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Yallingup, Western Australia
Email:
viti@bearfruit.com.au
Website:
http://www.bearfruit.com.au
translations and tireless efforts to transport me to remote areas, this project would not have
been possible.
Jutpani V.D.C.4., Fieldwork Methodology
Groups
:
1
st
Cooperative group – Jutpani V.D.C - 4 Chitwan District.
2
nd
Cooperative group — Padampur V.D.C - 8 Chitwan District.
3
rd
Cooperative group 15 – 20 kilometres away has two groups but one has dispersed.
Future goal of the HwH microfinance projects is to have a number of rural cooperatives
but retaining SNUsacc only.
Preliminaries:
Coordinator provided overview of cooperative microcredit projects.
Provided cultural awareness understanding in readiness.
Design HwH questionnaire utilizing and adapting a framework from an Indian microcredit
questionnaire.
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Familiarization visit to villages and introductions.
Discussed fieldwork scheduling and manageability for coordinators and myself.
Implementation
Travelled to village locations daily.
Interviews were approximately 1 hour in duration.
Coordinator identified which participants would be interviewed for the project.
I was introduced to participants by the coordinator. I then conveyed questions to the
translator. The resulting responses were noted in my field work diary. This data was then
transferred to a more formal process upon returning to my accommodation.
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