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Project Name* Community Health Outreach Program (CHOP) Project
Project Nickname* Peer Education Project
Project Status* Active
Project Area* Community Health
Project Type* Strengthening Project Impact
Short Project Description: SAW works with the communities in the Phop Phra region to identify the key areas of general and health education that are of greatest importance in each community.
Project Description
SAW works with the communities in the Phop Phra region to identify the key areas of general and health education that are of greatest importance in each community. Workshops in those areas are held according to what each community’s needs are. In order to ensure that knowledge is transmitted horizontally within the communities, Peer Educators are trained to pass along their knowledge to others in their community. Evaluation of community needs occurs continually and updates to workshops are made accordingly.
GlobeMed at UC provides funding to cover all expenses needed for implementing the workshops and receives updates on the success of the programs regularly.
Project Goals
- Improve health outcomes in Phop Phra communities.
- Improve health literacy in the Phop Phra communities
- Improve community health techniques in the Phop Phra area
Project Timeline
Phases 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of CHOP have been completed. Phase 6 has started. Phase 6 involves the training of additional Peer Educators (PEs) to deal with many PEs leaving the program, and maintenance of the program at its current scale.
Completed Expectations:To identify health education focus areas that will inform Phase 2 training and workshops. (Phase 1: Adolescent Reproductive Health, HIV and other STI’s, Family Planning, etc.)To provide the 48 km Phop Phra community with access to two latrines. (Phase 1)To increase community reproductive and basic preventative health knowledge in 10 communities in the Phop Phra area through Peer Educators (PEs) talking with community members throughout the year, workshops led by SAW and PEs, and the Mobile Medical Team. (Phase 1, 2, and 3) To increase access to and use of birth control and condoms by having the PEs provide them to target communities in the Phop Phra area once a month. (Phase 1, 2, and 3) To provide medical care to 58 communities in the Phop Phra and Mae Sot areas by utilizing a Mobile Medical Team. (Phase 1, 2, 3, and 4)To train two Peer Educators (PEs) for each target community (20 total). (Phase 2 and 3; note: 20 PEs were trained, but due to the challenges of migrant life many moved away after receiving training and only 10 PEs remained going into Phase 4)To increase community reproductive and basic preventative health knowledge by the workshops organized and led by SAW and the peer educators of their own communities. (Phase 3)Target group: Men and women ages 15-45 in 10 communities of Phop Phra. Location of workshops: Huaynukalal community in Phop Phra. To provide personal hygiene awareness to the migrant schools through workshops/educational lessons created and presented by SAW. (Phase 3)Target groups: The Burmese migrant students from 4 migrant schools in Phop Phra (approximately 750 students) Locations (all in Phop Phra area): Best Friend School 1, Best Friend School 2, Hope migrant school, and non – formal education (non-formal education is health education workshops provided by SAW for 3 groups of approximately 20-30 children each who live in the Phop Phra area but cannot attend school due to working instead)To train 20 additional Peer Educators (PEs) in the target communities (Phase 4 - now up to a total of 30 PEs) Phase 5 Expectations (All continued from Phase 4; September 2016- August 2017)To identify health education focus areas that will inform Phase 4 training and workshops. Input is to be received by SAW from the community peer educators throughout the year so that the workshops meet the individual health needs of each community. SAW will then plan workshops covering the selected topics, and together the PEs and SAW staff will present the workshops to the communities. To increase community reproductive and basic preventative health knowledge in 14 communities in the Phop Phra area through PEs talking with community members throughout the year, workshops led by SAW and PEs, and the Mobile Medical Team.To increase access to and use of birth control and condoms by having PEs provide them to target communities in the Phop Phra area once a month. To provide medical care to 58 communities in the Phop Phra and Mae Sot areas by utilizing a Mobile Medical Team. To increase community reproductive and basic preventative health knowledge by the workshops organized and led by SAW and the peer educators of their own communities.Target group: Men and women ages 15-45 in 14 communities of Phop Phra.To provide personal hygiene awareness to the migrant schools through workshops/educational lessons created and presented by SAW. Target group: The Burmese migrant students from 8 migrant schools in Phop Phra (approximately 1600 students) Locations: Phop Phra area: Hope migrant school, 48 km migrant school, 44 km migrant school, Nar Nam Naw migrant school, and Sein Ko Thai migrant school. Mae Sot area: SAW school and Sky Blue migrant learning center.
How many direct beneficiaries are expected to be impacted by this project?*
300
How many indirect beneficiaries are expected to be impacted by this project?*
300
How much have you committed to fundraise for this project this year? *
$10,000
What percentage of the overall project budget is GlobeMed funding?*
100%
Partnership History & Notes*
Since September 2010, Social Action for Women (SAW) has been responding to the health issues in Phop Phra. Through the Community Health Outreach Program (CHOP), SAW will address these issues before they manifest themselves by providing health education in 14 target communities.
