On the final sheet, ‘Home Visitor Internal Motivation’, the CCC should list the ways in which
volunteering can be satisfying to an individual, apart from any forms of incentive.
These include such intangibles as:
- realising that one has protected and supported vulnerable children
- realising that one has contributed to the well-being of the community
- realising that others in the community think that home visitors are good and compassionate
people - realising that others in the community respect the skills that home visitors have gained
- fulfilling one’s responsibilities according to one’s faith.
If the CCC has difficulty with this exercise, ask them to imagine that they are the home visitors, or
alternatively, to imagine that they are chronically-ill parents who are concerned about their children’s
welfare after they pass away. This will help the CCC focus on the expected roles and appropriate
behaviour for a potential home visitor. It may be an idea for the CCC to brainstorm a home visitor
code of conduct, which will help to outline ethical behaviour for home visitors.
At the end of the exercise, the CCC will have three categories of support to offer potential home
visitors:
World Vision’s support
any identified CCC/community support
the internal rewards that come from volunteering for the good of someone else.
The CCC may use these to explain the role of the home visitor to the potential volunteers, so that
there is clear understanding from the outset what they can expect.
Once the home visitors have been identified, you or one of your colleagues will carry out the OVC
home visitor training, as detailed in Unit 2 of this guide.
Activity 5: Analysing the situation in the community - the SWOT analysis
A CCC will need to make an analysis of the circumstances that exist in their present community
environment before they can make strategic plans for supporting orphans and vulnerable children.
The SWOT analysis is a process that will help the CCC to identify the internal strengths and
weaknesses of their group, in relation to the opportunities and resources that exist in the community
and the possible threats to their plans to increase action to care, support and protect orphans and
vulnerable children. SWOT stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats.
For this activity, divide the CCC participants into groups, based on the community groups they
represent (for example, church or FBO representatives, local government or women’s groups).
Explain to them what the SWOT analysis is, based on the introduction above.
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