator ask, there is a job here, we can do together.” Respondent 3: “Yes I think they are committed because we are in one team and when we work in the village we just say the same thing, if it is hygiene, sanitation or water, we just
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