See this short presentation on LMG's work with vulnerable populations to understand why this work with outstanding global leaders with disabilities and those who work with other vulnerable populations is so important.
This document summarizes proceedings from two regional meetings organized by ARROW in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2012. The first meeting, titled "Beyond ICPD and the MDGs: NGOs Strategising for SRHR in the Asia-Pacific Region", brought together NGO representatives to discuss strategies to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in the lead up to major international conferences in 2014. The second meeting focused on opportunities for NGO engagement at the national, regional and international levels. Key outcomes from the meetings included the Kuala Lumpur Call to Action, a regional plan of action, and a partnership framework for SRHR and sustainable development.
Brent Allan, Local Co-Chair of the Community Programme Committee for AIDS 2014, provides an overview of the plans for the conference with suggestions for how Australian organisations can be involved.
Any humanitarian or service project begins by
understanding a community’s needs. This crucial
first step identifies your beneficiaries’ needs as well
as the natural assets that will help you address them.
We will give you the knowledge and resources to
involve community members, inventory assets, build
relationships with local leaders, and more. Learn how
to maximize your project’s impact by deepening your
understanding of the communities you serve.
Moderator: Victor Barnes, Director of Programs and
Cmcl presentation peterborough active together conference may 29 2015PeterboroughCPD
Changing Minds, Changing Lives (CMCL), presented by Pfizer Canada, is a program that educates healthcare professionals and students, as well as community groups and others in a position to influence persons with a disability, on the benefits of sport and how to help their clients get involved. Paralympic Athlete(s) or local athlete(s) with a physical disability will speak on the important role sport has played in their lives. There is also the opportunity to find out about resources to help persons with a physical disability learn more about sport and where to get involved.
This professional development seminar works with key influencers and frontline service providers to support them in realizing the potential that resides within all Canadians with a disability
This document discusses the AWARD Fellowship program, which aims to empower African women in agricultural research and development through a three-pronged approach of fostering mentoring partnerships, developing leadership capacity, and sharpening science skills. It provides statistics on the number of AWARD fellows and mentors. It also discusses the African Women in Science Empowerment Model and profiles an AWARD fellow's experience. Additionally, it examines how institutional factors can contribute to fellows' empowerment, and how fellows have worked to promote gender responsiveness within their own institutions, such as by helping design gender policies. Lastly, it analyzes factors contributing to change using the Behavior Engineering Model.
Bring your phones, tablets, or laptops and follow along
as we explore crowdsourcing on My Rotary. In this
interactive session, we will share examples of how
clubs are using Rotary Ideas to request partners, funds,
volunteers, and materials and maximize exposure for
service projects. We will focus on how you can draw
support from both the Rotary family and the general
public by utilizing both Rotary social tools and social
media.
The document provides information about an orientation for the CORE Group Polio Project 2016 conference. It includes introductions and details about CORE Group's vision, mission, values, structure including working groups and membership. The membership section outlines the types of members, requirements, benefits and application process. Working groups are also listed with their co-chairs. Finally there is information about a knowledge cafe session at the conference.
This document summarizes proceedings from two regional meetings organized by ARROW in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2012. The first meeting, titled "Beyond ICPD and the MDGs: NGOs Strategising for SRHR in the Asia-Pacific Region", brought together NGO representatives to discuss strategies to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in the lead up to major international conferences in 2014. The second meeting focused on opportunities for NGO engagement at the national, regional and international levels. Key outcomes from the meetings included the Kuala Lumpur Call to Action, a regional plan of action, and a partnership framework for SRHR and sustainable development.
Brent Allan, Local Co-Chair of the Community Programme Committee for AIDS 2014, provides an overview of the plans for the conference with suggestions for how Australian organisations can be involved.
Any humanitarian or service project begins by
understanding a community’s needs. This crucial
first step identifies your beneficiaries’ needs as well
as the natural assets that will help you address them.
We will give you the knowledge and resources to
involve community members, inventory assets, build
relationships with local leaders, and more. Learn how
to maximize your project’s impact by deepening your
understanding of the communities you serve.
Moderator: Victor Barnes, Director of Programs and
Cmcl presentation peterborough active together conference may 29 2015PeterboroughCPD
Changing Minds, Changing Lives (CMCL), presented by Pfizer Canada, is a program that educates healthcare professionals and students, as well as community groups and others in a position to influence persons with a disability, on the benefits of sport and how to help their clients get involved. Paralympic Athlete(s) or local athlete(s) with a physical disability will speak on the important role sport has played in their lives. There is also the opportunity to find out about resources to help persons with a physical disability learn more about sport and where to get involved.
This professional development seminar works with key influencers and frontline service providers to support them in realizing the potential that resides within all Canadians with a disability
This document discusses the AWARD Fellowship program, which aims to empower African women in agricultural research and development through a three-pronged approach of fostering mentoring partnerships, developing leadership capacity, and sharpening science skills. It provides statistics on the number of AWARD fellows and mentors. It also discusses the African Women in Science Empowerment Model and profiles an AWARD fellow's experience. Additionally, it examines how institutional factors can contribute to fellows' empowerment, and how fellows have worked to promote gender responsiveness within their own institutions, such as by helping design gender policies. Lastly, it analyzes factors contributing to change using the Behavior Engineering Model.
Bring your phones, tablets, or laptops and follow along
as we explore crowdsourcing on My Rotary. In this
interactive session, we will share examples of how
clubs are using Rotary Ideas to request partners, funds,
volunteers, and materials and maximize exposure for
service projects. We will focus on how you can draw
support from both the Rotary family and the general
public by utilizing both Rotary social tools and social
media.
The document provides information about an orientation for the CORE Group Polio Project 2016 conference. It includes introductions and details about CORE Group's vision, mission, values, structure including working groups and membership. The membership section outlines the types of members, requirements, benefits and application process. Working groups are also listed with their co-chairs. Finally there is information about a knowledge cafe session at the conference.
