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		Wind Systems for Pumping Water: A Training Manual (Peace Corps, 1984, 93 p.)
			(introduction...)
			Acknowledgments
			Introduction to training
			Training guidelines
			Objectives for wind system construction training
			Session 1 Introduction and objectives
			Session 2 History of wind systems
			Session 3 Large projects and community analysis
			Session 4 Shop safety and tool care
			Session 5 Representative drawings for construction
			Session 6 Shafts and bearings
			Session 7 Strengths and testing
			Session 8 Joinery
			Session 9 Pumps and pump design
			Session 10 Siting considerations
			Session 11 Sizing wind water pumping systems
			Session 12 Design considerations for pumps and windmills
			Session 13 How to design
			Session 14 Presentation of designs
			Session 15 Construction of wind measuring poles
			Session 16 Exportation for wind sites
			Session 17 Tower raising
			Session 18 Plumbing the wind system
			Session 19 Testing installed wind system
			Session 20 Presentation of projects
			Session 21 Maintenance - preventive and routine
			Bibliography
			Construction materials list
			Tool list for 24 participants
			Technical vocabulary
			Report on the wind-powered in-service training
			Recommendations

Session 3 Large projects and community analysis

TOTAL TIME: 1 Hours

OBJECTIVES: To learn some of the factors affecting large projects.

To learn how to analyze a community situation regarding the possibility of a community wind project.

MATERIALS: Blackboard or equivalent

Trainer Note

The difference between the big projects and the small ones is the increase in stress on all the people and systems involved.

PROCEDURES:

Step 1: 30 minutes

Examine and discuss this increase in stress in terms of:

· The windmill
· The pump
· The water resources
· The material resources
· The people involved in building and maintenance
· The community

Step 2: 30 minutes

In terms of the community, discuss some of the important issues:

· Who will pay for the system?
· Who will build it?
· Who will gain by it?
· Who will lose by it?
· Who supports it being built?
· Who opposes it being built?
· Who will maintain it?
· Who will pay for the maintenance?
· What skills and crafts are available?
· What changes might occur in the community (cultural, environmental, health, religious beliefs, agricultural methods, traditional gender roles, economy) if the system is built?

Trainer Note

No technologies are without their impact on the environment. Discuss difficulties created by windmills in the past.