Reflect on the different points of discussion: Let’s see what other abilities may be affected by what is happening at the beginning of Phase 2: 2 The in-laws occasionally contribute to the household income.
You may have the participants answer the question and congratulate them for the correct answer
What Focal Area is concerned?
>> USING GENERATING, MANAGING AND USING MONEY
Point to the 3 Abilities on the Game Board that belong to the Focal Areas : • ABILITY TO SPEND MONEY WISELY • ABILITY TO HANDLE MONEY ON A DAILY BASIS
What other indicators could you think of to decide whether a household’s ABILITY TO GENERATE SUFFICIENT INCOME is high?
Example: >> Multiple income sources (how many?) >> Good types of income (what is a ‘good’ source of income?) What do you think shows that a household’s ABILITY TO GENERATE SUFFICIENT INCOME is low?
Example: >> Irregular income (what kind of jobs?) >> Children need to work, too (instead of going to school?)
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What would you say applies to Deepika’s household? If you had to grade the household’s ability to generate sufficient income with a number between 1 and 5, what would you give them?
You can transcribe level 1 to 5 also as: 1 Very Low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High Take notes of the answers!
By the end of this game, you should be able to identify your particular strengths and weaknesses, too. This way you will be able to set new targets and identify ways to achieve them.
• ABILITY TO GENERATE SUFFICIENT INCOME
To rekindle the discussion and refine participants’ understanding of an ability you ask questions such as:
GENERATE SUFFICIENT INCOME.
Also tell your participants that you will do the grading exercise for the other abilities that concern this household, too and that you will see together how its abilities evolve over time.
But let’s look more closely – What Abilities are associated with this Focal Area?
Ask the participants which ability they think is affected here – and why.
Ask one of the participants again to place a token (positive side up) on the fields of the ABILITY TO
Reflect on the different points of discussion: You may invite the participants again to consult their Participant’s Booklet in case of doubt. You may again take notes of the answers as this can be used to later refine the community‘s local definition of the various abilities
Let’s see what other abilities may be affected by what is happening at the beginning of Phase 2: 3 The father-in-law has a strong drinking problem. Can you indicate the Focal Area? >> USING GENERATING, MANAGING AND USING MONEY But let’s look again more closely – What Ability is concerned within this Focal Area?
Point to the 3 Abilities on the Game Board that belong to the Focal Area: • ABILITY TO GENERATE SUFFICIENT INCOME
Beware that 2 out of the potential abilities are concerned.
• ABILITY TO SPEND MONEY WISELY • ABILITY TO HANDLE MONEY ON A DAILY BASIS
Ask the participants which ability they think is affected here – and why. To rekindle the discussion and refine participants’ understanding of an ability you may ask questions such as:
You may invite the participants again to consult their Participant’s Booklet in case of doubt.
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