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

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.

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