Long-Term Partnership Goals*
To continue working in communities in the Phop Phra region to identify the key areas of health education that are of greatest importance in each community. To ensure that CHOP remains effective and sustainable in continually changing, migratory communities. This is done through the continual evaluation of the unique needs of each community and the training of peer educators within each community to assess and understand those needs. Peer educators serve as a link between the community and their needs and the goals and abilities of SAW; creating a model that is both sustainable and adaptable as the needs and concerns of each community change. The partnership between Globemed at UC and SAW on the CHOP project is modeled on similar values of sustainability, adaptability, and accountability. For the future of this partnership we will continue to build a strong relationship built on mutual trust and respect to ensure that the SAW’s needs and our abilities to fulfill those needs are properly communicated. More specifically we are currently working on building a grant writing committee that will apply for grants to fund our project with SAW. To help support this specific goal and to generally support other work with SAW we are interested in working to implement a system for monitoring and evaluation of the work that SAW does on the ground. This will either be an implementation of a new system or a growth and expansion of existing systems.
Key Facts about the Partner Country*
After a military coup in 1962 during which the Myanmar government was overthrown, many Burmese citizens began fleeing to Thailand, seeking stability and safety. Burmese migrants now greatly contribute to the Thai economy as an inexpensive source of labor. Myanmar recently elected a state counselor from the National League for Democracy, lead by Aung Sun Suu Kyi. As Myanmar appears to stabilize, Burmese fear being repatriated prior to being safety being fully restored in the country.
Key Facts about the Partner Community*
Social Action for Women (SAW) is based in Mae Sot, which is home to one of the largest populations of Burmese migrants in Thailand. As such the communities SAW works with are migratory in nature and change rather constantly, each community has different needs and capabiliies that SAW must account for. In order to remain accountable and sustainable in each community SAW works with they employ the use of peer educators in each community that serve as a liason and point of contact with each community.
What are the agreed upon communication expectations between your chapter and grassroots partner?
Skype calls are scheduled for the 2nd Monday of the month at 8:30 AM Thai time, 9:30 PM EST.
ATL will submit translated qualitative and quantitative reports every two months on the first Wednesday of the month (October, December, February, April). This way, Partnerships will have the data to review one week prior to the skype call. Anna will send a reminder email two weeks prior to the data being due.
This data will be compiled throughout the year to make SAW’s 2017 annual report. Data will be submitted through a Google Form created by the 2017 GROW Team.
Project Nickname* Peer Education Project
Project Status* Active
Project Area* Community Health
Project Type* Strengthening Project Impact
Short Project Description: SAW works with the communities in the Phop Phra region to identify the key areas of general and health education that are of greatest importance in each community.
Project Description
SAW works with the communities in the Phop Phra region to identify the key areas of general and health education that are of greatest importance in each community. Workshops in those areas are held according to what each community’s needs are. In order to ensure that knowledge is transmitted horizontally within the communities, Peer Educators are trained to pass along their knowledge to others in their community. Evaluation of community needs occurs continually and updates to workshops are made accordingly.
GlobeMed at UC provides funding to cover all expenses needed for implementing the workshops and receives updates on the success of the programs regularly.
Project Goals
- Improve health outcomes in Phop Phra communities.
- Improve health literacy in the Phop Phra communities
- Improve community health techniques in the Phop Phra area
Project Timeline
Phases 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of CHOP have been completed. Phase 6 has started. Phase 6 involves the training of additional Peer Educators (PEs) to deal with many PEs leaving the program, and maintenance of the program at its current scale.
