STEP 4: Record to remember – Documentation and note-taking
While the group is drawing the map, the facilitator should take notes of all the discussions. This will ensure no information is lost and can be considered by the facilitators when conducting the Score Card.
Using keys/symbols
When the participants are low literate or non-literate, it is very important to involve them in creating understandable and memorable keys or symbols for the main pieces of information that will be noted on the map. Even where the participants are highly literate, symbols will facilitate the inclusion of larger amounts of information on the map.
Keys can include:
• female headed household (FHH) or a flower
• child headed household (CHH) or a small pebble
• livestock (L) or a piece of dung/animal dropping
• poultry (P) or a feather, etc.
Record to remember – The detail from the discussions about each HH needs to be written down by the facilitators in notebooks. The keys can be developed by the facilitators beforehand or with the community group. Write the keys on flipchart paper for all to see.
Materials required:
• Markers, pens, and big sheets of paper; otherwise participants can draw on the ground in the sand and use symbols such as stones, leaves, twigs to be the keys for poultry, bicycle, etc.
Record to remember – If drawing in the sand, remember to copy the map onto paper at the end.
