Project Timeline

Project timeline from Weeks I - XIV

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This week, our group members further discussed the possible community projects that can be designed. We decided to conduct a community development programme at Maldives Meteorological Service (MMS) where a huge number of plastic waste was generated through PET water bottles. Primary data was collected to asses the current situation of MMS. Empty bottles stored in cabinets Waste bins packed with empty bottles Bottles everywhere We also held meeting with the management of MMS to obtain consent for establishing a water filter at MMS. Meeting with the management
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Reflections

Arnstein's (1969) ladder of participation reserves its highest rung to citizen control where all the decisions of a community development project are relegated to the community itself. With this in mind, we decided to involve MMS staff through the earliest stages of discussion; this is when the community there voiced an opinion to scale up the project -- i.e. to install a more expensive water filteration system capable of dispensing both hot and cold water. The original plan for the project envisioned the installation of a simple, relatively cheap water filteration system but this was modified to attempt to incorporate the community's expecations of the project. The MMS staff, including its leadership, pledged support during the following meetings and through involvemnet of the MMS recreational club (MRC), it was decided that all staff would show their support for the project by voluntarily donating 1-day's salary to the cause. To better facilitate this process and emp...
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