Target group: Cyclone victims landless Labourers Tool for data collection: In-depth Interviews & Focus Group

discussions Rationale for selecting this tool: This section of our society is mostly the uneducated people who would find it difficult to understand and answer a questionnaire in a written format. It is also necessary to understand the people opinions and views and then drawing out inferences from observing these discussions and conversations. Open-ended questions would help derive insights phenomenological from these people. In-depth interviews and focus groups are ideal methods for collecting phenomenological data The process: In-depth Interviews and focus group discussions 1. Identifying the interviewees who would be the most relevant as per the required target group and ones who are the potential sources of the required information. For the focus group discussion a homogenous group would be all prepared for a discussion. 2. Preparing interview guide: This guide tells the moderator/interviewer what information is required to be derived from the participants and helps him or her keep the discussion on track and on time. A discussion guide for the focus group would be prepared to set the conversation in line and focused on the related topic. 3. Data Collection: These interviews would be recorded with the permission of the interviewees and then further would be transcribed. The focus group discussion too would be recorded with pre intimating the participants 4. Data analysis: The recording would be then further analyzed according to responses for the questions and thus inferences would be drawn corresponding to the variables. The recorded conversations would be well analyzed to infer form the responses corresponding to the questions asked and the reactions from the members of the group would be considered too. 5. The report: The finding of the study and the limitations and the scope for further research would be all included in the prepared report form the derivations of the analyzed data.

Questioning during the interview In-depth interview: examples of the questions 1. How would you describe the present condition of labourers in your village? 2. Did you get any alert before the cyclone? 3. What were the sources, which informed you about the cyclone? 4. How were youll rescuded? 5. What role did the government play from the time of cyclone till now/ 6. Are you satisfied with how the government deals under such circumstances? 7. Which NGO came to help and at when? 8. Do you think NGOs did a better job than the government authorities? 9. Does any organization, NGO or government presently support you? 10. Was food and medical aid provided sufficiently and on time? 11. Were you transferred to temporary shelters? 12. Did the government issue hygiene maintaining notices and what did the government do to prevent spread of epidemics? 13. Do you know about the government policies in context of such situations? 14. How do you presently earn your living? 15. How much is the difference in your income pre and post cyclone affected you and your family? 16. How many members are there in you family? And are all dependant on you? 17. Were you promised any compensation? 18. If yes who promised, a politician or any government official? If, No have you enquired with any official about the compensation? 19. Have you been granted the compensation promised? 20. How many people according to you are left homeless? 21. Would you like to stay in the same region or you want to shift to a new place? 22. After the cyclone was over, were you still working? If no, did you search for a new job? 23. What would you like to change in the various policies of the government related to disaster management? 24. Have you ever tried to fight for your rights, what were the hurdles you faced? 25. Any thing else you would like to say about this topic?

Focus Group Discussion Questioning: The focus group discussion would be conducted amongst a homogenous group of people and thus the moderator would be keeping the discussion on track and then they would also ask questions corresponding to the variables for which inferences would be derived after analyzing the data. The questioning in a discussion would be as how the discussion goes. The moderator has to keep in mind the variables for which he need to have more information. The following would be a certain pattern for the questioning in the group Open-ended questions were being used, starting with general questions they allow people to answer in any way they see fit. Open-ended questions allow expression. There is a questioning sequence, which is followed
Main Questions Follow up questions Probing Questions Prompted questions

The main question is an open-ended question. It starts a discussion about a subject. The follow-up question inquires about the answer to the main question. It gets details and expands answers. The main job of the probing question, which follows main or follow-up question, is to clarify. A prompt is a cue or aide. Prompts aid recall by triggering a memory association.