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Photovoice is the process by which people use photography to record and reflect their lives from their own point of view. Through doing this their collective knowledge about community issues is increased and used to inform policy makers and the broader society about issues of greatest concern and pride to them with the aim of bringing about change. In this case study from rural China women involved in a community health project used photovoice to evaluate project activities. The way in which photovoice can contribute to a community's ability to reflect its own culture is discussed.

In 1994 Redd Barna Uganda started developing an approach to community-based planning using PRA (PRAP) that placed children and their issues at the centre of the planning process and that also aimed to recognise differences within communities. This report is based on discussions involving project staff, members of three partner organisations and villagers from seven communities. The discussion reflected on the PRAP process to examine which aspects were proving beneficial and for whom and those that were proving problematic with an aim of identifying areas for improvement.
Strategies for scaling up the work are also examined and prospects for encouraging more community based monitoring of the PRAP process as a strategy for strengthening impact.

With the movement towards increased emphasis on participation of poor stakeholders at all stages of the programme cycle, qualitative tools of social enquiry and in particular PRA, are increasingly being used. This paper argues for a middle path whereby both qualitative and quantitative methods are incorporated in evaluations. Suggestions are made as to how this can be done in practice.

This short booklet designed for those involved in planning and implementing field projects, provides a simple guide to indicators and how they can be used in conservation and development projects.