[Migration Aware:52] RECRUITING FGD, LESSON LEARNT

[adekunle lukman]

Dear Members, Migration Aware is a JMDI project based in Ibadan, Nigeria jointly facilitated by the locally-based Childolescent and Family Survival Organisation (CAFSO) and the African Studies Centre at Coventry University in the United Kingdom. The focus of the project is to fill the information gap frequently encountered by potential migrants considering taking the land and sea route to Europe without formal documentation. The project relies on a reservoir of engaged and committed participants. Our own experiences underline the importance of getting the recruitment of participants right for focus groups that will set the agenda of the programme. It was decided to invite people to introductory meetings and from there to recruit suitable volunteers to participate in the focus groups. Online invitations were used to recruit potential migrants using popular websites; 20,000 hand bills; and 1,000 posters distributed to churches, mosques, higher education institutions, the General Post Office Headquarters, and the State Library. Advertisements were also placed on two FM radio stations: one in the University of Ibadan, called Diamond FM, and the other based in the city, Premier FM. This certainly attracted a crowd of potential migrants. However, two significant factors were overlooked – the place and the time of the meeting. In our search for a suitable hall big enough to house the expected numbers, we chose a lecture theatre at Ibadan University. Then, due to unforeseen circumstances, including a university strike, the meeting was put back to a Friday afternoon. The upshot was that first, we mainly recruited students, rather than a cross section of the city’s youth. Secondly, the delay to the meeting meant that Friday prayers removed a lot of potential Muslim youth. In other words, although we had a profitable meeting and recruited participants for some valuable focus groups, the sample was biased. To rectify this we held a further general public meeting in a non-student area of the city and ensured that not only was it not on a Friday, but that we recruited Muslim students to balance the non-Muslim students already in the focus groups. The focus groups have informed us where there is an information gap among potential migrants so that we can plan  appropriate training. They are also our way of measuring that our programme has had an impact. If we convene biased focus groups then the whole programme and its evaluation can be skewed. Mistakes will be made in projects; the key is to recognize them and to rectify them. Hopefully we did both in this case. We would be very interested in learning from other organizations what their strategies have been.  Please share your advice and experiences with us! Thank you, and best regards, Olufunke Aluko-Daniels Coventry University, UK

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[POPOOLA ayo]

it basis of this group is not just telling people dont migrate
of coures why would we say dont migratem,but what we are sayi g is this if you want to migrate wy dont you go through the right channel?
We has a group is concerned of the risk rather than preventing them from migrating.
Knowing your right is a fital asset of human freedom.Its notn everybody that is a slave that is not free, of course not ,some of we people are slave of information of ourm rights and this what we are preventing. Risk and death of migration can be prevented only be the rigt and educated  set of minds and this is what migration aware is all about. 

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From: adekunle lukman <adekunlel...@yahoo.com>
To: migrati...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wed, May 19, 2010 10:00:08 PM
Subject: [Migration Aware:52] RECRUITING FGD, LESSON LEARNT

[CAFSO CPCM]

Dear Colleagues, Even though we may not be too formal in our contribution to the listserv, we still need to exercise some modicum of formality in writing. This is because we are not writing only for the local consumption but also for national and international consumption. Let us observe the rules of writing indicating salutation and ending  with our names. Please, write in full rather than using abbreviation as in sms. Thank you. Tola Winjobi --- On Sat, 22/5/10, POPOOLA ayo <bcoo...@yahoo.com> wrote:

[cafsowrag ngo]

Dear Friends, Thank you very much for this observation.I know everyone will adjust now by writing our contributions in a more formal way to engender greater understanding of our contributions.Migration issue is a global one and it requires  a lot of experience and information sharing by all stakeholders. The main focus of this project is to bridge the information gap and enable people make informed decisions on issues of migration. Recently  I  found out from friends that our youth migrate to Europe on the disguise  of attending religious conferences.Such people are registered as participants and will eventually escape and go into hiding without valid work or residential permits .We heard that some are not always fortunate as they are apprehended and deported empty handed.Can we rightly say that organizers of such program mes are aware of this or they are not in the know of it. Someone I met  confirmed  that a pastor based in Lagos always arrange people to attend such conferences bi-annually and  he assists people to migrate to Europe.We have heard cases of people who have gone on holy pilgrimage either to Jerusalem or Mecca defecting in the process.I strongly believe that  this aspect should be looked at .Let us contribute on the way out Yours in development, Deborah Salami CAFSO-WRAG for Development Plot 5, Akingbade Street, Near New Gbagi International Market, Off Old Ife Road, Box 15060, Agodi Post Office, Ibadan20003, NIGERIA cafso...@yahoo.co.uk +234 8036429282 +234 8033856850 CAFSO-WRAG is a gender organization advocating gender peace, active non-violence, women's rights, and asking government to account to MDGs for the betterment of all. --- On Sat, 22/5/10, CAFSO CPCM <cafsow...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: