Enhancing Rural Transformation Through Community Participation:

Abstract

This report presents what took place during the 2022/2023 one-month practicum. The practicum started on the 1st April 2023 and ended on the 30thApril 2023. It was carried out in Kanyabeebe B LC1, Kanyabeebe Parish, Kanyabeebe Sub county, Kagadi district. Throughout the practicum, the Intern worked with the local leaders of Kanyabeebe B, Faculty supervisor, Epicentre manager, the host family and community members. The visionary approach (VA), which examines one's desired end result and assesses the current reality in relation to the vision, and structural tension, which is developed by holding the vision and the current reality simultaneously and results in action steps, are some of the various methods and tools that the intern used. Observation, participatory action research (PAR), home visits, structural tension chart (STC), and interview are other methods that were used during the practicum. Community action planning (CAP), another method, calls for actions to be taken so as to achieve the identified aspirations of the community. The Intern intervened at individual, family, group, and community levels by implementing activities in line visionary approach, fundamentals of creative process and sustainable development. She enabled the people of Kanyabeebe B LC1 to create a community vision and actively participated in community development (CD) activities such as cleaning a water source, constructing bathrooms, making dry racks, lolena stove construction, making and fixing pit latrine doors in various homes. As an outcome of this process, sanitation and health were enhanced at all levels. She also worked with different groups which included Kanyabeebe Itambiro Group, Kanyabeebe Twegonze Group and Kanyabeebe Tweimukye Group.