Summer 09 - Consolidation
20/03/09 23:03 Filed in: Plans
Hello all!
We’re planning our summer 09 trip to take place from mid-July (18th?) to mid-August (18th?). This will be a shorter trip with a slightly different agenda than our other trips.
Because we’ve worked with three cohorts now, it is time for us to spend some time consolidating and applying what the TBAs have learned. We’ll spend about a week (between 4-7 days, most likely) at each of the three sites. We’ll do some refresher training and some advanced training, but most important is the follow-up on the TBAs projects.
The women of the Pellie cohort are preparing for their second year working the peanut garden, and they are planning to increase the size of it. This will let them grow other things they can share with malnourished women, and they can sell the surplus to buy themselves supplies and to lend to women who need help paying clinic fees or for transportation. The Pellie cohort has had some discussion about direction and focus, and they’re ready to move on to the next phase of maturity. MOMS will provide support for their expansion.
The women of the Jokibu cohort have three gardens, one near each of the major villages in the area. They’re working similarly to the Pellie women, supplying food to hungry women and financing clinic visits and transportation. These TBAs seem to have a stronger focus on influencing the men, but we’re not sure whether and how they’ll do this. THey’ve submitted a proposal to continue the three gardens plus create a rice field. MOMS will provide the initial financing for the rice field and support the gardens again this year.
The women of Daru have committed to outdoing their sisters in Pellie and Jokibu. They want to connect with another initiative in the area to provide transport for maternity cases. They’ll work with the elders in the area to plan the project, and MOMS will help.
So much of our time in each area will be spent viewing the gardens, discussing results, and planning next steps for their projects.
In addition, we want to teach them a way to conduct peer review sessions. We demonstrated that when we were there in February, and will review this process with them again. We’ve taught them a problem-solving model, and the peer-review sessions will tie into the evaluation phase of solving problems.
And each group has asked for more training. At Pellie, we’ll conduct a review of the entire program, focusing on pre- and post-natal care, handwashing, and a few other things. At Jokibu, the women want to know more about anatomy and physiology, post-natal care, and lactation. At Daru, the women want to know everything about everything. We’ll go more deeply into anatomy and physiology and nutrition.
Check out the new pictures of the Winter 09 trip to Daru
Trish
We’re planning our summer 09 trip to take place from mid-July (18th?) to mid-August (18th?). This will be a shorter trip with a slightly different agenda than our other trips.
Because we’ve worked with three cohorts now, it is time for us to spend some time consolidating and applying what the TBAs have learned. We’ll spend about a week (between 4-7 days, most likely) at each of the three sites. We’ll do some refresher training and some advanced training, but most important is the follow-up on the TBAs projects.
The women of the Pellie cohort are preparing for their second year working the peanut garden, and they are planning to increase the size of it. This will let them grow other things they can share with malnourished women, and they can sell the surplus to buy themselves supplies and to lend to women who need help paying clinic fees or for transportation. The Pellie cohort has had some discussion about direction and focus, and they’re ready to move on to the next phase of maturity. MOMS will provide support for their expansion.
The women of the Jokibu cohort have three gardens, one near each of the major villages in the area. They’re working similarly to the Pellie women, supplying food to hungry women and financing clinic visits and transportation. These TBAs seem to have a stronger focus on influencing the men, but we’re not sure whether and how they’ll do this. THey’ve submitted a proposal to continue the three gardens plus create a rice field. MOMS will provide the initial financing for the rice field and support the gardens again this year.
The women of Daru have committed to outdoing their sisters in Pellie and Jokibu. They want to connect with another initiative in the area to provide transport for maternity cases. They’ll work with the elders in the area to plan the project, and MOMS will help.
So much of our time in each area will be spent viewing the gardens, discussing results, and planning next steps for their projects.
In addition, we want to teach them a way to conduct peer review sessions. We demonstrated that when we were there in February, and will review this process with them again. We’ve taught them a problem-solving model, and the peer-review sessions will tie into the evaluation phase of solving problems.
And each group has asked for more training. At Pellie, we’ll conduct a review of the entire program, focusing on pre- and post-natal care, handwashing, and a few other things. At Jokibu, the women want to know more about anatomy and physiology, post-natal care, and lactation. At Daru, the women want to know everything about everything. We’ll go more deeply into anatomy and physiology and nutrition.
Check out the new pictures of the Winter 09 trip to Daru
Trish