Introduction The Membership card is the key to the whole Community Health Club training. It is simply an identity card which is given to each community health club member upon registration to secure their place within the CHC. Objective To understand the importance of the Membership card so that you do not neglect this intrinsic …
Module 2: Planning a Community Health Club Project Web conferencing details provided upon confirmation. Access: An online training course conducted virtually through Zoom Target Trainees: For those have a site to start a Community Health Club Project and want to design a successful project or write a meaningful proposal which will deliver on the targets. …
After this session participants will have been able to demonstrate all the most important aspects of the area where a Community Health club is to be established. The map they develop does not have to be exact but will enable them to explain the following 1. Number of household in the area 2. Number of …
The membership card is the key to the success of a CHC. Those who try to run a Community Health Club without membership cards are not using the CHC model but only doing what is known as PHAST (Participatory Hygiene and Sanitation Transformation) DOWNLOAD membership CARD for this training WHY DO WE USE A MEMBERSHIP …
Introduction In this section we will look at the Scope of the project, and design it according to your budget. Objective To enable a cost effective project with costs at less than US$5 per person, which will cover the first year of hygiene training and health promotion. At the end of the session: …
Introduction The way the idea of a Community Health Club is introduced to the community will lay the foundation for its success. The ‘village entry’ should always be through the existing local leadership, the chief and village elders. They must have a chance to understand the concept first and give their blessing to the project. …
Introduction The CHC Model is a very cost effective method of achieving hygiene behaviour change but it is critical that enough investment is made in the 5 ‘T’s: Training. Training materials, Trainers, Transport and Timing. Objective This session will enable all stakeholders to be aware of project perimeters, resources and constraints, enabling full transparency between …
Introduction You may think you know what your community needs but it is good development practice to do some ‘formative research’ and consult those ‘beneficiaries’ to make sure that you are not making assumptions which may be outdated or irrelevant about what they need. For example, you may assume that they need a new handpump …
Conducting a Needs Assessment with the Community Read More »
Introduction Assessing the burden of disease in the area is obviously critical so you do not waste the time of the Community by inappropriate information, about disease which may not be in their area. Objective To enable informed planning in which all the government Health staff are involved right from the beginning to analyse the …
Introduction The Mapping of the area is the fundamental tool for visualisation of the Community Health Club area. It is simply drawn by hand as an approximate sketch of the area, showing the key layout and resources within the catchment area of a Community Health Club. Objective To enable bottom up planning in which all …