Multi-dimensional Programming The Rubik's Cube Challenge to Community Health ...CORE Group
The document discusses frameworks for conceptualizing community health programs. It notes that prior models like wheels, shapes and bubbles fail to fully capture the dynamics and relationships involved. The Rubik's Cube is presented as a metaphor for the multi-dimensional nature of community health. The document outlines a World Cafe discussion to explore experiences with successful and less successful community health programs. Participants will draw pictures and share to discuss what dimensions contributed to or hindered outcomes. The goal is to better understand how to envision the multiple interconnected components involved in holistic community health. A panel will then provide perspectives from different community health actors.
Wolf Graf (People Living with HIV/AIDS Victoria) ran this workshop on running programs with and for sexually adventurous men at the AFAO/NAPWA Gay Men's HIV Health Promotion Conference in May 2012.
Marion Steff (March 2016). Innovation through empowerment: The Voices of the ...Sightsavers
The Voices of the Marginalised project gathered stories from persons with disabilities and older people in Bangladesh and Tanzania to inform the UN's Post-2015 Development Agenda. Peer researchers with disabilities and older persons collected stories about issues like access to health, education, employment, and family difficulties. While common issues emerged, contexts differed based on natural hazards, taboos, and local beliefs. The project recommended engaging governments to implement disability policies and laws, promote awareness, and ensure development and public services are inclusive of persons with disabilities and older populations.
Marion Steff (April 2013). Inequalities and the Voices of the Marginalised studySightsavers
This document summarizes a study on inequalities faced by older people and people with disabilities. It discusses how these groups were not included in the Millennium Development Goals and outlines the scale of disabilities and an aging population worldwide. The study aimed to gather voices of marginalized groups in Bangladesh to understand exclusion and identify actions to promote inclusion in a post-2015 framework. Peer researchers with disabilities participated and provided feedback on gaining skills but also difficulties communicating with some groups. The study will inform advocacy for a rights-based post-2015 framework that promotes participation, data disaggregation, monitoring, and universal social protection.
Why being Active Together matters: Increasing sportWhy being Active Together ...PeterboroughCPD
This presentation will explore the benefits of getting active through first person experience, as well as discuss the very real challenges/barriers to participation that currently exist. The Active Together project looks to address many barriers to participation and utilizes Ambassadors as mentors to increase awareness and provide vital ‘first contact’ for persons who are wanting to gain access to new sporting opportunities; 2 important additional steps outlined in Canadian Sport for Life, Long Term Athlete Development (CS4L-LTAD) guidelines. Services and supports will be discussed such as a new community resource hub, outreach presentations and a special focus on AODA Customer Service Training with an emphasis on Sport and Recreation providers. The Active Together project is a cross disability project that draws strength from multiple community partners.
The document discusses district-based learning initiatives in Uganda to improve hygiene and sanitation. It describes obstacles like limited prioritization, collaboration, and innovation at the district level. It outlines a methodology using learning alliances and action research across 4 districts to increase profiles, communication, and learning. Key lessons included understanding community perspectives before judging them as "stubborn", tailoring interventions to community needs and calendars, and ensuring leadership practices hygiene behaviors. The pilot increased prioritization, collaboration, and hygiene status in target districts.
Pehla Qadam project - presented to Ponseti InternationalAmer Haider
Pehla Qadam is a treatment project at Indus Hospital, Karachi Pakistan.
We presented the project and related research plan to the Ponseti International Association Board of Directors in October.
Presentation from Dr Ulf Hansson, UNESCO Centre Children and Youth Programme, at UNESCO Centre ESRC Festival Seminar on Youth Participation in Northern Ireland, Wednesday 5th November 2014.
Grandparents raising grandchildren strategies for effective service delivery ...rexnayee
This document summarizes strategies for effectively delivering services to custodial grandparents raising grandchildren. It outlines key issues faced by these families including legal, financial, health, mental health, social support, parenting and education challenges. It recommends that programs address the beliefs, barriers and needs of grandparents to build trust. Program staff should receive training to eliminate biases and focus on strengths. The program structure should offer population-specific, accessible services across locations and times. Supportive policies are also needed to help advocate for custodial grandfamilies.
GHPC Spring 2016 CORE Group Background Presentation May 17CORE Group
CORE Group is a leader in community health working to end preventable maternal and child deaths worldwide. It has 46 international NGO members, 26 associate organizations, and 25 individual associates who collaborate to promote health in marginalized populations. CORE Group members can maximize resources, build skills and knowledge, and increase their visibility and leadership through the organization's networking opportunities and working groups on issues like child health, nutrition, and reproductive health.
Commonwealth council on aging best practice awards 2006-2016_darsrexnayee
The document discusses chronic disease self-management education (CDSME) programs. It notes that CDSME programs were developed by Stanford University and provide tools and skills to help people manage common health problems and symptoms. The programs have been shown through research to improve health outcomes and reduce healthcare use and costs. Virginia has implemented CDSME through area agencies on aging using a train-the-trainer model, with over 20,000 participants since 2010. The presentation describes local implementation examples and partnerships with correctional facilities.
Clubfoot is a birth defect affecting 1 in 1000 births where the foot is twisted inward and downward. If left untreated, it can cripple a person for life. However, the Ponseti method, developed in the 1960s, uses simple casts to gradually correct the foot over 8-12 weeks of treatment. Pehla Qadam is a non-profit working to promote the Ponseti method in developing countries where many with clubfoot do not receive treatment. Their goals are to establish sustainable clubfoot treatment programs, increase public awareness, and help more children walk normally.
Valuing Local Perspectives: Lessons Learned from Participatory Reflection and...Humentum
Hear from ActionAid, which recognizes that the learning and knowledge that informs programmatic impact comes from the communities we work with. Learn about their participatory approach to Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL). Leave with a tool and methodology that can be adapted to your needs and context, and with insights on how to work together to value local voices and their contribution to MEL processes.
Unite for Sight Campus Representative PowerPointnrlevi1
The PowerPoint presentation was created by Unite for Sight for the use in Campus Representative activities and updated by Nicole Levi. The PowerPoint is used to recruit college students for health care work abroad through Unite for Sight.
