Modelling different concerns

This brief article describes a modelling exercise which was carried out with different groups of villagers during a PRA training in North Omo, Ethiopia. Different perceptions and concerns were revealed when models of the village were made by separate groups of women, men, and children. The exercise illustrated how the issues brought up by the women and children would have been submerged if only one model had been created. A wealth of interesting information was gained, both through the exercise itself and through the contrast between the models.