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"Money is not
the key that opens the gates of the market but the bolt that bars them"
Gesell, Silvio The
Natural Economic Order
Revised English
edition, Peter Owen,
“Poverty is created scarcity”
Wahu Kaara, point 8 of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty, 58th
annual NGO Conference, United Nations,
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Voluntary Community Health Clubs are set up within the project area. The
members of each Health Club, which can include men, follow a course normally
lasting at least six months. During the course, hygiene-related topics are
discussed under the leadership of a specially trained Health Worker.
The Health clubs have two tasks:
The first is hygiene education itself tending to the improvement of
health standards pending the installation of the drinking water and sanitation
structures foreseen under the project.
The second is the formation of a socially acceptable platform enabling
the population, and in particular women, to work together, which is basic to
the success of the project. The health clubs constitute a forum for women,
helping them to identify the requirements of the community and to fully
participate in the planning and execution of successive phases.
The structures, rules and administrative aspects of the Health Clubs
will be established during one or more Organisational Workshops, during which
the Health workers will also receive due training.
For some indicative information on the courses, refer to BASIC COURSE FOR HEALTH CLUBS. This material is
subject to adaptation according to the preferences expressed by the Workshop
participants.
The Health Clubs will continue to meet regularly after the course has
finished. Their role is fundamental to the project. They serve as a forum for
identifying community needs, assisting with project planning and
implementation, and developing the sense of unity and cooperation on which the
success of the project depends.
A system will be set up to provide on-going inspection of the individual
sanitation and water supply systems by local Health workers.
Water quality will be systematically monitored by a local clinic or
hospital using testing equipment supplied under the project.
Hygiene education should become an integral part of the school
curriculum at all levels in the 60 schools in the project area. The purpose of
the courses is to reinforce the work done by the Health Clubs. The cooperation
of trained personnel of the Ministry of Health is foreseen. This personnel will
participate in the Health Club workshops during which the courses will actually
be prepared and the Health Clubs organised. Teachers from the schools will also
participate in the workshop and in the preparation of the material for the
courses. The courses will be held during normal schools hours under the supervision
of the teachers' commissions.
Where necessary, schools will be supplied with appropriate quality clean
drinking water and proper sanitation systems under the project.
In some cases children from poorer families may not have access to the
schooling system, especially where schooling is mostly funded by parents. This
will put extra responsibility on the Health Clubs which will in such cases be
called upon to cover hygiene education for the children not covered under the
arrangements made with the schools.
The
Health Clubs must form a socially acceptable platform to get users, and especially
women, to work together as this is the base of the project. They will create a
forum for women, so that they can identify the needs of the community and
participate fully in the planning and execution of the structures to be set up.
Two Moraisian workshops will be held during which draft Health Clubs
rules will be prepared and discussed with the local people so the community
fully "owns" the project. The Health Clubs will be a socially
acceptable method of getting people used to working together, the cornerstone
for a successful project. Local Health Workers will be trained to lead Health
Club discussions. Material for the Health Clubs and for hygiene education
courses in schools will be adapted, preferably using local artists. Preference
will be given to the use of traditional local art styles.
Indicative
participation (both workshops together).
The Moraisian
trainers.
A member of the project coordination team.
The general consultant.
The
Representative of the NGO.
At least 5 observers
(possible coordinators for future projects).
20 qualified instructors indicated by the Ministry of Health to guide the
Health Club lessons.
297 female initiative takers at the level of the future Tank Commissions.
Duration of each
workshop: about three weeks.
The Workshops will be
expected to produce the following structures:
a) A system
coordination structure for coordination:
- with the project coordination team
- amongst the main project areas
- with the Health ministry
- amongst the Health Ministry trainers and the women locally responsible
- the statues and rules for the running of the clubs
b) A materials
structure
- discussion with potential members of the Health Groups
- definition of the content of the courses according to local requirements
- adaptation of the material according to local customs (illustrations,
languages etc)
- actual physical preparation of the course
- distribution of the material
c) A methodical
structure
- how to use the material
- the role of the Health Ministry specialists
- the role of the local Health Club leaders
- practical exercises
- how to call meetings and lead the first lessons
- continuation of the Health Clubs after the termination of the courses
d) A communications
structure
- vertical, at project level (coordinator, Health Clubs leaders, Health
ministry teachers)
- horizontal, amongst local Health Club leaders, (future) radio programme
e) A structure at
local Tank Commission level
- Payment of the
local Health Club leader once the local money systems have been formed -
Relationship between the local Health Club leader and the (future) Tank
Commission - Relationship between the local Health Club leader and the Health
ministry teacher responsible for the area - Discussion with persons (women)
interested in the (future) local Tank Commission - Registration of Health Club
members - Practical organisation of the lessons and later group meetings.
One Moraisian
workshop will be held during which Local Health Workers will be trained to lead
hygiene education courses in the schools. Material for the courses in schools
will be adapted, preferably using local artists. Preference will be given to
the use of traditional art styles from the project area.
Subject to
discussions by interested parties during the Moraisian workshops, the school
hygiene education courses will be expected to include coverage of menstrual
hygiene and management for both girls and boys. Coverage of HIV/AIDS and family
planning issues is also recommended.
Indicative
participation :
The Moraisian
trainers.
A member of project coordination team
The general
consultant.
The (
Representative of the ONG.
Representative of the Health Ministry.
Representative of the Education Ministry.
At least 5 observers (possible coordinators for future projects).
20 qualified instructors indicated by the Ministry of Health to guide the
lessons.
60 teachers from the schools.
Duration of the
workshop: about three weeks.
The Workshops will be
expected to produce the following structures:
a) A system
coordination structure for coordination:
- with the project coordination team
- with the Health ministry
- with the Education ministry
- amongst the Health Ministry trainers and the teachers' commissions
b) A materials
structure
- discussion of course content according to the different levels of the pupils
- definition of the content of the courses according to age groups
(illustrations, language etc)
- adaptation of the material according to local customs (illustrations,
languages etc)
- actual physical preparation of the course
- distribution of the material
c) A methodical
structure
- how to use the material
- the role of the Health Ministry specialists
- the role of the teachers
- planning the courses
- continuity
d) A communications
structure
- vertical, at project level (project coordination team , Health ministry
specialists, teachers' commissions)
- horizontal, amongst the teachers' commissions and the families, (future)
radio programme
e) Formalities -
Payment (in LETS) of the Health ministry specialists - Payment (in LETS) for
the teachers involved
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