Online technology + leading women’s health experts = innovative education aus...makinglinks
Online technology and women's health experts from The Jean Hailes Foundation have come together to provide innovative health education to women across Australia through webcasts. The Foundation has successfully conducted two national webcasts reaching over 3,300 women total. Webcasts allow the Foundation to cost-effectively share their research-based health information with women living in rural areas who otherwise would not have access. Audience feedback shows that both community groups and individual women found the webcasts engaging and informative, and would participate in future webcasts.
Reaching Every Single Soul: Transforming Health Care with Cell PhonesRotary International
The technological advances of the last 10 years have
made it possible to reach any human being. Cell phones
have opened doors to new ways of delivering health care
around the world. Learn how Kilifi Kids, a nonprofit started
by Rotarians in Atlanta and Kenya, has led a series of
interventions over the past six years, using cellular phones
to track, monitor, and provide care to pregnant women and
kids under five — and transform entire communities.
This survey of OMSSA members found that:
1) Over 260 members responded, providing feedback about programs and services.
2) Members highly value professional development events and see leadership training as a priority need.
3) While advocacy and communications were also valued, members suggested increasing outreach and tools provided.
4) Networks and zones were less used, and members wanted more local training, networking, and issue discussions at these levels.
5) Insights from the survey will be used to strengthen networks and zones, inform advocacy, and guide the development of future education programs.
How to Organize a Vocational Training Team for Maternal and Child HealthRotary International
Experienced Rotarians will share information about
different types of vocational training teams. You’ll learn
tips for organizing visits for planning, finding resources,
developing partnerships, monitoring, and evaluation.
This document outlines a conceptual framework for improving the HIV/AIDS response in chiefdoms in Zambia. It identifies several issues with the current inadequate and uncoordinated response at the chiefdom level, including a lack of leadership, duplication of efforts, and failure to influence cultural practices. It proposes strengthening the capacity of chiefdoms by establishing strategic plans, monitoring and evaluation systems, and coordinating bodies. The desirable outcomes include improved access to quality services, monitoring of service delivery, resource mobilization, and advocacy. The desired impacts are an improved quality of life for people living with HIV/AIDS, orphans and vulnerable children, and reduced new infections and AIDS-related deaths in each chiefdom.
This document provides a summary of key points from a presentation on creating a world-class service culture. The presentation discusses: 1) having a clear, guest-obsessed purpose for the business that is inspiring to all stakeholders; 2) prioritizing service over product, price, and convenience; and 3) delivering an experience that exceeds guest expectations in order to create "raving fans" and encourage repeat business. The focus is on treating customers in a personalized way to form emotional attachments rather than just meeting basic needs.
The 2012 Annual Meeting and Convention will be held from October 15-17 in Chicago, Illinois. This year's theme is "Innovation and Collaboration" and will feature keynote speakers from top technology companies discussing the latest innovations. Over 2,000 attendees are expected to network, attend workshops and presentations, and recognize award winners at the closing gala.
Multi-dimensional Programming The Rubik's Cube Challenge to Community Health ...CORE Group
The document discusses frameworks for conceptualizing community health programs. It notes that prior models like wheels, shapes and bubbles fail to fully capture the dynamics and relationships involved. The Rubik's Cube is presented as a metaphor for the multi-dimensional nature of community health. The document outlines a World Cafe discussion to explore experiences with successful and less successful community health programs. Participants will draw pictures and share to discuss what dimensions contributed to or hindered outcomes. The goal is to better understand how to envision the multiple interconnected components involved in holistic community health. A panel will then provide perspectives from different community health actors.
Wolf Graf (People Living with HIV/AIDS Victoria) ran this workshop on running programs with and for sexually adventurous men at the AFAO/NAPWA Gay Men's HIV Health Promotion Conference in May 2012.
Marion Steff (March 2016). Innovation through empowerment: The Voices of the ...Sightsavers
The Voices of the Marginalised project gathered stories from persons with disabilities and older people in Bangladesh and Tanzania to inform the UN's Post-2015 Development Agenda. Peer researchers with disabilities and older persons collected stories about issues like access to health, education, employment, and family difficulties. While common issues emerged, contexts differed based on natural hazards, taboos, and local beliefs. The project recommended engaging governments to implement disability policies and laws, promote awareness, and ensure development and public services are inclusive of persons with disabilities and older populations.
Marion Steff (April 2013). Inequalities and the Voices of the Marginalised studySightsavers
This document summarizes a study on inequalities faced by older people and people with disabilities. It discusses how these groups were not included in the Millennium Development Goals and outlines the scale of disabilities and an aging population worldwide. The study aimed to gather voices of marginalized groups in Bangladesh to understand exclusion and identify actions to promote inclusion in a post-2015 framework. Peer researchers with disabilities participated and provided feedback on gaining skills but also difficulties communicating with some groups. The study will inform advocacy for a rights-based post-2015 framework that promotes participation, data disaggregation, monitoring, and universal social protection.
Why being Active Together matters: Increasing sportWhy being Active Together ...PeterboroughCPD
This presentation will explore the benefits of getting active through first person experience, as well as discuss the very real challenges/barriers to participation that currently exist. The Active Together project looks to address many barriers to participation and utilizes Ambassadors as mentors to increase awareness and provide vital ‘first contact’ for persons who are wanting to gain access to new sporting opportunities; 2 important additional steps outlined in Canadian Sport for Life, Long Term Athlete Development (CS4L-LTAD) guidelines. Services and supports will be discussed such as a new community resource hub, outreach presentations and a special focus on AODA Customer Service Training with an emphasis on Sport and Recreation providers. The Active Together project is a cross disability project that draws strength from multiple community partners.
The document discusses district-based learning initiatives in Uganda to improve hygiene and sanitation. It describes obstacles like limited prioritization, collaboration, and innovation at the district level. It outlines a methodology using learning alliances and action research across 4 districts to increase profiles, communication, and learning. Key lessons included understanding community perspectives before judging them as "stubborn", tailoring interventions to community needs and calendars, and ensuring leadership practices hygiene behaviors. The pilot increased prioritization, collaboration, and hygiene status in target districts.
