Mapping towards

Habitat

Development

The activity of Resource Mapping, as the name suggests, is an exercise to gauge the present situation of the village. It is carried out to know the financial, social, land ownership and other aspects of the people and the geological, geographical, natural wealth of the villages. The process of how the resources are mapped is very interesting. Firstly a simple sketch of the road layout of the village is made on the floor with a chalk. Then an adult from each and every household comes and marks his own house position on the layout and gives all the information that is filled by the UNVs in the questionnaires that are already prepared before beginning the whole exercise. Thus it is like a census but one that is done involving the entire community and one that gives a whole picture of the village and people, not just some facts collected in isolation. The activity itself becomes a festive occasion in the village.