ISC - Tackling Transnationals -Summary 1 / KEN1

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Summary of Session 1

Study Circle KEN1 (Monica Musau)

26TH &27THOCT 1997 1ST &2ND MEETING KEWWO STUDY CIRCLE PROGRAMME SUMMARY

The study circle programme started on 26thoct 1997, at 5.00pm to 7.00 pm.

The study circle members are as follows:

1. Lilly Mwinde
2. Sarah Munguti
3. Agnetta Ochwadi
4. Joyce Odhiambo
5.Emily Opini
6. Emily Latan
7.Amina Shaban
8. Magret Muthemba
9.Benedicta Kilonzo
10.Naomi Mulee
11.Rechael Kalendi
12.Francisca Wambua
13.Monica Musau-(study circle leader)
14.Pamela Rabuogi

We started the session with the orientetion of theinternational study circle project, the study material and how it should be used.Each and every paticipant hadan oppotunity to go through the material and decide on how the material could be used.The participants introduced themselves and systematicaly went trough the course is very useful to them as workers since,it will give them an opportunity to understand more about TNC'S, and exchange their experinces internatinally.

SESSION ONE OUTLINE:Getting Started.

Activities

The game 'GLOBAL DETECTOR'

The paticipants took part in this game and they all agreed its true,whant the game explains is all what is happening arond the world, and the effects are not easily recognisedby anybody.This game gave the participants some ideas on the impct of the TNC'S to workers and the community.

after the introduction, participants went into two groups to discuss the following questions:-

1. What do you hope to get from the course?

2. what is expecteed from you ?

GROUP REPORTS:

After a through brain-storming within the two groups the participants came up with the following responses:

QUESTION ONE:

Benefits from the course:-

(a) To know more about the effects of TNC'Sto workes and the community.

To know the safty of the products e.g

-Expiry date,proper information of the product.
-How their products affect the customers.
-Whether they are standadised.
-Whether they give proper information to the users about the product.
-To know whether they issue pollution instruction.

(b)Expect to get educational exchange programme and study visits to TNC'S.

(c)Know more about the TNC'S employment policies-equality of rights.

(d)To learn study circle methodology and technics as regards to I.S.C project.

(e)To exchange our expeiences and ideas with other international study circle members.

(f) To know the advertanges and disadventages of TNC'Sto workers and the community in developing.

(g)To know if there are regulations?policies gorverning the running of the TNC'S in the countries they operate.

(h) To know how and where TNC'S dispose their harzardous waste and whether the workers and the community are aware of the dangers.

(i) To know whether same of the languages used for information on the product packs is understandable by the consumers .

QUESTION TWO

What is expected from the participants ?

(i) know more about the TNC'S e.g

- What are they?
-What they do?
-What profit do we gain from them ?
-Impact or effects of TNC'S to workers and communities.
- How werw they started ?
-Their adverntages and disadverntages to the developing countries.
-To seek for solutions to the challenges of the TNC'S.
-To excange information about the TNC'S in our country with other international study circle members.

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