The Drum Beat 108 - Communication and Change News and Issues
PROGRAMMES
1. ITN-Oriade Initiative - Nigeria - a project for the community-based management of simple malaria and promotion of the use of insecticide treated materials. The Initiative incorporates applied research, home-based management of simple malaria, strengthening of referral systems for malaria control, education on the use of insecticide treated materials and community engagement in all processes. All activities are community owned through programmes of co-financing, co-management and local monitoring for impact assessment / evaluation with technical assistance provided to the community and the local government by the Center for Health Sciences Training, Research & Development (CHESTRAD). Contact Lola Dare [email protected]
2. Women's Justice Center / Centro de Justicia Para Mujeres - California, USA - provides advocacy, free of charge, for victims of rape, domestic violence, and child abuse, particularly in the Latina and other under served communities of Sonoma County. Also provides advocacy training and community education and coordinates the Task Force on Women in Policing with the goal of increasing the number of women and minorities in law enforcement agencies. Their bilingual website has over 70 English/Spanish documents on rape, domestic violence, and child abuse. They are producing a series of 10 booklets on violence against women. Free copies are available. http://www.justicewomen.com Contact Marie De Santis [email protected]
3. Bong County Community Capacity Assessment Process - Liberia - the CCA process in Bong County is a pilot project, drawing upon the input of its beneficiaries to assess and analyse challenges in the illnesses affecting their children. Facilitators, representing each of the participating communities, have been trained in health principles. They interact with participants, answering health questions, guiding discussions and identifying pertinent developments and findings. Facilitators bring their findings to UNICEF and this information has informed several publications to be shared with other communities, organisations and with the public. Contact Carolyn D. Williams [email protected]
4. Mongolian Development Center (MDC) - Mongolia - a non-profit NGO working to empower individuals and institutions through education and training. MDC develops early childhood character development curricula to be used in schools across the country. In 1995, they organised the National NGO Conference in the Rights of the Child, which was followed by a series of educational and promotional initiatives targeted at teachers, administrators and parents. Community development projects include nutrition initiatives for low income families, gardening projects, and economic development (social enterprise) training - all incorporating community participation. Contact [email protected]
5. OneWorld Radio Southeast Europe (SEE) - Eastern Europe - an internet based audio exchange in Southeast Europe. OneWorld Radio SEE aims to be the place on the world wide web where radio stations from the region can exchange programmes at no cost on issues of human rights, civil society, democracy and sustainable development. This is a multi-lingual initiative, launched with 4 languages - Albanian, Macedonian, Serbian & English - with Croatian, Bosnian, Slovenian, Hungarian, Roma, Greek, Bulgarian, Turkish & Romanian to be added in the coming months. Contact [email protected]
6. Beyond Awareness Campaign - South Africa - ran from Nov 1998 to Oct 2000 and was conducted by a consortium of 4 organisations: AIDS Media Research Project, DramAidE, Lindsay Smithers FCB and Wireless Additive. Focus was to provide and promote access to communications tools and resources that could be used in support of HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support activities and initiatives at the local level. They held an AIDS Helpline and AIDS write-in service and provided key messages through advertising and free educational materials through the AIDS Action Office. Contact [email protected]
7. World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) - Global - has launched a campaign on the prevention of early adolescent pregnancy, focusing on young women under the age of 15. There are over 10 million Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 140 countries. Girl Guides/Scouts in many countries have run awareness campaigns and community projects on sexual and reproductive health issues including adolescent pregnancy, HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases. Contact Charlotte Collett-White [email protected]
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Television Trust for the Environment, TVE - London, requires a regional consultant with sound knowledge of media, information and communication technologies in Latin America and the Caribbean - including experience in environmental communication - to produce a study in several countries in the region; to develop social and environmental measurement and impact indicators for sustainable development initiatives, as well as the production of feedback documents for project multipliers. Job will be within the framework of an existing project. Consultant to present 6 monthly reports to TVE and carry out periodic evaluations and revisions of the project. Essential: full knowledge & use of Spanish (written & spoken). Knowledge of English & Portuguese preferable. Send detailed CV before Sept 27 2001 to Georgina Ochoa [email protected]
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EVENTS
8. The Eastern & Southern Africa Counseling Association (ECASA) will hold a workshop in Kenya Sept 7-8 2001 with the objective of Standardising Counseling Curricula in the region. ESACA is bringing people from 10 countries in the region to exchange curricula for training counselor and counselor-supervisors to discuss similarities and differences and determine criteria that should be in all curricula. Contact Dr. Don H. Balmer [email protected]
9. The deadline for submission of abstracts, scholarship requests and booking free exhibition booths at the 5th International Conference on Home & Community Care for People Living with HIV/AIDS is Aug 31 2001. Contact [email protected]
WEB SITES
10. Adult Morbidity & Mortality Project, Tanzania - Phase 2: Evidence-Based Equitable Health Care (AMMP-2), a project to provide reliable and regularly updated, community-based information about the burden of disease.
11. Learning & Development Kenya (LDK) - implements educational and community programmes concerned with alleviation of extreme poverty, gender equality and technology integration.
E-MAGASINES
12. Environment News Service - exclusively for news reports on environmental topics. Contact [email protected]
13. Social Justice Advocacy Digest - aims to help civil society organisation or movements focusing on social justice advocacy to participate in the political & legislative processes of Africa. Contact [email protected]
MATERIALS
14. 'Soap Operas for Social Change: a PCI Methodology for Entertainment-Education' - PCI produces culturally sensitive radio and TV soap operas. This publication details the process through which they work. Includes criteria for choosing countries, the 3-step research process, the creative process, ways in which they engage the audience, and the communications theories behind programmes. Contact Lorna Cromwell [email protected]
15. 'The Internet...Why and What For?' by Ricardo Gomez & Juliana Martinez - 'Internet projects in Latin America and the Caribbean need to go beyond connectivity and technology to make meaningful contributions to development' say the authors of a new report on the Internet and development. This report synthesizes the experiences of about 50 IDRC-funded ICT projects since 1997. Contact Ricardo Gomez [email protected]
16. UNFPA's 'A Practical Approach to Gender-Based Violence: A Programme Guide for Health Care Providers & Managers' contains practical steps to integrate measures on gender based violence into reproductive health facilities. Also aims to help a wider range of readers to understand the connections between reproductive and sexual health and violence. Contact France Donnay [email protected]
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