Varianc Participatory Rural Appraisal: A Case Study

As many may have noticed, the government essentially decides what is important and why. In regards to the Hurricane Katrina tragedy, it fell short in comparison to the “war on terror,” in terms of financial importance. This essentially meant that the lives of individuals living in the United States was not as important as fighting off other countries oversea. Many people became angered and decided to rally together in hope for change. Changing the way people view social issues is a critical part of administering social change. Language is a major necessity when discussing social issues because the way something is put underlies the true meaning of what an organization is talking about. For example, social policies have an underlying language that speak directly to the person it deals with. These terms attempt to give off beneficial assumptions when talking about “free-market and free trade,” when in all honesty nothing is free and it only applies to the people who can afford these things. Therefore, the …show more content…
PRA is widely used since it applies traditional methods by which communities share information, such as to map and sketch out their communities through participatory, optical methods. This method is effective because it is a quick and easy way to assess the needs of your community before starting your project. The PRA method is more so a set of qualitative data compared to quantitative data, meaning that it can be viewed as a set of attitude and conduct rather than a table with numbers. For example, the Food Talk Project brought together high school health students to gather community member’s involved in the food industry opinions on the local food system. This method allowed for students to become more knowledgable on what they were eating and helped them understand how food grows, which eventually led to a new program that adopted better