Table 2.

Summary and objectives of PLA techniques.

S. No.	PLA tool	Objective and implementation
1.	H-Diagram	The objective of this activity was to identify enablers and barriers toward community participation in health within their villages. Each team was instructed to list out facilitators in one arm and barriers in another arm of H-diagram in a chart paper.
2.	Resource mapping	The objective of this exercise was to identify the location and distances of available resources in the community contributing to health in their villages. Each team was instructed to plot the identified resources on village map in a chart paper based on the geographical direction and distance. They listed distance in terms of time duration (hours, minutes). and space (meters, kilometers).
3.	NSL (Now, Sooner, Later). chart	The objective was to classify the local solutions through community participation based on factors and resources identified in previous two activities. During this urgency and importance of the problems were also taken into consideration. All the teams were asked to prepare an action plan and put the solutions in three boxes, i.e., now (within 3 months), sooner (3 months to 1 year), and later (1 to 2 years)