Public Participation & Engagement

Public Participation & Engagement

Zahnräder Konferenz 2013

Das Ziel von der Zahnräder Konferenz ist es ein starkes Netzwerk von engagierten Muslimen zu schaffen und Wissenstransfer zu ermöglichen, um das gesellschaftliche Engagement von Muslimen für die Gesellschaft zu fördern und das Leben in Deutschland positiv mitzugestalten.

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Program Engagement with Perspective

The Program “Engagement with perspective“ (PEP) is committed to supporting civically engaged people aged 16 to 27, who intend to build sustainable and effective structures for their promising projects.

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What's up Bharat

What’s up Bharat is a hub, network and new media platform that delivers services for people who want social change in India. Our tagline is Art-Ideas-Action or Kala-Kalpana-Karma.

Our mission is to connect the youth of India with the resources/networks they need and to inspire, engage and empower them on social change through art, ideas and action.

We have a three step process for change:
• Inspire through Art (kala) – using it to connect across socio-economic divides
• Engage through Ideas (kalpana)– using innovative polling and multimedia curation

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IgnitedV Volunteer Connect

IgnitedV, an IIT Delhi students initiative (www.ignitedv.com) connects individuals with volunteering opportunities based on their interests & skills. We, at IgnitedV, believe in the power of informed and active individuals to create meaningful change in their communities. One day, one moment is enough to make a difference!

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Think Empathy: A Youth Thinktank on Empathy

“Think Empathy” is a youth “think and do tank” on empathy that supports young people to work together in person and across borders using online platforms to reflect, share and innovate to generate ideas, lessons and create new strategies (from the local to the global) about how to foster empathy within ourselves and others. Existing and new models – including those that have not yet been thought of – will be developed, adapted, piloted and evaluated. These will include creative, play-based strategies.

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Gen Why Media

The Gen Why Media is a social enterprise that uses public art, participatory media, events and intergenerational dialogues to engage generation Y in new forms of civic participation. We believe localizing culture through creative engagement can generate a willingness to collectively shape our city, province, country and planet.

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Civic Renewal Lab

The Civic Renewal Lab is designed to be an enterprising non-profit focused on civic engagement. With hopes of becoming a community hub centered on facilitating, promoting and supporting civic engagement - we envision a space where citizens can engage with decision makers, civil society and the creative community to address civic issues through art, design, media and constructive dialogue.

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People Power , For the People by the People

This is an Idea under development.
Create an online environment that allows people to voice opinion and vote on subjects raised by the Elected mediator/s.
Organisation is not for profit, Designed for the people by the people. Sponsorship would only come from elected parties that have only the interests of the people and the good of the planet in mind.
The organisation would be constantly evolving to suit the needs of the people and led by all through mediators / knowledge d advisers.
This online environment would be divided into Segments :Local,State,National,Region,World wide.

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PlaceSpeak

PlaceSpeak is a place-based public consultation platform that connects citizen participants with proponents of issues taking place in their own neighbourhoods.

Our mandate is to enable enhanced engagement and meaningful dialogue on local issues toward informed decision-making and public policy development.

Our platform is unique because:

1. Consultations are based in authenticity, connecting people to place in a verifiable way

2. We're growing a community of citizens who want to know about and be engaged in issues impacting them

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Youth Davidson

Youth Davidson is the manifestation of our hope to create an entirely youth led service initiative within the local community. Our initial goal is to foster interest and desire for civic engagement within middle and high school students. From there, students will create service projects for issues they identify in the community.

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KONEKUTO Changemakers

„Look, what is actually KONEKUTO doing?“

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Patient Leaders

We are focused on helping to develop a new generation of health leaders. Patient Leaders are the patients, service users and carers with the passion, commitment, knowledge and skills to become agents of change. They are effective and influential leaders who can improve the quality of health services, promote health within their communities and collaborate with others to generate solutions to the current health care problems.

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University Innovation Fellowship

The Fellowship in University Innovation at Arizona State University (ASU) is designed to engage early career policy-makers, analysts, researchers, communicators, writers, designers and leaders in big ideas and real program building processes that can transform higher education institutions. Fellows will develop skills essential to building and communicating programs linked to institutional and societal change, and will be given a unique opportunity to reimagine existing institutions.

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Nacsead- Network of Active Citizen for Social Empowerment And Development

An active Citizen network

Nacsead is a platform for citizen networking, engagement and participation for social and economical development. Nacsead give chance to all stakeholders of a society to express their opinion on national and local issues.

Brings individuals and groups together to share ideas, knowledge, experiences and expertise to make our society better.

Citizens can express their opinion on national and local issues. They can raise their local issues and start discussion on these problems.

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Third Age Foundation

Third Age is a voluntary, community organisation which aims to empower local communities throughout Ireland by promoting to best effect the resource its older people represent.

