Publication:Keep it working:Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

What you find in this book is to a large extent a reflection of what has been discovered and tested by a group of field workers and researchers working in organisations in six different countries1. Together with people from 22 communities they worked for 4 years in an action research programme and together with IRC they have recently gone through a process of developing materials for dissemination of the research findings. Most of the examples in the boxes you will find throughout the book, are from those communities.

IRC would like to acknowledge the important role of the research teams and thank the following team members for their commitment and contributions: Raju Khadka, Renuka Rai, Laxmi Paudyel and Hari Subba from Nepal, Pauline Ikumi, Isaack Oenga, Joyce Mbare and Vincent Njuguna from Kenya, Andrew Tayong, Amouye Nguettakan, late Anthony Nchari, Christine Poubom and Jaff Brendan from Cameroon, Fabián Gonón, Jaime Pacajoj and Carlos Peren from Guatemala, Cecilia Gomez, Mario Perez, Alfonso Rojas, Johnny Rojas and Ana Aristizabal from Colombia, Altaf Hussain, Dil Feroze, Muhammed Saleem, Nahida Aziz, Tameez Ahmad and Haider Raza from Pakistan.

IRC is very thankful to the people of the communities Gajedi, Rangpur, Yampaphant, Lele (all in Nepal), Hoto, Ghaziabad, Pakora, Hasis (all in Pakistan), Belen, Aguacatan, Barrel Chiquito (in Guatemala), Nyakerato, Yanthooko, Kiveetyo, Sigomere (in Kenya), Nkouondja, Nyen/Mbemi, Batcham, Bokito rural (in Cameroon), Campoalegre, La Sirena, Ceylan (in Colombia) for the time, effort and the hard work put in.

The wealth of information in this book would not have been generated without the communities’ willingness to take a close look at their management practices or without the persistence of the research teams.

The information would never have been collated without financial assistance from the Department for Development Co-operation (DGIS) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. IRC would like to thank DGIS for this assistance. The authors would also like to thank colleagues at IRC for reviewing the document, in particular the present and former project team members. IRC was fortunate to find Mr. Peter McIntyre willing to edit the book. The images on the cover of this book are stills from the video films produced in the framework of the MANAGE Dissemination project.

These films were directed by Sabiha Sumar (Pakistan), Sushma Joshi, (Nepal), Consuelo Cepeda (Colombia), Alfonso Porres Guatemala), Albert Wandago (Kenya) and Cyrille Bitting (Cameroon). Most of the pictures in the book derive from the work done with the communities. Some are drawn from previous IRC publications. Some are drawn from publications published by others. In those cases due recognition is given. Many bits and pieces of the fact sheets, tools and checklists in this book can also be found in other books and proceedings of international meetings for example books about PRA and SARAR Since these are so many and inter-related, references are not made. We could never do justice to all those who have somehow voiced their opinion in support of community management. Only where we were very sure about the original source, a reference was made through a footnote. We sincerely hope that all other sources are covered through the list of books for further reading.

Eveline Bolt and Catarina Fonseca

1 Staff of: NEWAH in Nepal; WASEP in Pakistan; NETWAS in Kenya; PIAD/WA and WSMC in Cameroon; ADP and SER in Guatemala; CINARA in Colombia; Contact details are in the back of this book.

2 PRA: Participatory Rural Appraisal, SARAR: a concept for participatory approaches developed by Srinivasan (1990).