Children's Participation Initiative: Progress Report, January-July 1997
1997
This booklet is an introduction to the Participatory Extension Approach (PEA), including its origins and development. PEA as developed and understood in Zimbabwe is an extension approach and concept which involves a transformation in the way extension agents interact with farmers. It integrates elements of Participatory Technology Development (PTD), social development approaches like action learning and "training for transformation".
This article examines the CubatÒo Pollution Control Project (CPCP), carried out by Cetesb, the SÒo Paulo state environmental protection agency. It focuses on Cetesb strategy to involve the CubatÒo community in the CPCP with an unprecedented program of environmental education and community participation.