As well as providing a centre for local activities and programmes for older people in Summerhill, Co Meath and a wide catchment area, Third Age operates a number of national programmes, acts as an advocate for older people and forges useful alliances with other age sector and community organisations working together for the betterment of people of all ages in Irish society.

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Local Social Learning: A Resource Database and Delivery Network for Arab Digital Literacy

We make citizen media training in the Arab world social and scalable while keeping it local and sustainable.

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Making Google +

Google like search engines should take help of social workers to remain equipped with past and present information. Social workers should give information of each and every happening around them. Social Worker Network (SWN) will keep on informing on any new information. Later they will get paid as per the news and commitment.

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iPost

iPost is a citizen community news hub for social community mobilization and sensitization for the promotion of popular debate on incidents and events happening in every community in Nigeria and other parts of the world.

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Football For Life

Created on 05/28/2010 by Rowan

'Football For Life' is a landmark charitable grassroots project which brings joy into the lives of disadvantaged children in migrant worker communities in China. FFL provides in-curricula coaching courses delivered by British FA qualified coaches and local assistants in an educational and fun English language environment.

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Section 1: About You

First Name

Rowan

Last Name

Simons

Website

Organization

China ClubFootball FC

Country

China

Section 2: About Your Organization

Organization Name

China ClubFootball FC

Organization Website

Organization Phone

+86 10 51306893

Organization Address

Unit A211, Door 3, Zone A1, Zhaowei Huadeng, Zhaowei Building #51, No.14 Jiuxianqiao Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100015

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For‐profit

Organization Country

China

Your idea

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Football For Life

Country your work focuses on

China

Describe Your Idea

'Football For Life' is a landmark charitable grassroots project which brings joy into the lives of disadvantaged children in migrant worker communities in China. FFL provides in-curricula coaching courses delivered by British FA qualified coaches and local assistants in an educational and fun English language environment.

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Football For Life is unique in several ways. In this competition, we are unique in being the only submission from China, the world’s biggest football nation. Our commitment to community values and the principles of fair play still make us unique in this market today.

FFL is the first time that a registered charity and a community football club have come together in China to provide disadvantaged children with the same high quality experiences enjoyed by more affluent urban kids.

FFL is the first time that ClubFootball’s 90,000+ members and fans (and many more supporters) have had the opportunity to channel charitable contributions directly into football and witness the impact on deserving children in their own communities.

FFL is unique in matching CAI’s network of migrant schools with ClubFootball’s spare coaching capacity. This matching of resources enables us to jointly deliver football courses free to all FFL participants and to start integrating migrant kids groups with the more than 2,000 city registered kids currently playing football at our courses held at nearly 20 locations across Beijing.

At the heart of FFL is the desire to provide positive learning experiences, not just for city and migrant kids, but also for ClubFootball’s international coaches, local staff and volunteers. These innovations make FFL sustainable and scalable directly in line with the growth of football in major cities.

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What impact have you had?

FFL kicked off in the first semester of the 2009/10 academic year (autumn/winter) with pilot programs running in Dongba Experimental School. The pilot involved approx. 150 boys and girls.

In Spring 2010, Football For Life expanded to reach a total of 242 kids. Substantial media support has been secured and key sponsors & partners are committed for future seasons.

Feedback

At the outset, being unfamiliar with the game of football, many had expected not to enjoy the activity but were unanimously converted come the end of the course! Aside from bringing happiness to the children, they were particularly grateful for the exercise and the opportunity to play outdoors having previously stayed inside for PE classes.

The activity helped boost confidence, self-esteem and energy levels, as well as giving kids the chance to interact more and form stronger, more compassionate relationships with their peers.

In addition, many of the children also mentioned that taking part in the programs had prompted a love of the game that they could use in their family life and intended to watch televised games with their fathers in future.

FFL also helped break down gender-based barriers amongst girls who previously believed that football was a sport for boys only and who now look forward to playing with a newfound sense of confidence in their abilities.

Problem

There are currently 150-200 million migrant laborers who have moved from the countryside into major cities in China. They must either uproot or leave behind their children. In certain regions, 50% of children have parents working in other provinces.

Migrant children are especially vulnerable to low self-esteem and delinquency. They are also the most at risk from human trafficking. Studies show that a large percentage perform poorly in school, are disenfranchised, and develop behavioral issues due to limited social support, poor economic conditions, lack of familial support and low motivation levels.

Migrant children mostly live outside city centers and frequently move with their parents. They lack stability and suffer from limited access to education and government services. Against this backdrop, recent studies show that youth crime in China is escalating dramatically and gangs are attracting children by providing comfort, structure & a sense of purpose.

Actions

With the project now successfully launched in Beijing, our efforts in 2010 are focused on further evaluating the impact, consolidating our current operations (including dealing with the issue of the fluctuating numbers of students at migrant schools) and, subject to funding, extending Football For Life into more migrant schools to reach more deserving kids.

