Application of Storytelling in International Development Programming 

 In the first quarter of 2019 , a country in Western Europe gave $ 58 million to a specialized agency of the   United Nations ( UN ) called the International Labour Organization ( ILO ) for it to use the money to   programmatically combat child labour in the supply chains of cocoa , coffee and gold in Africa . After   preliminary research on child labour in Africa and several consultations with relevant government   agencies across African countries , the governing board of the ILO and the donor country unanimously   agreed to pilot the child labour intervention programme in Nigeria before expanding it to other Africa   countries . The decision was premised on the fact that Nigeria is the most populous African country and   research on labour statistics from the ILO Research department indicates that in some states in   Northern Nigeria more than 50 % of children under 18 years who works on cocoa and coffee farms and   artisanal gold mines . I was working at the programme unit of the ILO and the National Programme   Coordinator of the project saddled me with the responsibility of creating a report and consequent   presentation to persuade all stakeholders to summarily green light the project . 

 Given that all stakeholders of such a programme are diverse and includes representatives of the donor   country , governing board of ILO , government agencies and civil society organizations , I ’m aware that   traditional tools for communicating development challenges like information from literature reviews ,   data analytics and reporting will not be enough to motivate all and sundry and hence , I decided to go to   the field , collect some data , and in addition , look for touching stories of children subjected directly and/   or inadvertently to forced labour . I took a virtual course on design thinking before being assigned to this   task and totally believe that if I apply design thinking in understanding the root causes of the child   labour challenge in Nigeria , I will be able to obtain inspiring stories and will easily weave those   narratives to my report and presentation , which would capture the emotions of all stakeholder and   make them commit to implementing the project . 

 Of course , I consulted the literature and researched relevant labour data while gathering exhibits for the   report but more importantly observed and interviewed children who labour in cocoa and coffee farms   and artisanal gold mines ; understood factors that caused them to result into working for money at such   a young age ; and came up with the persona of a child that works in such contexts as described above . 

 Obtaining information from literature , data analytics , and reporting have their place in international   development programming , and I believe these give a contextual understanding and conceptualization   of development challenges , but storytelling makes all stakeholders relate on a personal level with a   problem in question . In the case of deciding where and how fast a child labour intervention programme   should be implemented in Nigeria , the governing body of ILO and other stakeholders understood that   the problem of child labour is prevalent in North - central Nigeria and women often take their children to   those farms and mines and encourage them to work so that their employers can at least feed those   children . The stakeholders were persuaded by these stories and not by data alone . 

 I now understand that even experts can miss out on opportunities to solve development challenges   when they do n’t understand a challenge from the perspectives of those affected directly by it . I believe   that the use of storytelling as my design thinking tool in the context I described above was effective . But   in case I have the opportunity to use storytelling in solving a development problem , I will employ the use   of pictures and if possible , videos to drive home my message . I will also invite a couple of children to   attend the presentation of my report and describe their ordeals while they work in mines and farms . I   believe that hearing such stories from the children themselves will be more moving . 


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### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: Application of Storytelling in International Development Programming 

 In the first quarter of 2019 , a country in Western Europe gave $ 58 million to a specialized agency of the   United Nations ( UN ) called the International Labour Organization ( ILO ) for it to use the money to   programmatically combat child labour in the supply chains of cocoa , coffee and gold in Africa . After   preliminary research on child labour in Africa and several consultations with relevant government   agencies across African countries , the governing board of the ILO and the donor country unanimously   agreed to pilot the child labour intervention programme in Nigeria before expanding it to other Africa   countries . The decision was premised on the fact that Nigeria is the most populous African country and   research on labour statistics from the ILO Research department indicates that in some states in   Northern Nigeria more than 50 % of children under 18 years who works on cocoa and coffee farms and   artisanal gold mines . I was working at the programme unit of the ILO and the National Programme   Coordinator of the project saddled me with the responsibility of creating a report and consequent   presentation to persuade all stakeholders to summarily green light the project . 

 Given that all stakeholders of such a programme are diverse and includes representatives of the donor   country , governing board of ILO , government agencies and civil society organizations , I ’m aware that   traditional tools for communicating development challenges like information from literature reviews ,   data analytics and reporting will not be enough to motivate all and sundry and hence , I decided to go to   the field , collect some data , and in addition , look for touching stories of children subjected directly and/   or inadvertently to forced labour . I took a virtual course on design thinking before being assigned to this   task and totally believe that if I apply design thinking in understanding the root causes of the child   labour challenge in Nigeria , I will be able to obtain inspiring stories and will easily weave those   narratives to my report and presentation , which would capture the emotions of all stakeholder and   make them commit to implementing the project . 

 Of course , I consulted the literature and researched relevant labour data while gathering exhibits for the   report but more importantly observed and interviewed children who labour in cocoa and coffee farms   and artisanal gold mines ; understood factors that caused them to result into working for money at such   a young age ; and came up with the persona of a child that works in such contexts as described above . 

 Obtaining information from literature , data analytics , and reporting have their place in international   development programming , and I believe these give a contextual understanding and conceptualization   of development challenges , but storytelling makes all stakeholders relate on a personal level with a   problem in question . In the case of deciding where and how fast a child labour intervention programme   should be implemented in Nigeria , the governing body of ILO and other stakeholders understood that   the problem of child labour is prevalent in North - central Nigeria and women often take their children to   those farms and mines and encourage them to work so that their employers can at least feed those   children . The stakeholders were persuaded by these stories and not by data alone . 

 I now understand that even experts can miss out on opportunities to solve development challenges   when they do n’t understand a challenge from the perspectives of those affected directly by it . I believe   that the use of storytelling as my design thinking tool in the context I described above was effective . But   in case I have the opportunity to use storytelling in solving a development problem , I will employ the use   of pictures and if possible , videos to drive home my message . I will also invite a couple of children to   attend the presentation of my report and describe their ordeals while they work in mines and farms . I   believe that hearing such stories from the children themselves will be more moving .
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