Participation does not cost a thing, but it helps: reflections of systems of compensation for community interventions
Evidence around participation increasingly critiques the ways in which the time and contributions of communities are reimbursed [
The group members should be given fund or capital to start up a business, with that they will know that an organization came not only to take care of the children but to also empower the parents (Participant Male subgroup6 )
you know we people like to be given money in anything, like on your first visit here you asked of our names, contacts and business, so we feel if you can empower us to strengthen our business we would be very happy (Participant, Male subgroup 5 )However, in non-CC wards, monitoring from the overseeing organisation (mentorship, praise and check-ups on progress) was named as a form of compensation to consider. Several types of compensation were proposed: book and pen, training, t-shirts or uniforms, and certificates.All wards noted that decisions linked to child health were enabled or hindered by financial resources, which resonated with earlier scoping research conducted in 2019 by our team [