For that we require support from multiple sources and we are working closely with local government, private companies, non-profit organizations and other community groups to secure in-kind and cash donations and sponsorships. We are also actively seeking grants from charitable foundations.

Our aim is to build Football For Life into the primary vehicle for uniting the incredible power of football at all levels in China and directing those combined efforts directly into delivering practical solutions on the ground in the most deserving communities.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL THE CHINESE VIDEO REPORTS SUBMITTED IN SUPPORT OF THIS APPLICATION WERE REJECTED. WE ARE HAPPY TO SEND THIS LIST SEPARATELY.

Results

Feedback From The Children

“This activity makes me happy and gives me confidence and courage in meeting the challenges I will face. I also felt the spirit of team work too! I really like this activity and coaches. Thank you for helping me to find happiness and courage.”

Sun Lan (Grade 7)

“I really liked this activity. It helped me to change a lot of bad habits. Before I did not listen carefully in class, even fell asleep, but now I listen carefully and do not fall asleep anymore. This is how football helped me to change.”

Yang Mengmeng (Grade 5)

“Every time the coaches came to our school, although we did not cheer out loud, I was really excited inside. When they said hello to me, I only replied simply but I was very happy!”

Wang Jiali (Grade 5)

“I will remember forever that I played football with English coaches and shook hands with them when I was in Grade 5”

Wang Lige (Grade 5)

“Before I usually only played with my best friend and sometimes just on my own, so I felt lonely. My classmates always said I was like a sad, old person! But after I took part in this activity, I smile every day."

Tan Dan (Grade 7)

What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Please address each year separately, if possible.

2010 – The successful pilot project provides the practical proof of impact required by many major funding bodies. Our primary objective is to ensure the sustainability of the current FFL project in Beijing by establishing minimum annual commitments from our current supporters and by reaching out for further CSR and public affairs contributions from China-based businesses. We need to further improve the donation process to facilitate smaller, individual contributions and we will further develop corporate schemes that better match client budgets and deliver tangible CSR benefits.

2011 – ClubFootball is in the process of securing private backing for the construction of the first dedicated community football center in China. As our flagship charitable project, FFL will be at the core of the fund-raising activities facilitated by the new venue. In addition to providing further high quality capacity for free coaching sessions, the center will also allow us to host special FFL Football Festivals for all participating migrant children and better integrate our migrant kids groups with their city-registered neighbors.

2012 – ClubFootball is exploring options for the extension of its business into further Chinese cities. We commenced commercial community coaching programs at international schools in the city of Tianjin in 2009 and initial FFL fundraising activities started there this year. As these activities and the associated ‘football-friendly’ network grows, we will establish a permanent presence in the city and FFL Tianjin will be our central community commitment.

What would prevent your project from being a success?

With ClubFootball’s coaching capabilities and CAI’s migrant schools network both in place, the major barrier remains the lack of knowledge about this type of community responsibility among local people and the position of many companies which have funds to allocate for similar projects but have yet to recognize Football For Life as a positive force for good within China.

In China, government ownership of sport, restrictions on the activities of charities and NGOs and the failure of the education system to properly value sport in school, all conspire to make it harder to build community sports networks. As indicated by the lack of entries from China for this competition and China's absence from the 2010 FIFA World Cup Finals, football here remains isolated from the world at all levels.

As an organization, ClubFootball is dedicated to building the sustainable infrastructure needed for grassroots football to flourish in China and, with FFL, we are further stating that, as grassroots football finally gets going within major cities, the amateur principles of community support must be proudly proclaimed and delivered from Day One. Given China's population, this is the biggest challenge in the world and we will succeed only if more people and organizations come to share this understanding and actively contribute to ensuring that society's most vulnerable members can enjoy and share the same uplifting sports experiences as the most secure.

How many people will your project serve annually?

101‐1000

What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?

$50 - 100

Does your project seek to have an impact on public policy?

Yes

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What stage is your project in?

Operating for less than a year

In what country?

China

Is your initiative connected to an established organization?

Yes

If yes, provide organization name.

China ClubFootball FC Limited

How long has this organization been operating?

More than 5 years

Does your organization have a Board of Directors or an Advisory Board?

Yes

Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with NGOs?

Yes

Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with businesses?

Yes

Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with government?

Yes

Please tell us more about how these partnerships are critical to the success of your innovation.

Chinese Football Association – ClubFootball supports the “Schools Football” program in 44 cities nationwide.

Beijing Olympic City Development Association – ClubFootball is partner to the Olympic legacy organization. We work with Beijing Education Commission, British Council and Premier League to deliver coach training courses.

Nike is a ClubFootball partner and donates footwear and balls for FFL courses.

Digitouch Foto supports FFL with in-kind services, including team photos for all participants.

Leung’s Studio volunteered their skills to help ClubFootball and CAI create the FFL logo.