Pehla Qadam project - presented to Ponseti InternationalAmer Haider
Pehla Qadam is a treatment project at Indus Hospital, Karachi Pakistan.
We presented the project and related research plan to the Ponseti International Association Board of Directors in October.
Presentation from Dr Ulf Hansson, UNESCO Centre Children and Youth Programme, at UNESCO Centre ESRC Festival Seminar on Youth Participation in Northern Ireland, Wednesday 5th November 2014.
Grandparents raising grandchildren strategies for effective service delivery ...rexnayee
This document summarizes strategies for effectively delivering services to custodial grandparents raising grandchildren. It outlines key issues faced by these families including legal, financial, health, mental health, social support, parenting and education challenges. It recommends that programs address the beliefs, barriers and needs of grandparents to build trust. Program staff should receive training to eliminate biases and focus on strengths. The program structure should offer population-specific, accessible services across locations and times. Supportive policies are also needed to help advocate for custodial grandfamilies.
GHPC Spring 2016 CORE Group Background Presentation May 17CORE Group
CORE Group is a leader in community health working to end preventable maternal and child deaths worldwide. It has 46 international NGO members, 26 associate organizations, and 25 individual associates who collaborate to promote health in marginalized populations. CORE Group members can maximize resources, build skills and knowledge, and increase their visibility and leadership through the organization's networking opportunities and working groups on issues like child health, nutrition, and reproductive health.
Commonwealth council on aging best practice awards 2006-2016_darsrexnayee
The document discusses chronic disease self-management education (CDSME) programs. It notes that CDSME programs were developed by Stanford University and provide tools and skills to help people manage common health problems and symptoms. The programs have been shown through research to improve health outcomes and reduce healthcare use and costs. Virginia has implemented CDSME through area agencies on aging using a train-the-trainer model, with over 20,000 participants since 2010. The presentation describes local implementation examples and partnerships with correctional facilities.
Clubfoot is a birth defect affecting 1 in 1000 births where the foot is twisted inward and downward. If left untreated, it can cripple a person for life. However, the Ponseti method, developed in the 1960s, uses simple casts to gradually correct the foot over 8-12 weeks of treatment. Pehla Qadam is a non-profit working to promote the Ponseti method in developing countries where many with clubfoot do not receive treatment. Their goals are to establish sustainable clubfoot treatment programs, increase public awareness, and help more children walk normally.
Valuing Local Perspectives: Lessons Learned from Participatory Reflection and...Humentum
Hear from ActionAid, which recognizes that the learning and knowledge that informs programmatic impact comes from the communities we work with. Learn about their participatory approach to Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL). Leave with a tool and methodology that can be adapted to your needs and context, and with insights on how to work together to value local voices and their contribution to MEL processes.
Unite for Sight Campus Representative PowerPointnrlevi1
The PowerPoint presentation was created by Unite for Sight for the use in Campus Representative activities and updated by Nicole Levi. The PowerPoint is used to recruit college students for health care work abroad through Unite for Sight.
Online technology + leading women’s health experts = innovative education aus...makinglinks
Online technology and women's health experts from The Jean Hailes Foundation have come together to provide innovative health education to women across Australia through webcasts. The Foundation has successfully conducted two national webcasts reaching over 3,300 women total. Webcasts allow the Foundation to cost-effectively share their research-based health information with women living in rural areas who otherwise would not have access. Audience feedback shows that both community groups and individual women found the webcasts engaging and informative, and would participate in future webcasts.
Reaching Every Single Soul: Transforming Health Care with Cell PhonesRotary International
The technological advances of the last 10 years have
made it possible to reach any human being. Cell phones
have opened doors to new ways of delivering health care
around the world. Learn how Kilifi Kids, a nonprofit started
by Rotarians in Atlanta and Kenya, has led a series of
interventions over the past six years, using cellular phones
to track, monitor, and provide care to pregnant women and
kids under five — and transform entire communities.
This survey of OMSSA members found that:
1) Over 260 members responded, providing feedback about programs and services.
2) Members highly value professional development events and see leadership training as a priority need.
3) While advocacy and communications were also valued, members suggested increasing outreach and tools provided.
4) Networks and zones were less used, and members wanted more local training, networking, and issue discussions at these levels.
5) Insights from the survey will be used to strengthen networks and zones, inform advocacy, and guide the development of future education programs.
How to Organize a Vocational Training Team for Maternal and Child HealthRotary International
Experienced Rotarians will share information about
different types of vocational training teams. You’ll learn
tips for organizing visits for planning, finding resources,
developing partnerships, monitoring, and evaluation.
This document outlines a conceptual framework for improving the HIV/AIDS response in chiefdoms in Zambia. It identifies several issues with the current inadequate and uncoordinated response at the chiefdom level, including a lack of leadership, duplication of efforts, and failure to influence cultural practices. It proposes strengthening the capacity of chiefdoms by establishing strategic plans, monitoring and evaluation systems, and coordinating bodies. The desirable outcomes include improved access to quality services, monitoring of service delivery, resource mobilization, and advocacy. The desired impacts are an improved quality of life for people living with HIV/AIDS, orphans and vulnerable children, and reduced new infections and AIDS-related deaths in each chiefdom.
This document provides a summary of key points from a presentation on creating a world-class service culture. The presentation discusses: 1) having a clear, guest-obsessed purpose for the business that is inspiring to all stakeholders; 2) prioritizing service over product, price, and convenience; and 3) delivering an experience that exceeds guest expectations in order to create "raving fans" and encourage repeat business. The focus is on treating customers in a personalized way to form emotional attachments rather than just meeting basic needs.
The 2012 Annual Meeting and Convention will be held from October 15-17 in Chicago, Illinois. This year's theme is "Innovation and Collaboration" and will feature keynote speakers from top technology companies discussing the latest innovations. Over 2,000 attendees are expected to network, attend workshops and presentations, and recognize award winners at the closing gala.
