Proposal : WOMEN HEALTH AND FAMILY LIFE PROGRAMMEtact Information

Email: needyaid@gmail.com

Last Name: Timbillah

First Name: Ms. Paulina

Position at Organization: National Director

Name of Organization: Needy Aid Ghana

Organization Type: Development Agency (Bilateral or Multilateral)

Phone: +233243709980

Address: P.O. Box 669,TL. Northern Region. Ghana

City: Tamale

Country: Ghana

Needy Aid Ghana (NAG), which was established in May 2001, aim to support the work of organizations working to protect domestic violence in all forms, good Health, Education, Water and Sanitation. The (NAG) partner with local, national, sub-regional and regional organizations working towards development to alleviate poverty in country.oject Details

Title of Proposal: WOMEN HEALTH AND FAMILY LIFE

Project Duration (in number of months): 24

Implementation Country: Ghana

Sector: Health

Sub-theme: Vulnerable Groupsmary Partnerroject Questions

Problem Definition: Due to cash and carry system practiced within the health sector in the Ghana, the rural people are enable to pay for the service delivery by the few health service delivering institutions (i.e. clinics and hospital) in the district, road network (and their quality) are not very good in the metropolis, hence vehicular transport is difficult to come by. In view of this, expected mothers use the service of traditional birth attendance whose services are easily accessibly, cheaper and who could also differ payment of their service. For instance, as reported in the Tamale Metro MCH/FP annual report 2004 only 34% out the total record delivering in the metropolis where undertaken by trained TBA’s.

• To increase access and utilization of primary health care services among the rural poor and vulnerable population, through improved service delivery;
• To enhance behavioral/attitudinal change and practices towards health seeking and management behavior through advocacy and lobby;
• Increase community knowledge and skills in accessing, utilization and management of basic health services in rural poor communities.

Project Implementation: Women health and family life programme main strategies of engagement has been “increased community involvement in project planning, implementation,operation and aintenance, monitoring and evaluation” to enhance “community ownership management” of our intervention and also adopt collaborative approaches with relevant public institutions and local government bodies with mandates over sector of our interventions, so as to optimize resource utilization for maximum benefits to the people in the localities.

Innovation: Over the last six years (NAG) has been supported by Ghana health service to implement its Reproductive Health and Family Planning Programmes in 10 communities in 20 Districts. Funding for the project from ministry of health ended in December 2003, however, the organization had learnt useful lessons and best practices for improved health services delivery in the poor and rural communities. The organization also did a study and participatory rapid appraisal (PRA) sessions with various stakeholders of the programme in the community as part of our participatory evaluation of the project, as well as, initiating a new programme to sustain the gains made from the just ended programme and also to develop follow up project to further the objectives of the reproductive health project to improve community health conditions through primary health care services.

Community Participation: The various beneficiary groups and other stakeholders (from the local population) of this proposed project have participated in the participatory monitoring and evaluation of our just ended reproductive health programme in the communities. The process also identified the constraints and challenges to health care delivery for the poor and vulnerable, both during and after the implementation of the reproductive programme

Results: About 700 infants/children between the ages of zero to five (0-5 years) who require protection against the six child killer disease through periodic immunization programmes are the main target of this project. Pregnant women and nursing mothers (some 500 of them) from poor rural households who face various kinds of challenges to access health care services in their localities are also targeted to directly benefit from the project. Other direct beneficiaries of the proposed project include an estimated 1,000 couples (men & women in fertile age) from the low-income group currently engaged in subsistence living. The target beneficiaries are basically from low-income households and families who are currently engaged in various subsistence agricultural activities and household maintenance

Measurability: Internal mobilization and engagement, provision of kits to training birth attendances; community-wide sensitization and education; capacity building and training of traditional birth attendances, advocacy and lobby; on-the-job support and follow-ups, and monitoring and evaluation.

Sustainability: It is expected that with the training, supervision and monitoring of the WOMEN HEALTH AND FAMILY LIFE PROGRAMME, the work of the WOMEN HEALTH AND FAMILY LIFE PROGRAMME will be enriched, and will encourage them to continue to provide service to the community members even after the funding elapses. MOH has agreed to incorporate the monitoring of the activities of the programme within their own monitoring system and hence would ensure that quality WOMEN HEALTH AND FAMILY LIFE PROGRAMME service would be maintained. The equipment to be provided on the project will also ensure that the programme can carry out TBA training even after the funding period. The MOH has also indicated that to ensure that resources are available for the management of the programme.

Replicability and Scaling-Up: Implementing this idea different region / country would be succesful based on the availabilty of funds, The potential for this idea to be implemented in large scale would be only ccesful upon good transportion and funds.

Budget Cost

1. Personnel 38000

2. Materials and Equipment 67000 Data

3. Training 27000

4. Travel 12000

5. Evaluation and Dissemination 9500

6. General Administration/Overhead 19000

7. Other Expenses 5000

Total Project Costs: 177500

FUNDING REQUEST: 177500

Estimated Revenues (if any) 0

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