The first step in the modus operandi of the PMSSS was the setting up of field offices in all the 20 villages. Each of these served as an extended office of the PMSSS with necessary infrastructure and three main officers - i.e an animator, a psycho-social support provider and an Information and Communication Technology [ICT] staff. The preliminary activity of the staff was to do a survey of the village by Participatory Research Appraisal [PRA].