This document discusses gender equality in health systems. It defines gender and outlines strategic approaches for mainstreaming gender into leadership, management, and governance projects, including examining workplace environments and building women's capacity. Case studies from Ethiopia and South Africa demonstrate how addressing gender issues can improve health outcomes. The document emphasizes that governance is not effective unless it is gender sensitive and promotes equity.
This presentation was given in February 2013 by Management Sciences for Health staff members Laura Lartigue, Jeremy Malhotra, Marie Maroun, and Willow Gerber to MSH staff on both the SIAPS and LMG projects. The “sweets” in the title refers to the awesome pumpkin bread made by former MSH staff member Marie Maroun that was served with coffee to project staff who took part in the presentation. :)
The document discusses the importance of credit unions developing relationships with lawmakers through political donations and advocacy. It emphasizes growing credit union PACs like CULAC to demonstrate industry strength. The three legs of gaining influence are outlined as political donations, grassroots political activities, and ongoing legislative advocacy through frequent communication.
This document discusses key trends shaping the future of credit unions, including demographic shifts, the rise of digital payments and mobile banking, and the empowerment of consumers through social media and technology. It notes challenges such as new competitors, changing consumer preferences, and the need for business model changes. The future will require credit unions to develop optimized digital channels while also winning in electronic payments to remain competitive. Demographic trends like population aging will also impact credit unions.
El documento presenta una introducción al turismo efímero y proporciona definiciones básicas. Explora diversos tipos de turismo como el activo, individual, de negocios, de masas y natural, así como los servicios turísticos. También examina los derechos, deberes y funciones de los prestadores de servicios turísticos y el estudio de las emociones en el contexto del turismo.
Digital tools to help vulnerable peopleHarry Harrold
This document discusses digital tools to help vulnerable people and provides several website links as examples. It emphasizes user-centered design, starting with prototypes and minimum viable products to test usability before scaling up. Metrics are important to track success and opportunities for further iteration to better serve users and work towards sustainability. The overall message is that digital tools should be created using an iterative process with a focus on meeting users' needs.
The document is a presentation on electric charge and static electricity. It begins with introductions to electric charge, defining that atoms are made up of protons, neutrons, and electrons. It then covers the law of electric charge, stating that opposite charges attract while like charges repel. The document goes on to discuss electric force and fields, methods of charging objects, static electricity, and uses lightning rods and other methods to discharge built up static electricity.
This document provides an overview of financial ratios and metrics used to analyze the performance of credit unions. It discusses key ratios such as net worth to total assets, delinquent loans to total loans, net charge offs to average loans, return on average assets, earning asset yield, fees and other income, cost of funds, net interest margin, net operating expense, and total loans to total assets. Two hypothetical credit unions are compared based on these ratios to determine which performed better. The document encourages readers to look beyond bottom line numbers, compare ratios to peers, understand ratio formulas and trends over time, and discuss ratios with credit union managers.
The document discusses electrical energy and concepts related to electric current. It defines electrical energy as energy stored in charged particles within an electric field. It describes electric current as the flow of charged particles through a conducting medium like a wire. It explains that electric current can be direct current (DC), with electrons moving in one direction, or alternating current (AC) which changes direction multiple times per second. It also discusses voltage as potential energy between two points, and resistance as any factor that increases collisions between electrons and atoms in a material. Finally, it provides an overview of electrochemical cells which convert chemical energy into electrical energy through oxidation and reduction reactions at the anode and cathode electrodes.
This document discusses health systems strengthening (HSS) and Management Sciences for Health's (MSH) approach to HSS over its 40 years working in the field. It outlines several HSS models and frameworks, and describes MSH's results model which uses a six step process to achieve greater health impact through identifying health challenges, selecting interventions, and strengthening health systems. The document also discusses how leadership, management, and governance (L+M+G) can support HSS building blocks like human resources for health and health information systems. It provides examples of MSH's work measuring HSS and conducting operational research on the effects of strengthening L+M+G practices.
The Leadership, Management & Governance (LMG) Project works to strengthen health systems worldwide by improving leadership, management, and governance practices. It has three priorities: 1) strengthening the capacity of individuals and institutions in these areas through training and networking, 2) generating evidence of the value of leadership, management, and governance, and 3) strengthening global support through partnerships. The LMG Project promotes gender equity and inclusive processes, and believes good governance improves health services. It works in over 30 countries in areas like training, professional associations, and evaluating its impact. Its goal by 2016 is to have strengthened health systems and improved vulnerable populations' health through inspired leadership.
The document discusses vulnerability, adaptation and resilience to climate change. It notes that climate change affects all people but impacts the poorest and most vulnerable the most. These groups have contributed the least to global warming. The document presents a community-based adaptation framework and discusses how social factors like gender, asset ownership, and access to information influence people's vulnerability. It argues for understanding and empowering vulnerable communities to adapt to climate impacts through strengthening capacities and supporting adaptation efforts at all levels.
The document describes the five project management process groups: initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing. It discusses how activities from each process group map to the nine knowledge areas and how organizations develop their own IT project management methodologies. The document also presents a case study of a company applying the process groups to manage an IT project and provides examples of key documents used.
Talk for Churches Together in South Yorkshire on working with 'vulnerable people' - exploring the meaning of vulnerability, what good support looks like and what the government is doing to the welfare state.
Fall 2014 Global Health Practitioner Conference BookletCORE Group
1) CORE Group is a global network that aims to improve community health practices for underserved populations through collaborative action and learning.
2) At their 2014 conference, they discussed how NGOs can strengthen health systems with a focus on community health workers and mobile health tools.
3) CORE Group is currently partnering with USAID's Maternal and Child Survival Program and the Food Security and Nutrition Network to apply their expertise in knowledge management, community health strengthening, and expanding partnerships.
The document discusses RATN's efforts to mainstream gender in HIV/AIDS programs and capacity development. RATN established a gender working group and conducted a gender audit. This informed the development of a gender policy, strategy, and 5-year action plan with 15 indicators. RATN provided gender mainstreaming training to its member institutions to equip them with tools and skills. Challenges included overcoming misconceptions about gender, and the need for stakeholder engagement and gender policies to support mainstreaming efforts.
