1. UNICEF
Joint Learning Initiativeon
Faith and Local Communities
Briefing on Evidence for Faith Groups’ Activity and Contributions to International
Community Health and Development, Sydney Australia
Rob Kilpatrick, Co-Chair and Jean Duff, Coordinator

2. Christian Aid
JLI F&LC Vision:
•Robust evidence and smart communications to transform the quality, effectiveness,
and impact of partnerships between faith groups and the development community
•Collaborative learning platform that is cross sector, interfaith, cross discipline
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3. The Joint Learning Initiative
• Why: To support effective engagement with
faith groups by practitioners, policy makers, and
donors
• Who: Over 70 multi-sector & international
partners
• How: Collecting, commissioning, and
communicating evidence about the faith groups’
activity and impact
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4. Who: JLI F&LC Steering Committee
Anglican Alliance
Rachel Carnegie
CAFOD
Chris Bain and James Marchant
Christian Aid
Paul Valentin
DigniJørnLemvik
Partnership for Faith &
DevelopmentJean Duff
IRHAP
Jill Olivier
Islamic Relief
AtallahFitzgibbon &Helen Stawski
McKinsey & Company John Drew
Samaritan's Purse Chris Blackham, Ruth Sanders
Tearfund
Matthew Frost (Co-Chair)
TraidmissionRob Kilpatrick (Co-Chair)
UNAIDS
Sally Smith
UNFPA
AzzaKaram
World Vision Int. Dan Ole Shani
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5. Joint
Learning
Hubs
Collect
HUBS: Self-driven,
Collaborative,
open source
learning communities,
supported by JLI F&LC
Communicate
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Commission

6. 4 JLI F&LC Learning Hubs
Resilience:
HIV & Maternal Health:
What is the impact of faith
groups in promoting
individual&community
resilience
in humanitarian situations?
What is the impact of faith
groups on HIV and Maternal
Health, with special attention
to PMTCT and skilled
birth attendants?
Immunization:
Capacity Building:
How do and can faith groups
contribution to the delivery of
vaccines and immunizations?
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What are faith groups doing to
strengthen the capacity of faith
groups to care for the
communities, and to collect
and communicate data?

7. Learning Hub:
HIV/AIDS and
Maternal Health
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What is the impact of faith groups on HIV
and Maternal Health, with special
attention to PMTCT and skilled
birth attendants?

8. HIV/AIDS & Maternal Health:
Who’s been involved?
Co-Chairs:
UNFPA, AzzaKaram
World Vision: ChristoGreyling
Glasgow University: Julie Clague
Members
CAFOD, GeorigiaBurford
CMMB, Jeff Jordan Sara Melillo
Caritas Internationalis, Robert Vitillo
Dutch Royal Tropical Institute, Korrie
de Koning
Emory University IFHP,
SandraThurman
IRHAP, Jill Olivier
IRNARA,Rijk van Dijk
Islamic Relief, Atallah Fitzgibbon,
Najat El Hamri, &MamounAbuarqub
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Nordic Consulting Group, CatrineShroff
OjusMedical Institute, AsavariHerwadkar
Oxford University, Nadine Beckmann,
Traidmission, Rob Kilpatrick,
World YWCA, NyaradzaiGumbonzvanda,
University of Glasgow, Dr Julie Clague,
UNFPA, Dawn Minott
UNICEF, Julia Kim
USAID, AfeefaSyeed,
Utrecht University, Martha Fredericks,
World Council of Churches,
World Vision, Kate Eardley, Christo
Greyling, Logy Murray & Jane Chege
Unaffiliated: SigrunMogedal, Lucy Muriuki,
Astrid Bochow, ManojKurian

9. Hypothesis: Maternal health services are commonly
provided by faith-based actors
Data Point 1: In Uganda, 50% of maternal health and
child services are provided through faith-based
institutions (USAID & Access 2007).
Data Point 2: 90% of faith-inspired health facilities in
sub-Saharan Africa offer maternal and newborn
services (Chand and Patterson 2007)
Data Point 3: Faith groups provide 70% of nursing and
midwifery training in Malawi and Uganda, and between
30 to 55% in Tanzania and Zambia (Pearl, Chand, and
Hafner 2009)
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10. Hypothesis: Faith groups influence demand for and
uptake of maternal and child health services
Data Point 1: Faith community engagement helped improve
the percentage of pregnant women who received a course
of IPT under direct observation from 43% to 94% in Kasese
District, Uganda (USAID & Access 2007)
Data Point 2: Faith-based interventions in Mozambique,
Kenya, Uganda, the DRC and India found that these
programs couple outreach to the broader communities with
clinical services (Chand & Patterson 2007)
Data Point 3: Religious and spiritual beliefs were seen to be a
key barrier to exclusive breast feeding from a 2010 barrier
analysis in Burundi (Francisco 2010)
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11. Samaritan's Purse
Learning Hub:
Capacity
Building
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How do Faith Groups strengthen the capacity of
Local Faith Communities to care for the health
and wellbeing of their communities?

12. Anglican Alliance
Learning Hub:
Resilience
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What is the impact of faith groups in
promoting individual and community
resilience in humanitarian situations?

13. Global Polio
Eradication Initiative
Learning Hub:
Immunization
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How do faith groups contribute
to the delivery of vaccines and
immunizations?

14. Collaborate: Joinand shape the JLI;
join a Learning Hub; start a new
Hub; lead new research.
Robust
Exchange and learn: Share your
data to
best evidence about the impact of
faith groups; learn from others; use
effectively
evidence to inform practice and policy
engage faith
Communicate: Share the evidence groups & drive
and insights from Joint learning to policy and
influence key stakeholders, donors practice
Sponsor/co-fundJLI F&LC Hubs,
Information exchange
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15. Collaborate
Exchange
Communicate
Sponsor/co-fund
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Faith Communities
Fully Engaged to
Robust
Data Realize a World
Without Poverty

16. Thank You to all 70+collaborators and to
JLI F&LC funders:
CAFOD, Christian Aid, The MacLellanFoundation,
McKinsey & Company, Samaritan’s Purse, Tearfund,
UNFPA and World Vision International
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