INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1. This paper has two sections A and B.
2. You are provided with a separate answer booklet.
3. Marks for each question are as indicated.
4. Do not write on the question paper.
This paper consists of 3 printed pages
Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all pages are printed as indicated and that no questions are missing.
SECTION A: (40 MARKS)
Answer all questions in this section
1. State FOUR reasons why it is important for a social worker to carry out community awareness training and sensitization. (4 marks)
2. List FOUR types of documents maintained when carrying out community awareness programs. (4 marks)
3. Explain FOUR key stakeholders likely to be involved in Community Awareness Programs. (4 marks)
4. Justify FOUR reasons why it is important to identify a target group before proceeding with community awareness activities. (4 marks)
5. State FOUR advantages of using questionnaires to carry out community needs assessment. (4 marks)
6. Name FOUR merits of planning and reviewing meetings in community training activities (4 marks)
7. As a social worker identify FOUR components of logistical planning you would include in community awareness programs (4 marks)
8. Evaluation is important at the end of a training program. State THREE benefits of such evaluation. (3 marks)
9. Propose FOUR skills necessary for successful implementation of community awareness activities by a social worker. (4 marks)
10. Identify TWO challenges a social worker may encounter when carrying out community sensitization activities (2 marks)
11. Identify THREE methods of disseminating information to community members. (3 marks)
SECTION B: (60 MARKS)
Answer any three questions from this section
12. a) You intend to initiate an agricultural project in Mwangaza community. Explain FIVE strategies that you may use to create awareness among community members. (10 marks)
b) Analyze FIVE roles of stakeholders in community awareness and sensitization programs. (10 marks)
13. a) As a social worker you have successfully implemented an awareness program in your community.
Explain FIVE benefits you will derive from writing a report on the program. (10 marks)
b) There has been an increase on the number of Majani community members suffering from water borne diseases. As the local public health officer, you have been tasked with the responsibility of developing an awareness programme on the pandemic. Explain FIVE advantages of identifying objectives at the onset of such a program. (10 marks)
14. Jua is in charge of supervising projects at Maji Mazuri community. He intends to carry out monitoring and evaluation of these projects.
a) Discuss FIVE advantages of carrying out such an evaluation. (10 marks)
b) Elaborate FIVE resources likely to be used during Community Awareness Programs. (10 marks)
15. Your funding proposal to partner with UNEP on promotion of environmental awareness in your community has been accepted.
a) Examine FIVE challenges of such a partnership that you should mitigate against. (10 marks)
b) You have recently been employed as a community development worker by a local organization in a rural setup. You have been tasked by the manager to prepare a community awareness program.
i. Identify FIVE community issues that you are likely to conduct sensitization on. (5 marks)
ii. Propose FIVE suitable strategies you can use to create awareness from the issues identified in (i) above. (5 marks)