Project Report
| Aug 7, 2014
AWC-HS Project Progress Report
By Lulseged Mekonnen | Program Coordinator
It is common that Pastoralist women of Afar very often prefer to deliver a child with the support of Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) even in places where there is access of health facilities and delivery services. Valuing the significant role of TBAs in promoting maternal and child health (MCH) issues and in referring pregnant women to health institutions, twenty days of capacity building training is provided on MCH, referral systems, Harmful Traditional Practices (HTPs) with a special emphasis on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), Family planning, The roles and responsibilities of TBAs as a local health promoter etc. is delivered to 15 TBAS. Similarly, a community conversation (CC) facilitation skill training is also delivered to 15 health extension workers (HEWs) and subsequently, with these HEWs' voluntary base facilitation, CC participants are organized and the CCs are been conducted in each of the five sub districts of Awash.
Through these CCs, it has been able to bring key stakeholders like Religious leaders, HEWs, youths and children, Community health workers or TBAs, clan leaders and other influential bodies together in one place and enable them find out their common problems and threats in relation to MCH to find solution by themselves through participating in the cycle from the planning stage all the way to action and evaluation.
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Apr 30, 2014
AWC-HS Project Progress Report
By Lulseged Mekonnen | Program Coordinator
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Women Dialogue
Women Group Dialogue is used as a platform to enable women community members critically discuss on the cultural norms, values, traditions and individual behaviors affecting the health of women and children. Hence, to enhance the capacity of marginalized rural pastoral women, a group dialogue is being conducted among the Traditional Birth Attendants and those marginalized women having different background at all sub districts of Awash.
AISDA's community mobilizes are facilitating these dialogues following the steps in the methodological frameworks of Community Capacity Enhancement - Through Dialogue and Action. This has helped the discussion participant women to easily identify and explore problems and concerns related with MCH and HTPs with a special emphasis on FGM. It also helped them to make decisions and plan as to how the identified concerns to be solved by their own capacity and recourses. Similarly, consequences of FGM and relevant issues like early marriage, child health, pregnancy and ante natal cares, and issues related with HIV/AIDS and gender were some of the agendas discussed in their dialogues.
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Jan 31, 2014
AWCHS Project Progress Report
By Lulseged Mekonnen | Program Coordinator
Project Progress Report on Awash Women and Children Health Support Project
As AISDA was a winner of the Stars Foundation's 2012 health impact award to Charity organizations in Africa- Middle East, the GlobalGiving has approved the AISDA's proposed project on Awash Women and Children Health Support to be implemented in Awash district of Afar regional state through creating awareness and providing different capacity building trainings to Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs), Health Extension Workers (HEWs ) & other community action groups and task forces, establishing referral systems for TBAs, establishing fistula referral system for victimized women, supporting women associations, supporting outreach vaccination to new born children, and enhancing the capacity of rural health posts. The project was approved on October 1, 2013 and Global Giving raised a fund for it. In addition to the money raised on Global Giving, the Star Foundation has secured £28,416.73 from external donors including CAF, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Pears Foundation.
Consequently preliminary activities are carried out by AISDA at grass root level. A health officer to coordinate the AWCHSP is recruited, and to collect and compile basic and pertinent information that can be of useful for project activity implementation, a rapid assessment was conducted at Awash district. The assessment includes identifying women of birth attendants, major CBOs and health institutions existed in each sub districts, the existing health and health extension workers and their gaps too.
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