Grassroots sports and charitable giving both suffer from lack of media exposure and we have cultivated relations with media organizations that share our commitment. Media partners distributing FFL information (press releases, news and features) are:

PR Newswire Asia, Beijing Today, Sohu Sports Broadcasting, Jin magazine, iCUBED.us, Global Times, China Newswire, China CSR

The involvement and support of the above organizations is crucial to bringiing the FFL message to the wider public.

What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization?

1. Secure more funding. We know the exact costs and resources needed to deliver each FFL course and we still have potential capacity within our current coaching teams. Unfortunately, there is an almost endless number of migrant children who have no organized sports activities and could benefit from FFL courses.

2. Official recognition. We work closely with government, business, media and communities, but we still need to gain more official recognition for our work from domestic and international football organizations and supporters.

3. English. The English language environment provided by FFL is key to attracting kids, parents and schools and we need to better integrate fun-based language learning and practice into all our courses. We are exploring opportunities to add "English Through Football" materials to the packs supplied to FFL participants.

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What was the defining moment that led you to this innovation?

From its inception, ClubFootball has had a very strong community ethic and, in partnership with sponsors including MasterCard and Manchester United FC, we have raised nearly US$100,000 for charities including UNICEF, Red Cross and Huiling since 2004.

While we are proud of these achievements as an example of how social groups can join together for the common good, it became increasingly clear to us that football itself desperately needs support in China and, crucially, that football itself is the best solution for many social challenges addressed by various charities.

Once we identified that our football courses directly address many of the issues being tackled by CAI and other NGOs in migrant worker communities, it was an easy extension for us to move forward together to create a single project that combined those shared objectives and benefits.

Tell us about the social innovator behind this idea.

ClubFootball was established by a group of British social entrepreneurs based in China and FFL is just one of the positive results of over 10 years of efforts to instill community sports ethics here.

Chairman Rowan Simons is one of the most respected experts in China’s media industry and a prominent spokesman for the grassroots game. His story of building football in China was told in the book “Bamboo Goalposts” which was shortlisted for the 2008 William Hill Sports Book of the Year.

CEO Keith Bradbury has led our charitable projects since the launch of ClubFootball and he created and now drives forward the FFL project with CAI.

COO David Niven is responsible for building ClubFootball’s junior coaching and league programs and coordinates the schedules of our FFL coaching teams.

How did you first hear about Changemakers?

Through another organization or company

If through another, please provide the name of the organization or company

Two separate referrals: Nike China and FA Premier League

ANGELS OF CHANGE: A Positive Deviant/Hearth Approach to Maternal Health

Created on 02/12/2010 by kaisa079

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First Name

Kahabi

Last Name

Isangula

Website

Organization

World Vision Tanzania-Lake Zone

Country

Tanzania

Are you an individual between the ages of 18 and 35 who would like to apply for a nine month Young Champions Program mentored by an Ashoka Fellow?

No

Section 2: About Your Organization

Organization Name

World Vision Tanzania-Lake Zone

Organization Website

Organization Phone

+255282762256

Organization Address

P.o.Box 78,Shinyanga,Tanzania

Organization Country

Tanzania

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ANGELS OF CHANGE: A Positive Deviant/Hearth Approach to Maternal Health