Completed Expectations:To identify health education focus areas that will inform Phase 2 training and workshops. (Phase 1: Adolescent Reproductive Health, HIV and other STI’s, Family Planning, etc.)To provide the 48 km Phop Phra community with access to two latrines. (Phase 1)To increase community reproductive and basic preventative health knowledge in 10 communities in the Phop Phra area through Peer Educators (PEs) talking with community members throughout the year, workshops led by SAW and PEs, and the Mobile Medical Team. (Phase 1, 2, and 3) To increase access to and use of birth control and condoms by having the PEs provide them to target communities in the Phop Phra area once a month. (Phase 1, 2, and 3) To provide medical care to 58 communities in the Phop Phra and Mae Sot areas by utilizing a Mobile Medical Team. (Phase 1, 2, 3, and 4)To train two Peer Educators (PEs) for each target community (20 total). (Phase 2 and 3; note: 20 PEs were trained, but due to the challenges of migrant life many moved away after receiving training and only 10 PEs remained going into Phase 4)To increase community reproductive and basic preventative health knowledge by the workshops organized and led by SAW and the peer educators of their own communities. (Phase 3)Target group: Men and women ages 15-45 in 10 communities of Phop Phra. Location of workshops: Huaynukalal community in Phop Phra. To provide personal hygiene awareness to the migrant schools through workshops/educational lessons created and presented by SAW. (Phase 3)Target groups: The Burmese migrant students from 4 migrant schools in Phop Phra (approximately 750 students) Locations (all in Phop Phra area): Best Friend School 1, Best Friend School 2, Hope migrant school, and non – formal education (non-formal education is health education workshops provided by SAW for 3 groups of approximately 20-30 children each who live in the Phop Phra area but cannot attend school due to working instead)To train 20 additional Peer Educators (PEs) in the target communities (Phase 4 - now up to a total of 30 PEs) Phase 5 Expectations (All continued from Phase 4; September 2016- August 2017)To identify health education focus areas that will inform Phase 4 training and workshops. Input is to be received by SAW from the community peer educators throughout the year so that the workshops meet the individual health needs of each community. SAW will then plan workshops covering the selected topics, and together the PEs and SAW staff will present the workshops to the communities. To increase community reproductive and basic preventative health knowledge in 14 communities in the Phop Phra area through PEs talking with community members throughout the year, workshops led by SAW and PEs, and the Mobile Medical Team.To increase access to and use of birth control and condoms by having PEs provide them to target communities in the Phop Phra area once a month. To provide medical care to 58 communities in the Phop Phra and Mae Sot areas by utilizing a Mobile Medical Team. To increase community reproductive and basic preventative health knowledge by the workshops organized and led by SAW and the peer educators of their own communities.Target group: Men and women ages 15-45 in 14 communities of Phop Phra.To provide personal hygiene awareness to the migrant schools through workshops/educational lessons created and presented by SAW. Target group: The Burmese migrant students from 8 migrant schools in Phop Phra (approximately 1600 students) Locations: Phop Phra area: Hope migrant school, 48 km migrant school, 44 km migrant school, Nar Nam Naw migrant school, and Sein Ko Thai migrant school. Mae Sot area: SAW school and Sky Blue migrant learning center.
How many direct beneficiaries are expected to be impacted by this project?*
300
How many indirect beneficiaries are expected to be impacted by this project?*
300
How much have you committed to fundraise for this project this year? *
$10,000
What percentage of the overall project budget is GlobeMed funding?*
100%
Partnership History & Notes*
Since September 2010, Social Action for Women (SAW) has been responding to the health issues in Phop Phra. Through the Community Health Outreach Program (CHOP), SAW will address these issues before they manifest themselves by providing health education in 14 target communities.
Long-Term Partnership Goals*
To continue working in communities in the Phop Phra region to identify the key areas of health education that are of greatest importance in each community. To ensure that CHOP remains effective and sustainable in continually changing, migratory communities. This is done through the continual evaluation of the unique needs of each community and the training of peer educators within each community to assess and understand those needs. Peer educators serve as a link between the community and their needs and the goals and abilities of SAW; creating a model that is both sustainable and adaptable as the needs and concerns of each community change. The partnership between Globemed at UC and SAW on the CHOP project is modeled on similar values of sustainability, adaptability, and accountability. For the future of this partnership we will continue to build a strong relationship built on mutual trust and respect to ensure that the SAW’s needs and our abilities to fulfill those needs are properly communicated. More specifically we are currently working on building a grant writing committee that will apply for grants to fund our project with SAW. To help support this specific goal and to generally support other work with SAW we are interested in working to implement a system for monitoring and evaluation of the work that SAW does on the ground. This will either be an implementation of a new system or a growth and expansion of existing systems.
Key Facts about the Partner Country*
After a military coup in 1962 during which the Myanmar government was overthrown, many Burmese citizens began fleeing to Thailand, seeking stability and safety. Burmese migrants now greatly contribute to the Thai economy as an inexpensive source of labor. Myanmar recently elected a state counselor from the National League for Democracy, lead by Aung Sun Suu Kyi. As Myanmar appears to stabilize, Burmese fear being repatriated prior to being safety being fully restored in the country.
Key Facts about the Partner Community*
Social Action for Women (SAW) is based in Mae Sot, which is home to one of the largest populations of Burmese migrants in Thailand. As such the communities SAW works with are migratory in nature and change rather constantly, each community has different needs and capabiliies that SAW must account for. In order to remain accountable and sustainable in each community SAW works with they employ the use of peer educators in each community that serve as a liason and point of contact with each community.
What are the agreed upon communication expectations between your chapter and grassroots partner?
Skype calls are scheduled for the 2nd Monday of the month at 8:30 AM Thai time, 9:30 PM EST.
ATL will submit translated qualitative and quantitative reports every two months on the first Wednesday of the month (October, December, February, April). This way, Partnerships will have the data to review one week prior to the skype call. Anna will send a reminder email two weeks prior to the data being due.
This data will be compiled throughout the year to make SAW’s 2017 annual report. Data will be submitted through a Google Form created by the 2017 GROW Team.