• Guide participants to identify the type of activity and the energy it requires. Such activities include
cooking, warming, branding, etc
• Let the participants identify who undertakes each of these activities
• Record the findings in a table form on charts.
(More examples and information can be obtained from “the PEOPLE Approach manual,” a
publication of IT Kenya).
Topic 1.2: Participatory planning for energy projects
Objectives
• To identify ways through which technical change can take place by involving women and men in
planning energy activities.
• To examine communities’ capability in innovating methods to ensure sustainable energy use
Time: three and a half hours
Content and procedure
• Guide communities to map out how they would like their environment to look and why it is
important
• Discuss factors hindering community participation in energy projects
• Establish the community’s understanding of the energy problems as identified in the energy needs
assessment
• Identify strategies for addressing identified energy problems
• Guide communities to prioritize and choose energy technology options
• With reference to the options chosen, guide them to establish gender concerns in technology
design and generation as outlined in the theme on technology design and generation.
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