Country your work focuses on

Tanzania

Describe Your Idea

INTRODUCTION
In this world, every minute one woman dies of pregnancy or birth related complications. WHO defines maternal death as: death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of pregnancy from cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management, but not from accidental or incidental causes. Perinatal death means death of a fetus from 28 weeks of gestation to seven complete days of life including stillbirths. The perinatal mortality; is a sensitive indicator of health status of women, the health of the newborn and quality of health care provided during perinatal period especially delivery and immediate postnatal period. According to TDHS 2004/5,there is high antenatal care coverage- 94% at least one visit; 62% makes four or more visits yet the maternal mortality ratio is still high- 578/100,000 live births and under 5 mortality rate = 112/1000 live births.
Tanzania is amongst countries with very high number of maternal deaths in the world, the high maternal and newborn mortality constitute a silent emergency in Africa, (WHO, 2004) .Two decades after safe motherhood initiative (SMI); the maternal and perinatal mortality levels have sadly continued to rise instead of declining. Health indicators are not improving which may be attributed by poor quality of health services provided (reproductive and child health survey, 1999; TDHS, 2004/5).Poverty, social exclusion, low levels of education and women violence/abuse are amongst the contributing factors.
ANGELS OF CHANGE
Angels of Change is an entry point to prevent maternal deaths using the Positive Deviant/Hearth Approach. Angels of Change is an Idea of intensive behavior change Intervention targeting Mothers of Childbearing age and Pregnant mothers who at risk of maternal complications. It is derived from the fact that despite of all of the above factors contributing to the high Maternal mortality in Tanzania, one thing is evident, that there are a number of women who has never experienced Pre, intra and post delivery complications within our communities under the same resources, these mothers has been able to explore the environment and make use of the available resources while others are not able to do that, these are the one I call the Positive Deviants or The Angels of Change. Through identifying these Positive Deviant Mothers and Using the Community Based Hearth Session Approach, women of Childbearing age and Pregnant women can be brought together to share the Positive Deviant behaviors practiced by Positive Deviant Mothers. Different issues involving locally-discovered positive deviant practices as well as promote other practices essential to healthy living. Hearth sessions incorporate a number of approaches for behavior change including identification of Angels of change in a community, peer to peer support, Mother Dialogues, counseling, negotiation, Adult learning principles, skills building, motivation through visible practices and Women mobilization. Family planning, prevention of unwanted and high risk pregnancies, ensure skilled care during childbirth; ensure access to quality emergency care when a complication arises are among the topics during Hearth sessions.
It involves learning what these Role Models (Angels of Change) has been doing to promote their socially and communally acceptable behaviors and practices promoting good maternal health, HIV/AIDS Prevention and Health care utilization and promoting these practices to be adopted by other mothers. The Hearth part of Angels of Change idea using a PD approach is an intensive behavior change Intervention targeting mothers at risk of maternal Complications.
Sites of implementation including selection of places where majority of Youths are found/lives/work in relatively close proximity, where there are a significant number of risk behaviors.
Angels of Change will be identified though Initial dialogue with respective mother’s groups in a particular community/Institution through peer voting systems especially during antenatal visits. The respective group, guided by Community health workers will anonymously select an Angels of Change with positive deviant behaviors and practices communally acceptable which promotes good maternal health using a special tool. Our Health Volunteer(s) together with the selected Angels of Change will facilitate a mothers Conversation process to discover behaviors and Practices depicted by a selected Role Model and the Group will set up Action Plan. The selected Role Model will trained on facilitation skills and be responsible to conduct Hearth Sessions with Material support provided. She will also be Our contact person in a Particular group observing how peers are adopting her/his practice and behaviors and recommending the way forward. The project will facilitate group meeting at least twice a month and Group learning visits to other successful group with the same socio-economical circumstances. Each group will have a chairperson, Secretary, one Angel of Change and one guardian, teachers/ a community member identified by the group will serve as Guardians. Our Health volunteers will be conducting regular supportive visits to respective group(s) and Provide Monthly report.
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The Positive Deviance (PD) process identifies acceptable, effective and sustainable practices that are already used by at-risk mothers and that do not conflict with local culture. Through learning what their peers with equally limited resources and risk situations are doing to promote maternal Health, Mothers are then empowered through Hearth Sessions to adopt better practices and behaviors even in areas with very limited access to health information and services. It is, in essence, it is a “mop-up” program to eliminate the pool of maternal Complications among women of Childbearing age and Pregnant women , not only through Health Promotion but also by permanent behavior changes which are acceptable by the community and can be carried on to next generation of women.
PD Approach1 has been in Practice for nutrition rehabilitation programs in Vietnam and Rwanda resulting to marked reductions in child malnutrition and improvements in child health within a short period of Time .ITS USE FOR MATERNAL HEALTH PROGRAMMES HAS NEVER BEEN DOCUMENTED ANYWHERE,Making it unique. The angels of Change Project will be linked to other health interventions for all women within the target communities if any.
Its is a Programme which is self centered and Communally driven buiding the Capacity of women especially in resource limited areas to be responsible for their health by taking appropriate actions at the right time through guidance of their Positive Deviant Peers leading to improved maternal Health.

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What impact have you had?

PD Approach has been in Practice for nutrition rehabilitation programs in VManonga ADP of World Vision Tanzania resulting to marked reductions in child malnutrition and improvements in child health within a short period of Time .Its our hope that if used in Maternal issues the Result will be overwhelming.

Problem

Tanzania is amongst countries with very high number of maternal deaths in the world, the high maternal and newborn mortality constitute a silent emergency in Africa, (WHO, 2004) .Two decades after safe motherhood initiative (SMI); the maternal and perinatal mortality levels have sadly continued to rise instead of declining. Health indicators are not improving which may be attributed by poor quality of health services provided (reproductive and child health survey, 1999; TDHS, 2004/5).Poverty, social exclusion, low levels of education and women violence/abuse are amongst the contributing factors.
Despite of all of the above factors contributing to the high Maternal mortality ratio in Tanzania, one thing is evedent, that there are a number of women who has never experienced Pre, intra and post delivery complications within our communities under the same resources. Through identifying these Positive Deviant Mothers and Using the Community Based Hearth Session Approach, women of Childbearing age and Pregnant women can be brought together to share the Positive Deviant behaviors practiced by Positive Deviant Mothers.

