Training
Capacity Building Training Offered To The Grassroots Communities
Dzarino CBO training is tailor-made to address the needs of the beneficiaries. Training is conducted onsite at the grassroots level and involves participatory training methodologies i.e., group discussion and presentations, role plays, and case studies.
Dzarino CBO trainers are highly conversant with the coastal languages as well as English and Kiswahili for the grassroots communities to grasp any complicated subject. Dzarino CBO regularly reviews its training materials based on the lessons learned and community challenges to address community needs. The duration of most training is dependent on the capacity of the participants.
Training Needs Assessment
Duration
Depends on the number of groups to be assessed.
Training objectives
To establish training gaps that need to be addressed. Conducted through focus group discussion.
Group Management and Leadership Skills
Duration
5 Days per group
Training objectives
Group objectives setting
To enable participants to review their group and individual objectives and also set achievable & realistic objectives as future plans
Group levels
To enable participants to know the different levels of groups and be able to rate themselves and focus towards group sustainability.
Group dynamics
To enable participants to understand different characters of different individuals and be able to understand one another and work together as a group.
Leadership
To enable participants, understand the different styles of leadership & how they work. Also learn the different roles of different leaders and ordinary members.
Group management
To enable participants to know how to run their group affairs, work together & understand the roles of the different office bearers, different committees, and individuals in a group setup.
Further areas of training
To enable participants, to know how to develop a group constitution.
- Project Ownership and Sustainability
- Effective meetings
- Keeping files
- Developing an action plan
Savings and Credit Training
Duration
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Training objectives
To impart knowledge to participants on the importance of personal saving
To enable participants, to learn savings systems.
To impart skills to participants on developing group saving policy and use of loans.
Topics covered
- Why savings?
- Savings systems
- Savings policy
- Savings Executive Committee
- Introduction to loans
- Managing credit
- Loan management rules and policies
- Rules and duties of loan committee
- Put to practise
Basic Business Management
Duration
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Training objectives
To make participants understand the general business concept.
Business startup
To impart skills to participants in business startups.
Feasibility study
To impart skills to participants on a feasibility study to enable participants to scan the business environment.
Record keeping
To impart skills to participants in business record keeping.
Costing and pricing
To impart skills to participants on how to cost and price products
Marketing
To enable participants, to understand the marketing principles in order to market their products.
General topics covered
- Introduction to business
- Setting of objectives
- Business startup framework
- Record keeping (Book-keeping)
- Costing and pricing
- Marketing 6P’s
- Seasonal business
Skills Training (Towards income generating)
Duration
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Training objectives
To expose participants to different skills for the purpose of generating income.
Business and Financial Management
Duration
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Training objectives
Module given to those participants who are ready to start a business.
Topics covered
- Business Identification
- Feasibility Study
- Budgeting
- Purchasing and stock control
- How to manage group business
- Dividends
- Cash control and banking
- Financial statements
- Action plan