Care Group innovations are being tested and implemented by multiple organizations. Presentations will discuss integrating savings groups into Care Groups, testing "Trios" as a modification to the Care Group model, and Concern Worldwide's "Integrated" Care Group approach. Participants will then split into groups to generate and prioritize important operations research questions related to Care Group effectiveness, implementation, combining with other models, and volunteer experiences that could help further advance the Care Group model.
The Sixby'15 campaign works to promote healthy living and inclusion of people with disabilities in public health programs. It has six goals to achieve by 2015, including having at least six states commit to including people with disabilities in all public health programs. The campaign collaborates with various partners and provides resources like fact sheets and technical assistance. It also promotes programs like PATH, a chronic disease self-management program in Michigan that is now half people with disabilities. States like Rhode Island, Delaware, and Ohio are also working to make health programs more inclusive and equitable for people with disabilities. The next steps are to focus on disability as a health equity issue and use inclusive planning and workforce competency tools.
Parallel Session 3.6 Reshaping Care - Shifting the Focus and Shifting the Power?NHSScotlandEvent
This document summarizes presentations from a conference on shifting the focus and power of healthcare to communities.
The first presentation discussed community engagement, resilience and health service development initiatives in Scotland's Annandale and Eskdale regions to better support older adults, those with long-term conditions, caregivers and people with dementia.
The second presentation described a project in Clackmannanshire, Scotland that employs community development workers and an older adult support worker to map resources, gather community input, identify hidden caregivers and co-produce new support services.
The third presentation was about a lifestyle management program for long-term conditions run by the Thistle Foundation. It is staff-led but co-facilitated
This document summarizes a panel discussion from the 2013 Rotary International Convention on partnerships between Rotary, Mercy Ships, and other organizations to improve maternal and child health in western Africa. It discusses how Rotary and Mercy Ships have collaborated on medical service trips and vocational training teams. It also profiles the Aga Khan University's work in maternal and child health in developing countries, and their shared goals with Rotary to build capacity and address the region's health challenges.
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1. Improving Services for Vulnerable Populations
through Better
Leadership, Management, and Governance
November 2012
Leadership, Management, Governance Project (LMG)
Management Sciences for Health
2. Agenda
Overview of LMG and USAID’s Programs for
Vulnerable Populations
Snapshots: 5 LMG Programs with
Vulnerable Populations
Closer Look: Women with Disabilities
Guest Speaker: Kristi Rendahl from CVT
3. LMG Overview
The LMG Project improves leadership, management, and
governance practices to strengthen health systems and
Mission:
improve health for all, including vulnerable populations
worldwide.
Key Result Area 1: Key Result Area 2: Key Result Area 3:
Global Support & Advance & Implement &
Utilization Validate Scale-up
Strengthen global Advance and validate Implement and scale up
support, commitment, and the knowledge and innovative, effective, an
use of state of the art understanding of d sustainable
leadership, management sustainable leadership, management
and governance leadership, management , and governance
tools, models, and and governance programs
approaches for priority tools, models, and
health programs. approaches
4. USAID/DCHA/DRG and
USAID Programs for Vulnerable
Populations
DCHA Bureau
Center of Excellence on
Democracy, Human
Rights, And Governance
Human Rights Team
Programs for Vulnerable
Populations
5. LMG’s work with Programs for Vulnerable Populations
Over 20 countries: Vulnerable populations:
• Latin America • Victims of torture and
• Africa trauma
• South and Southeast Asia • Civilian victims of conflict
• Middle East • Children at risk
• Eastern Europe • People with disabilities
7. SNAPSHOT: International Committee of the Red Cross
Special Fund for the Disabled and Physical Rehabilitation Program
• What:
– Standard operational package
for center-level
– Senior Leadership Program
for policy-level
• Where: 23+ local rehab
centers in Africa
Why:
• KRA: Implement and Scale Up Improve physical
rehabilitation services to help
• Brownbag: October 10 people walk and work again
8. SNAPSHOT: Ponseti International Association
• What: Identify intervention
package to
establish, institutionalize, and
sustain clubfoot screening and
treatment
• Where: Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru
Why:
• KRA: Advance and Scale up use of proven
Validate, Implement and Scale practice to eliminate
Up neglected clubfoot
9. Professionalizing Wheelchair
SNAPSHOT:
Service Provision
• What:
– Global sector coordination
– Strategic rollout and
institutionalization of WHO
training package
– Professional recognition of
trained providers
• Where: LMICs globally Why:
• KRA: Global Support and Move from wheelchair
distribution to
Utilization, Implement and appropriate, high-
Scale Up quality, wheelchair service
10. SNAPSHOT: Mobility International USA (MIUSA)
Women’s Institute on Leadership Development (WILD)
• What:
– Document and make the case
for the value of WILD
– Make recommendations for
strengthening WILD
• Where: Eugene OR with
women from 27 countries Why:
• KRA: Advance and Strengthen leadership skills and
build international networks of
Validate, Implement and women with disabilities and
Scale Up increase support for inclusive
development programming
• Brownbag: November
12. Disability
is a
human rights
issue & a
development
issue
13. Women and Girls with Disabilities:
“The Double Whammy”
• Two-fold discrimination:
as women and as persons
with disabilities
• Vulnerable and marginalized
• Often invisible
14. Women with Disabilities: The Facts
• 75% of disabled people in low-
and middle-income countries
are women (World Bank)
• 1% of disabled women in the
global south are literate
(UNDP)
• Men with disabilities are
almost twice as likely to have
jobs than women with
disabilities (ILO)
15. Challenges for Women with Disabilities
• Inadequate policies
• Stigma & discrimination
• Lack of access to
services, employment
• Inadequate funding for
programs
• Lack of participation
16. Sexual and Reproductive Health Issues for
Women with Disabilities
• At higher risk of exposure to HIV & unplanned pregnancy
• Especially vulnerable to sexual assault or abuse
• RH providers often lack knowledge about disability issues
• Lack of access due to stigma that women with disabilities
are not sexually active
• Existing programs generally fail to meet specific needs
17. • Poor health outcomes
How are the • Lower educational
lives of women achievement
living with • Less economically active
disabilities • Higher rates of poverty
• Many cannot live
affected? independently & participate
fully in the community
18. What can women
leaders living with
disabilities do to
face the challenges?