Actions

FUNDRISING: My organisation is working to look for fundings for this Project
INTERGRATION;We also expect to intergrate the Project in our Current Health Projects
TRAINING: We expect to train more people on Positive Deviance/Hearth Approach to create a Pool of Competent workers

Results

We expect that mother's Capacity on Maternal health issues will be improved by strengtherning Positive behaviors leading to appropriate actions during Pregnancy,Delivery and Post deliverly leading to overall reduction of Maternal deaths

What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Please address each year separately, if possible.

Training of co worker to create a Pool of Competent workers who will actively implement and Monitor the Angels of Chance Project.We also expect to intergrate it in our current Health Programmes.

What would prevent your project from being a success?

Lack of Enough Funding at Inital Stages and lack of commited team playing co workers

How many people will your project serve annually?

Fewer than 100

What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?

Less than $50

Does your project seek to have an impact on public policy?

Yes

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What stage is your project in?

Idea phase

Is your organization a

Non‐profit/NGO/citizen sector organization

Is your initiative connected to an established organization?

If yes, provide organization name.

How long has this organization been operating?

More than 5 years

Does your organization have a Board of Directors or an Advisory Board?

Yes

Does your organization have a non-monetary partnerships with NGOs?

Yes

Does your organization have a non-monetary partnerships with businesses?

Yes

Does your organization have a non-monetary partnerships with government?

Yes

Please tell us more about how these partnerships are critical to the success of your innovation.

Through expertise exchange and referral support

What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization?

FUNDS
TEAM WORK
INDIVIDUAL COMMITMENT

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Mariam(Not her Actual Name) an old lady with Seven children with the Last Born,Nameless dying in early days of her life.Mariam suffered a severe hemmorrhage afterwards,the cause being retained placenta which was very very difficulty to remove.She was brought to the hospital,exahusted and tired,paper white appearance and it was a weekend and a Doctor on Duty was not available in the ward.Luckly enough i was there visiting my wife who has just delivered a baby girl Eileen.After observing that the Doctor on duty was not there then i thought i've to do something to save Mariam's life.I told the nurse,'i'm a Doctor and i think i can help'.At first she didn't agree with me ,she needed to see my ID Card.Unfortunately i didn't have one.I was just Completed internship in Dar Es Salaam and moved to Shinyanga to wait for posting.Unwelcomed by the nurses i just grabed the sterlile gloves and gown from the Nurses hands and rushed to the Bed where Mariam was gasping,after a series of emergency Procedures Mariam became stable,back to life again.....at that point the nurses realized that i was really a medical Doctor.Nearby Mariam there was a Woman Called Fatuma(Not her real name),she knew Mariam of course and they were neighbours to our suprise.She was just delivered a Seventh baby without any Maternal Complications.After talking to her for some time i discovered that she was poor even more than Mariam,then i kept asking myself 'Why people having the same resources,others make good use of them while others are not???.I asked the same question to Fatuma ....to my suprise the practises she explained are those what i currently call Positive Deviant Behaviors.After some time i attended a Positive Deviant/Hearth Training and started offering technical support to one of our Programme area which was implementing the Nutrition Project among Underfives using the PD/Hearth approaches...very successifully.Then i thought the very same idea can pbe used in Maternal health issues ...of course as ANGELS OF CHANGE PROJECT.

Tell us about the social innovator behind this idea.

Majority of Programmes aiming at Good Materal Health are always Generalised and institutioanl approaches.However programmes aiming at Buiding Capacities of women to become the Angels of changes for their lives by observing and learning from peers who have the very same resources but having Positive deviant Practices are very few if Any.Angels of Change Projects is a Socially,acceptible and centered Projects which uses socially driven practices which are Positive to build capacity of expectant mothers in Materal Health issues.

How did you first hear about Changemakers?

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The Voices of Women Organizing Project

Created: 01/14/10 by Jaye Miller

Location

New York
United States
See map: Google Maps

The Voices of Women Organizing Project (VOW) brings together survivors of domestic violence to improve the systems that abused women and their children turn to for safety and justice. VOW provides training, support and technical assistance so that survivors can reclaim their power, identify their needs and collectively craft public recommendations. VOW members organize to promote long-term systemic change by documenting institutional failures, testifying at hearings, creating position papers and meeting with local and state officials.

Global Educators

Created on 12/26/2009 by rajeevan2007

Location

Mekelle
Mekelle
Ethiopia
13° 29' 46.104" N, 39° 28' 24.708" E

Man-making education is a rare and non-existing idea, after Swami Vivekananda's intense teachings around the world. Men and women around the world are grabing information and degrees and do their work for their bread alone. Nobody is interested to teach the poor and the ignorant about the real knowledge to empower himself or herself not only for bread-winning, but an extra-miles going education that can protect him or her from all miseries from outside and also from his or her own inside. This strengtehing of internal man is the most important thing that is required for todays world.

