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OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO COMMUNITY MOBILISATION: BEST PRACTICE AND LESSONS LEARNED

Learn why community mobilisation is crucial for engaging communities with essential services. Discover effective strategies, such as detailed action plans and tailored interventions, from successful case studies in Darfur, Sudan, Dolo Ado, Ethiopia, and Maban, South Sudan.

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OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO COMMUNITY MOBILISATION: BEST PRACTICE AND LESSONS LEARNED

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  1. OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO COMMUNITY MOBILISATION: BEST PRACTICE AND LESSONS LEARNED

  2. Why Community Mobilisation?

  3. Appropriately engaging the communities with the services provided needs improvement!

  4. Lessons Learned

  5. There is no silver bullet….. One Size Fits All

  6. Develop Detailed and Specific Action Plan NO MORE RECOMMENDATIONS!!

  7. Assess the Community

  8. Characteristics, attitudes, beliefs , values , behaviors Resources, networks, organize, stakeholders Barriers Community assessment Boosters Benefit FGD KI Methodology Observation SI Assessment

  9. Diversifying Sources

  10. Best Practice

  11. Darfur, Sudan BARRIER – Preference of alternative treatment services ACTION – Distribution of MUAC amongst traditional healers with training on measurement and referral RESULT – increased referrals/ admissions

  12. Dolo Ado, Ethiopia BARRIER – low awareness of the programme ACTION – piggybacking on other health interventions to disseminate messages regarding SAM treatment RESULT – 10% increase in coverage over 1 year

  13. Maban, South Sudan BARRIER – low awareness of the programme ACTION – volunteers from the community wrote and enacted a folk dance with traditional music instruments biweekly to attract people, and play was acted out within the middle of the village. RESULT – Improved attendance

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