Consultant Report for Rwanda: An Ethnographic Investigation into the Validity of the Notion of Contractual Obligation to Participants in the Government of Rwanda/CRS (Catholic Relief Services) Nutrition Center Program

摘要

To identify cultural constraints limiting the effectiveness of Catholic Relief Services's (CRS) food and nutrition program in Rwanda, this study examined the program's utilization of contracts between CRS nutritional centers and program participants with respect to traditional Rwandan concepts of contractual obligation. Included in the report are background on CRS's food and nutrition activities in Africa and its program in Rwanda, observations on the presentation of the contract to new participants, and several recommendations directed toward making the center-family agreement a true contract.