TV & Mobile medias are best

Created on 12/10/2009 by sureshshanth

Even a good idea/product should be advertised to the some extent. Then comes to mass application through schools/colleges. In which, around 75% of the humans will attend schools/colleges. So, it is very much necessity to advertise among schools/colleges

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First Name

Paul Sureshkumar

Last Name

Samuel

Website

Organization

Rathanas Trust

Country

India

Section 2: About Your Organization

Organization Name

Rathanas Trust

Organization Website

Organization Phone

091-0452-2371959

Organization Address

15, Rock VIew, Pasumalai, Madurai-4, TN, India

Organization Country

India

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TV & Mobile medias are best

What is your idea? What makes it innovative? Why is it important?

Even a good idea/product should be advertised to the some extent. Then comes to mass application through schools/colleges. In which, around 75% of the humans will attend schools/colleges. So, it is very much necessity to advertise among schools/colleges

Will you launch your idea as a business or non-profit?

Business

Country your work focuses on

n/a

What will be the impact of your idea? 

big sports festivals like Olympics, World Cup Foot Ball, Wimbledon Tennis or World Cup Cricket, the numbers of viewers are immensely viewing.

Who will help you develop your idea? Why are you the one to make this happen?

I happened to view so much of television news and sports channels. By establishing an environment for social good to occur via television & balance thru mobile phones today, our impact will only increase over time.

How much will it cost to launch your idea? (This can be an estimate)

It will cost around $ 1000 per state in India(29 states). Based on the media we advertise this message it will come down or up. Campaigns are only attracted to limited coverage. But door to door campaign only thru TV/Mobile

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Kitchen Garden

Created on 12/1/2009 by sureshshanth

a) Kitchen garden & b)Rain Harvest are to be practiced among group. If a sufficient area is found in a house and they can form a group of 10 to 15 and do this as regular cultivation of fresh veg & greens.

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Paul Sureshkumar

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Samuel

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Rathanas Trust

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n/a

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Organization Name

Rathanas Trust

Organization Website

Organization Phone

Organization Address

Is your organization a

Non‐profit/NGO/citizen sector organization

Organization Country

n/a

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Kitchen Garden

Country your work focuses on

India

Describe Your Idea

a) Kitchen garden & b)Rain Harvest are to be practiced among group. If a sufficient area is found in a house and they can form a group of 10 to 15 and do this as regular cultivation of fresh veg & greens.

Website URL

Innovation

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What makes your idea unique?

The village laborers are involving their most of their time in fighting with each other, communal clashes, sex addiction, drug addiction, used by Political meeting(by giving some amount and one day meals). They are practiced to avail all the benefits on FREE. Hence, they are not ready to do hard work and wanted to earn much profit on a short period. Due to this they are using unwanted chemical manures to spoil the health of humans. The practice of wasting the time by seeing the TV serials, chat with another, etc. will be reduced. They practice to get some self awareness while doing any work on group. Sharing their views on various matters will lead to healthy environment.

Do you have a patent for this idea?

Impact

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What impact have you had?

Every person should allot some space or at least plant in mud pots will give strenth to the family members. They can get the fresh vegetables or greens from their kitchen garden itself. Or they can use their neighbour houses for this purpose. In which, the relationship will be developed. The waste water, vegetable wastes are putting as manures for the small plants. Communual violence, idleness, etc. will be reduced. By this formation of Kitchen garden Group, the real economically backward people will benefitted. Helping, compassion, Our future generation (our children) should know the real culture and helping tendency, compassion on fellow humans and the fruit of the Spirit such as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.

Problem

The strength is fresh vegetables. The weakness is regular quantity will not get from kitchen garden(for such option, we can use the fresh veg market). Threat will be coming from big farmers or villagers. Opportunity will be increasing as well as the health of the family members will develop. I am expecting a bright future generation if we use this Kitchen Garden Group.

Actions

The kitchen garden techniq to be adopted as hobby. Physical work may increase health and the concentration on work will give them mental health. This work to be undertaken at least everyday 30 mimutes. In which, the family will get weekly 3 to 4 days or even everyday vegetables.

Results

Self Help Group may be arranged and around 10 to 15 ladies will assemble in a house, where sufficient place is available for planting such kitchen garden veg & greens. The income and expenses may be shared among them. This unity will give them psychological strenth.

What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Please address each year separately, if possible.

The idel time will be reduced and the practice of FREE to be vanished from the minds of the housewives and idle gents. Regular plantation and understanding will be developed among one another without seeing any caste, creed and colour.

What would prevent your project from being a success?

I believe the most of the village labours are practiced idleness, hence they sit and drink tea shops and arrack(tasmark) shops. Hence, the crimes are increasing. They might be the prevented this and this can be tackled by their wife's and family members. Even drunkards are reducing.

How many people will your project serve annually?

101‐1000

What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?

$100 ‐ 1000

Does your project seek to have an impact on public policy?

Yes

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What stage is your project in?