28. Conclusion
Women leaders with
disabilities have a strong
role to play in
strengthening the
capacity of organizations
to advocate for and
deliver services for
women and girls with
and without disabilities.
29. SNAPSHOT: Centers for Victims of Torture (CVT)
Partners in Trauma Healing Project (PATH)
• What:
– Provide targeted TA to
individual centers
– OD/M&E workshop
• Where: 10 local centers in
10 countries Why:
Promote long-term
• KRA: Advance and organizational viability so
Validate, Implement PATH partners can
strengthen and sustain their
missions
Across the world, people with physical disabilities have poorer health, lower education achievements, fewer economic opportunities, and higher rates of poverty than people without disabilities. The World Report on Disability (World Health Organization, 2011) estimated that 30 million of these individuals in Africa, Asia, and Latin America need prostheses or orthotics and related services, and many live in countries whose health and social systems lack the capacity to meet their rehabilitation needs. For over 30 years, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been a global leader in providing physical rehabilitation services to vulnerable groups, particularly those affected by conflict. Through the Physical Rehabilitation Programme (PRP) and the Special Fund for the Disabled (SFD), ICRC has helped hundreds of thousands of people regain their mobility. Restoring mobility through the provision prostheses, orthotics, walking aids, and wheelchairs is a critical first step toward improving the quality of life for people with physical disabilities to participate fully in society. Supported by USAID’s Special Programs to Address the Needs of Survivors (SPANS), the Leadership, Management, and Governance Project (LMG) is working with the ICRC’s PRP and SFD to promote the long- term viability of local physical rehabilitation centers. ICRC has been working with these physical rehabilitation centers to improve the quality of services by providing materials to customize mobility devices for individual users, training prosthetic and orthotic professionals and other providers, and supporting additional capacity-building activities. LMG aims to complement ICRC’s good work and technical expertise through strengthening the centers’ leadership and management capacity. LMG at the Bahir Dar Physical Rehabilitation Center, Ethiopia In July, LMG staff traveled to Ethiopia to see ICRC’s activities on the ground, and to develop a strategy for our collaboration. We visited the Bahir Dar Physical Rehabilitation Center (BDPRC), one of two government physical rehabilitation centers in the Amhara region. Bahir Dar is a lakeside town in northwestern Ethiopia, and one of the fastest growing urban centers in the country. According to the Amhara National Regional State Bureau of Labor and Social Affairs (2011), there are approximately 33,000 persons with physical disabilities in BDPRC’s service area. On the outside, the physical rehabilitation center looked like an average public building, fairly non-descript, with plain concrete walls in a small compound off a gravel road. Inside the building we found an extremely welcoming and committed small staff who were busy modeling prostheses, treating a young girl with clubfoot, and fitting a wheelchair to an older man. We met with BDPRC’s manager, EndalkachewGetachew, who himself is physically disabled—though we never would have known if he had not shown us his prosthetic leg beneath his pants. Mr. Getachew boasted about his staff’s passion for their clients and expressed gratitude for the support the clinical staff received from ICRC PRP experts. He also told us about his challenges, and his desire for greater knowledge and skills. Though he has a business degree, he has never had formal health leadership and management training and relied on searching the internet for professional development. He and the rest of the leadership team were further challenged by the lack of standard procedures and protocols to guide management actions such as supervision, planning, and human resources management. Mr. Getachew gave us a tour of the clinical areas and the workshop where mobility devices are made. We were impressed by the number of job aids and other protocols displayed throughout these spaces—many provided by ICRC—that served as helpful reminders and guidelines for quality care. Everything was clearly ordered and organized. For example, in the workshop, each tool had a storage space on the wall and the outline of each tool was drawn in the exact place where that tool should be hung, so that each tool would fit in its specific spot and anyone who walked in would know exactly what was missing. Caption: Organization system for workshop tools at BDPRC in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. LMG Collaboration with ICRC This ordered and organized picture is a good representation of how the LMG project will collaborate with ICRC to strengthen the leadership and management of BDPRC and other similar centers over the next few years. We will work with ICRC and local managers to develop standardized management systems to order and organize operations and administration. Along with clearly defined and established operational procedures, LMG will work to ensure that each center’s staff have the skills and competencies to run the systems through providing centers with a package of user-friendly Leadership Development Modules that can be self-directed by the local leadership teams. This standardized package will equip centers to strengthen their team dynamics, identify gaps in organizational capacity, develop a systematic way to ensure continuous improvement, and establish a pathway to sustainability in the future.
Displaced Children and Orphans Fund (DCOF) programs provide care, support, and protection for children at risk, including orphans, unaccompanied minors, children affected by armed conflict, and children with disabilities. Programs strengthen the capacity of families and communities to address the physical, social, educational, economic, and emotional needs of children in crisis. Leahy War Victims Fund (LWVF) programs address the needs of civilian victims of conflict by expanding access to affordable and appropriate prosthetic/orthotic services. Programs provide not only essential orthopedic services and related medical, surgical, and rehabilitation assistance, but also work to enable amputees and other people with disabilities to regain accessibility to mainstream educational, recreational, and economic opportunities. Victims of Torture Program (VOT)programs enable people and communities affected by torture to resume their roles within family and community and work to protect individuals against future incidents of torture. The fund provides four major categories of service—treatment, rehabilitation, training, and research— and works to provide direct medical, psychological, and social services to torture survivors and their families.Wheelchair Program programs support the production, provision, and distribution of wheelchairs. The fund strives to improve the quality of life of the wheelchair user by providing appropriate wheelchairs, training, and services to wheelchair users.Disability Mandatecalls for the inclusion of people with disabilities and those working on their behalf in activities that extend from the design and implementation of USAID programming to advocacy for and outreach to people with disabilities. USAID's strives to engage host-country counterparts, governments, implementing organizations, and other donors in promoting a climate of equal opportunity.
