Family Health Care through Volunteerism Program
Isabela Foundation Inc. working with ChildFund Philippines, is a non-profit NGO that caters programs for the deprived, excluded and vulnerable children.
About You
About You
First Name
Margarita
Last Name
Auxtero
Twitter URL
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About Your Organization
Organization Name
Isabela Foundation Inc. working with Childfund Philippines
Organization Website
Organization Country
Philippines, BAS
Country where this project is creating social impact
Philippines, BAS
Is your organization a
Non‐profit/NGO/citizen sector organization
How long has your organization been operating?
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Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
Yeah we are champions for child rights and protection...our organizations through a resolution was adjudge the best NGO in our province for organizing the Community Health Action Team which is being reached even in the remote areas including programs like education, capacity building and livelihood programs,aside from health. BEcause of volunteerism in health we were able to reduce incidence on maternal health and child illnesses which is part of the MD goal of the United Nations especially in conflict areas like us . Work is more on volunteerism
References - Please provide two references with a two-sentence biography, email address, and phone number for each
Bishop Martin Jumoad-martinjumoad@hotmail.com- Chairman of Isabela Foundation, Inc Governing Board, Basilan and has always been after the welfare of the people in our province.
09177222827
Mr. Orlen Ocleasa
Deputy Chief of Party
ACDI-VOCA.DAvao City, Philippines
orlenocleasa@yahoo.com
09165548687
Has worked with projects like IFAD whose framework is more on a community initiative developments
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Innovation
Select the stage that best applies to your solution
Scaling (the next step will be growing impact on a regional or even global scale)
How long have you been in operation?
Operating for 1‐5 years
The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
Problem on access to health especially in conflict areas where health is rarely being reached out by communities in far flung areas. Problems they have are Maternal Health Care and Integrated Management of Children"s Illnesses. In experience we have the formation of every community with health action teams (volunteers have reduce the cases of MHC and IMCI). There are so many challenges that needs to be met like cultural sensitivity, volunteerism work within the barangay, capacity building that has been conducted to these volunteerism has been a big help. BUt expanding the program will be involved the family now even one member of the family will be trained to improve the health condition of the family through early prevention and initial health care tips for the family sustaining health.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
For the family to be also involved in health care because community volunteers can come and go but if a member of the family has undergone sessions on health tips and prevention, the government will have less worrying reaching far flung areas to improve health care. Capacity Building and practice on Maternal health care and Integrated Management of childlren illnesses can help the family avoid deteriorating practices on health. The only support we need to give them is first aid kits that can help them in improving health care like, portable BP apparatus, first aid kit and IEC materials like health care etc. This is more practical than providing doctors and nurses in the community which in case government cannot provide health teams especially in areas where there is conflict. But this program will also be back up by local officials in the community so there is also a need to established good networking with them . So that organizing a family health care teams in the community is ok.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
the FAMILY HEALTH CARE ACTION TEAMS promotes volunteerism with the government having big expenses for health system in as much as this is a community based health approach and can reach even in the most far flung areas that are always been affected for poor access to health.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
The Local health unit teams of the government other NGO. Municipal health unit and provincial healht office is bureaucratic in nature while us as an NGO always looks for actions and quality access to health by communities and immediate response to health problems in the community with less expenditures because we work for volunteerism,
This Entry is about (Issues)
Social Impact
Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.
US Aid assistance in the Phiilippines who have been working for this project has seen and recommended as one of the best practices in health care system we can send profiles and development framework of what happened in the past and why its working in the community now. This will help a lot for communities who have poor access to health system. Because is it based on building an institution for volunteerism with less cost and can be sustained because the program is being owned by the community. IN communities where we have been working there were lots of stories that can be heard why it is working. Less maternal incidence and illnesses of the children, thats why in our NGO we already have stopped our direct assistance for medical services because it has improved a lot when CHAT was introduced in the community, As an expansion it is suggested in the proposal that the family is now to be tapped directly for capacity building on health matters like MHC and IMCI.
Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve
Improving Maternal Health Care and Integrated Management of Children's Illnesses and at the same time access of poor families in the far flung areas to health services.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Accessed to improved health care services to 3,200 poor families in far flung areas especially on Maternal Health Care and Integrated Management of Children's Illnesses and lower incidence by about 30% of these two health care program.
What is your projected impact over the next five years?
Expanding the program now not only to community volunteers but direct to families. Projected impact then is to made available to another 5,000 families in other villages in Basilan the Maternal Health Care and Integrated Management of Children Illnesses through volunteerism.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your six-month milestone
Task 1
Conducting a consultation first in the community together with all stakeholders of the program
Task 2
Planning and implementation of the program giving emphasis of volunteerism.
Task 3
Monitoring and EValuation of the program measuring the growing impact of the health care services.
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
To lessen by at least 35% the cases of incidence of Maternal Mortality & children's illnesses and improving services.
Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your 12-month milestone
Task 1
Monitoring and evaluation of project and reviewing implementnation through an assessment.
Task 2
Re-planning and identifying lessons learned/best practices and problems if any among stakeholders.
Task 3
Install data base system and strengthen through identified capacity building trainings for the organized family volunteers .
Sustainability
Tell us about your partnerships
Partnership will be strong and more defined in the community through the organized family health volunteers. It is more founded on the beneficiaries owning the program with the NGO and Local officials (health units) assisting them in the early 2 years which will be based on a Memorandum of AGreement to be signed by and between all stakeholders.
Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your innovation? If so, where and why?
Yes,this is expanding the program to neighboring communities with high prevalence on cases of maternal mortalities and children illnesses.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
An environment of having people with pure intention and visions to eradicate health problems on maternal cases and child illnesses in targeted communities.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
Support for sustainability through community initiatives.
 | 16 weeks agoMargarita Auxtero said: Yes aim is to target one member of the family as the next 2nd liners in the community to be trained after Community Health Action Teams ... about this Competition Entry. - read more > |
| 16 weeks agoCarol Grodzins said: As I understand your program, rather than support general volunteers or official health care professionals, your aim is at a member of ... about this Competition Entry. - read more > |
| 16 weeks agoMargarita Auxtero updated this Competition Entry. |
| 16 weeks agoMargarita Auxtero updated this Competition Entry. |
| 16 weeks agoMargarita Auxtero submitted this idea. |