Operating for less than a year

In what country?

India

Is your initiative connected to an established organization?

If yes, provide organization name.

How long has this organization been operating?

Less than a year

Does your organization have a Board of Directors or an Advisory Board?

Yes

Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with NGOs?

No

Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with businesses?

No

Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with government?

No

Please tell us more about how these partnerships are critical to the success of your innovation.

Yes we three are all practising it in our houses.

What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization?

Support, campaigns, distribution of seeds, methods to be adopted

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What was the defining moment that led you to this innovation?

Every Goverment extending so many benefits to the farmers, but actually they beneficiaries are big and corporate farmers.

Tell us about the social innovator behind this idea.

M.S.Swaminathan and Isreal scientists who did lot of reveluation in agriculture even in desert.

How did you first hear about Changemakers?

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Mother Feeding

Created: 11/24/09 by Paul Sureshkumar Samuel

Location

main Madurai, TN
India

Baby food should be with iron, proctein & Vitamin C.
If the pregnant ladies are noted down and properly treated, then most of the Nutrition problem will be solved. In a village of 2000 people mostly around 5 to 10 pregnant women are found. So, it is very much necessity to identify them and give nutritious food of “Chatthu Mavu”, ie. Dhal flour powder (contains nine dhalls).
Alongwith the nutrition flour powder, we must council the ladies for betterment of their mind. The ladies are very fond of goose berry, which is very well available.

Improved Nutrition

Created on 11/2/2009 by sureshshanth

Every house should have empty land or roof garden/kichen garden in their houses. The rain water harvest set up should be in the house while optaining registration.
Healthy Food, Healthy Thoughts, Healthy Environment and Faith & Prayer(Meditation/Yoga) will give HEALTHY BODY & MIND and Success in life.

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First Name

Paul Sureshkumar

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Samuel

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Rathanas Trust

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India

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Organization Name

Rathanas Trust

Organization Website

Organization Phone

Organization Address

Is your organization a

Not registered

Organization Country

India

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Improved Nutrition

Country your work focuses on

India

Describe Your Idea

Every house should have empty land or roof garden/kichen garden in their houses. The rain water harvest set up should be in the house while optaining registration.
Healthy Food, Healthy Thoughts, Healthy Environment and Faith & Prayer(Meditation/Yoga) will give HEALTHY BODY & MIND and Success in life.

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What makes your idea unique?

The villagers have to come directly to the market and sale the vegetables. Proper market to be arranged in every centre of places. Benefits like Free tickets, free watering, free electricity and without rent, etc. to be given to promote village vegetable vendors.
Kitchen garden should be placed in every house on a duty for the community.
Government should monitor and help for roof top garden in order to get fresh vegetables.

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Impact

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What impact have you had?

The house keeper works like gardening, house cleaning, vessel cleaning, cloth washing, shopping, etc. to be done by children.
The parents should be their role model (don’t smoke & drink in house before children), since they are our best mimic.
Better to speak frankly about sex when they are adolescence. Otherwise, this will affect their growth as obesity or slant. Physical and mental fitness will affect by sex appetite.
The children are become tention free and less disease free. But the doctor's professtion will suffer to some extent since we are planning to maintaing our body & mind.

Problem

The fresh vegetable should be arranged from nearby villages on reasonable prices to schools with the help of Government.

Actions

Motivate the village land owners to grow vegetables and make an agreement for regular supply.
Meet the government officials to extend the help for free transportation.

Results

Within one year we will see the children are in good health.
The children will motivate their parents and ask them to do kitchen garden in their houses.
Spent their Sunday & holidays with garden.
Let every one should have a empty land in some area to grow trees and vegetables.

What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Please address each year separately, if possible.

The school & college children will undertake with local people and do the followup work on monthly basis.

What would prevent your project from being a success?

THe school management should meet the government authorities to activate this project.
It is our goal to meet the ladies and make them active by giving home exercises and way to earn money in home. Idleness leads to this evil way. Such counseling should be given from School.

How many people will your project serve annually?

101‐1000

What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?

$100 ‐ 1000

Does your project seek to have an impact on public policy?

Yes

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What stage is your project in?

Idea phase

In what country?

India

Is your initiative connected to an established organization?

No

If yes, provide organization name.

How long has this organization been operating?

Less than a year

Does your organization have a Board of Directors or an Advisory Board?

Yes

Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with NGOs?

No

Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with businesses?

No

Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with government?

No

Please tell us more about how these partnerships are critical to the success of your innovation.

THey are very much co-operative

What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization?

Meet the school management,Government officials & Village land owners.

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What was the defining moment that led you to this innovation?

My child is suffering lack of iron and it leads to so many diseases.

Tell us about the social innovator behind this idea.

Mother Teresa

How did you first hear about Changemakers?

Web Search (e.g., Google or Yahoo)

If through another, please provide the name of the organization or company