– what have been the risks to you personally and the community for participating in the training courses – with all the information gained and the experience of participation why has there been no fundamental change in the broader political environment in which your community is located a have the gains that have been made by your community due to your participation in the CIVNET workshops been only relevant to your community needs or do you think that they have greater significance at a social, political and economic level for general community mobilisation against the repressive conditions prevalent in Zimbabwe today b is there not a danger that communities will only focus on issues that impact on their daily lives and will not use the knowledge that they have acquired, through their participation in the CIVNET Programme, to contribute to the national challenges that the country faces. – where the community is not able to achieve its action plans do they become despondent and discontinue participation in the Programme or are there CIVNET support structures that provide them with encouragement and hope that despite the obstacles they face there are possibilities for success. – do you trust and have faith in the CIVNET structures, support staff, trainers and facilitators. a What has made them trustworthy. – If CIVNET runs out of funds would you continue to participate and support the training workshops – are there any areas where you believe CIVNET can improve their services, be it in the following areas: a training course content b training materials c trainers and facilitators d course structure e length of training f refresher courses g follow up (monitoring) methodology h support from the National Office and/or Regional Offices – were you aware that Swedish Sida, an international partner, has supported the CIVNET training activities. a Do you think that their support has contributed to the success of: 1 you personally reaching your objectives, 2 your community being able to meet its community based objectives; 3 CIVNET being able to realise the goals and objectives of the civic education programme THE CIVIC EDUCATION NETWORK TRUST (CIVNET)) IN ZIMBABWE – Sida EVALUATION 2008:51 29

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