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4. Field exercises

These are an essential component of the training module. Before starting the participants were made to understand that, according to the module, there should be three field exercises covering the four stove selection stages in any national training workshop on Improved Stove Selection and Dissemination (see Fig. 1). However, since this was a TOT, and there were time constraints, only two field exercises (see Fig. 1) were carried out. Nevertheless all the stove selection stages were covered.

For the field exercises, trainees were divided into four field groups. Each group was supervised by one of the TOT trainers. Each group was assigned to one village. The groups and villages were as follows:

Group 1 - Merembu

Group 2 - Bedugul

Group 3 - Mapak 1

Group 4 - Mapak 2

Indu

Sushila

Sadhana

Lulu

Sulpya

Adhong

Nazmul

Luitel

Han

Zaher

Thong

Lwin

Thayut

Jigmela

Beang

Koma

Hong

Vu

Myo

Husni

Pingkan

Michelle

Christina

Aryanto

Before leaving for the four respective villages the trainees were given guidelines which were explained by the trainers. The trainers also went over the community context profiles and activity profiles that were to be used to conduct the field exercises.

Once the first field exercise was completed, the groups were asked to start working on stove selection stage 1. To facilitate this, stove selection stage 1 guidelines were distributed. Then the groups freely discussed their findings and reported their results. Through sharing their findings the groups learned from each other.

The same process was followed for the other field exercise and stove selection stages. The results of the stove selection stages are presented in Appendix 2.

In addition to the field exercises and stove selection stages, a field visit to analyse stove performance testing and analysis in the field was organized in the middle of the training. This also combined a period of relaxation.

The participants were divided into four different groups and asked to monitor stove performance from four different perspectives: the kitchen environment; community involvement; integration; production and dissemination. Each group was assigned to one particular kitchen in the community visited where several different stoves, traditional as well as improved stoves, were used. After completion of the observations, discussions were held at one of the community houses. The results of the discussions were in effect a set of recommendations to PSP, the local NGO, and co-organizer of the TOT which is working on an improved cookstove program in the village.

Discussing cookstove issues with key informants during the field study

The Bedugul group sit down to discuss their findings from the field work for "Stove Selection Stage I"


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