scholarly journals WRAP program evaluation. Task 10, Evaluation of the low-income screening methodology; Task 11, Evaluation of the low-income program collaborative planning approach: [Final report]

1990 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Ferrey
Keyword(s):  
Program Evaluation ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Collaborative Planning ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Evaluation Task ◽  
Planning Approach

scholarly journals Improvement of laboratory skills of Chemical and Civil Engineering students using an interdisciplinary service-learning project for water quality and supply assessment in low-income homes

2019 ◽  
Vol 366 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
María Natalia Piol ◽  
Andrea Saralegui ◽  
Gabriela Orero ◽  
Susana Boeykens ◽  
Silvana Basack ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Social Concerns ◽  
National University ◽  
Service Learning Projects

ABSTRACT The University of Buenos Aires (UBA) develops the UBANEX program, focused on service-learning projects for students involving social, environmental and public health concerns. One of the proposals was a collaborative project between UBA and the National University of General Sarmiento. Based on the hypothesis that students’ voluntary involvement in social concerns improves their attitudes towards themselves and learning, the aim was to focus on the development of social and professional skills by implementing an interdisciplinary work for water quality and supply assessment in low-income homes from a southern district of the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area. Eighteen volunteers—Chemical and Civil Engineering students—were recruited during August–December 2016. Tasks were distributed according to their interests: survey making, sampling, lab analysis, infrastructure checking, etc. Volunteers were surveyed in social involvement, lab skills, data compilation and analysis, leading to a final report with recommendations for a proper water use. The survey results compiled their feedback: 72% admitted an update on water quality problems, 60% learned new lab techniques and were able to analyze results, 89% supported the University’s involvement in social concerns and 56% expanded their opinion about the professional field. The students confirmed their interest in participating in the next UBANEX project.

Experiences with stakeholder involvement in strategic sanitation planning: a case study of the city of Darkhan, Mongolia

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 504-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Sigel ◽  
J. Stäudel ◽  
J. Londong
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Stakeholder Involvement ◽  
Low Income Countries ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Sustainable Implementation ◽  
Planning Framework ◽  
Planning Approach ◽  
Scientific Outputs ◽  
The City

Stakeholder involvement is a prerequisite in urban strategic sanitation planning, particularly in low-income countries. This paper investigates the experiences and lessons learnt in terms of effective stakeholder involvement gained from a case study on strategic sanitation planning in a peri-urban sub-district in the city of Darkhan, Mongolia. Conceptually the Darkhan case study builds on a participatory sanitation planning approach known in the literature as community-led urban environmental sanitation (CLUES) planning. Firstly, a brief introduction to the CLUES approach, its basic principles for effective stakeholder involvement and its adaptation to the Darkhan case study is given. Secondly, two relevant planning steps including the building and testing of pilot facilities are described and assessed in terms of effective stakeholder involvement. It is shown that even if not all basic principles could be fulfilled adequately, the participatory planning framework helped to improve the scientific outputs of the project – mainly the technological research and development – and to smooth the way for further actions towards the sustainable implementation of measures on a larger scale.

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