V . Success , Challenges and Sustainability
5.1 Success Factors
Participating factories ’ commitment and support naturally had a great influence on the level of success of the project . In factories with sufficient support from management and with enough resources to allocate personnel , the project was extremely well communicated , implemented and supervised at all stages . From promoting the FCFS program to all workers , setting -‐ up the facility and enrolling children , to monitoring the daily operation of the FCFS , those involved in the implementation and running of the center did so while fully embracing the best interest of workers and their children . Through onsite observations and interviews with various stakeholders , we found the following additional factors to add to the success of the program :
• Communication with workers : when roles and functions of the FCFS were well communicated to the workers , they had fewer concerns about the safety of their children at the centers . Therefore , it is important for the factory to have designated personnel familiar with all the procedures and who are ready to answer workers ’ questions .
• Factories with family dormitories where children are allowed to stay helped eased the economic burden of workers as they did not have to rent an apartment outside the factory when their children came to stay . This could explain why economic burden was not a major issue for the pilot factories , as the two larger sized factories with the largest number of beneficiaries provided family dorms . Therefore , when factories expand the program or new factories adopt the program they need to take into account the associated costs for workers so that no -‐ one is excluded from the project on the grounds of money .
• The more daily activities the factories offered , the more positive the impact on children , especially when outdoor activities were organized . Parents were also more satisfied and less worried that their children would be bored when the factory organized a good selection of activities .
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