LMG’s work with Programs for Vulnerable Populations spans across 20 countries
LMG’s work is done in collaboration with existing USAID partners. Generally, these partners have existing projects with USAID and we are applying LMG is working with partner organizations (including International Committee for the Red Cross, Centers for Victims of Torture, Ponseti International Association, and Mobility International USA) LMG primarily focuses on strengthening the leadership capacity, strategic planning, management systems, governing boards, and organizational sustainability of partner organizations that provide services and protection for vulnerable groups. Additionally, LMG is working with partners to identify, test, and document the essential elements needed to successfully introduce, scale up, sustain, and ensure the quality of evidence-based intervention packages at the country-level. Throughout these activities, LMG is applying its gender approach to support the full and equal participation and inclusion of women and vulnerable persons in decision making, and opening the doors for these groups to take on and thrive in leadership positions at all levels.
Across the world, people with physical disabilities have poorer health, lower education achievements, fewer economic opportunities, and higher rates of poverty than people without disabilities. The World Report on Disability (World Health Organization, 2011) estimated that 30 million of these individuals in Africa, Asia, and Latin America need prostheses or orthotics and related services, and many live in countries whose health and social systems lack the capacity to meet their rehabilitation needs. For over 30 years, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been a global leader in providing physical rehabilitation services to vulnerable groups, particularly those affected by conflict. Through the Physical Rehabilitation Programme (PRP) and the Special Fund for the Disabled (SFD), ICRC has helped hundreds of thousands of people regain their mobility. Restoring mobility through the provision prostheses, orthotics, walking aids, and wheelchairs is a critical first step toward improving the quality of life for people with physical disabilities to participate fully in society. Supported by USAID’s Special Programs to Address the Needs of Survivors (SPANS), the Leadership, Management, and Governance Project (LMG) is working with the ICRC’s PRP and SFD to promote the long- term viability of local physical rehabilitation centers. ICRC has been working with these physical rehabilitation centers to improve the quality of services by providing materials to customize mobility devices for individual users, training prosthetic and orthotic professionals and other providers, and supporting additional capacity-building activities. LMG aims to complement ICRC’s good work and technical expertise through strengthening the centers’ leadership and management capacity. LMG at the Bahir Dar Physical Rehabilitation Center, Ethiopia In July, LMG staff traveled to Ethiopia to see ICRC’s activities on the ground, and to develop a strategy for our collaboration. We visited the Bahir Dar Physical Rehabilitation Center (BDPRC), one of two government physical rehabilitation centers in the Amhara region. Bahir Dar is a lakeside town in northwestern Ethiopia, and one of the fastest growing urban centers in the country. According to the Amhara National Regional State Bureau of Labor and Social Affairs (2011), there are approximately 33,000 persons with physical disabilities in BDPRC’s service area. On the outside, the physical rehabilitation center looked like an average public building, fairly non-descript, with plain concrete walls in a small compound off a gravel road. Inside the building we found an extremely welcoming and committed small staff who were busy modeling prostheses, treating a young girl with clubfoot, and fitting a wheelchair to an older man. We met with BDPRC’s manager, EndalkachewGetachew, who himself is physically disabled—though we never would have known if he had not shown us his prosthetic leg beneath his pants. Mr. Getachew boasted about his staff’s passion for their clients and expressed gratitude for the support the clinical staff received from ICRC PRP experts. He also told us about his challenges, and his desire for greater knowledge and skills. Though he has a business degree, he has never had formal health leadership and management training and relied on searching the internet for professional development. He and the rest of the leadership team were further challenged by the lack of standard procedures and protocols to guide management actions such as supervision, planning, and human resources management. Mr. Getachew gave us a tour of the clinical areas and the workshop where mobility devices are made. We were impressed by the number of job aids and other protocols displayed throughout these spaces—many provided by ICRC—that served as helpful reminders and guidelines for quality care. Everything was clearly ordered and organized. For example, in the workshop, each tool had a storage space on the wall and the outline of each tool was drawn in the exact place where that tool should be hung, so that each tool would fit in its specific spot and anyone who walked in would know exactly what was missing. Caption: Organization system for workshop tools at BDPRC in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. LMG Collaboration with ICRC This ordered and organized picture is a good representation of how the LMG project will collaborate with ICRC to strengthen the leadership and management of BDPRC and other similar centers over the next few years. We will work with ICRC and local managers to develop standardized management systems to order and organize operations and administration. Along with clearly defined and established operational procedures, LMG will work to ensure that each center’s staff have the skills and competencies to run the systems through providing centers with a package of user-friendly Leadership Development Modules that can be self-directed by the local leadership teams. This standardized package will equip centers to strengthen their team dynamics, identify gaps in organizational capacity, develop a systematic way to ensure continuous improvement, and establish a pathway to sustainability in the future.
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All the above are important for women with disabilitiesEmployment: significantly less women are employed than males Only 1% of the world disabled women are literate and access to education severly limitedPolicy and legislation to support the rights of the disabled an important objectives. While some of the countries have ratified the Convention on People with Disabilities others have not. Even those who have ratified the convention have not been able to make it operational since it requires resources as well as stigma and discrimination against the disabled is prevalent.One of the most discussed topic was access to health care either through mobility issues or lack of translation for sign languages or provider bias against those who are disabled. This gets particularly pronounced when they are pregnant or delivering where providers do not believe that women witihdisabiilities should have healthy sexual lives.There needs to be a lot of advocacy for the rights of the disabled. Listerning to the history of disability rights movement was very helpful to the participatnsMany DPO’s do not have the capacity to engage in all the activities that are being impelemented because they lack capacity. Violence seems to be a big problem for women who are disabled who cannot fend for themselves. In places where there is conflict it is even worse because they cannot escape due to their disabilities.A lot of time was spent on Sexual and reproductive health. The Hesperian Guide for the Health of Disabled women (they are the publishers of the book where there is no doctor) was distributed to the participants