The following relevant books cover projects that are post-conflict. They are available for download from this site:
Financing of Income generation Activities in the Wake of Conflict
Micro-finance (Online case study – Somaliland)
For an introduction to the discipline and an overview of activities at different levels of care, see our manual Principles and Practice of PHC (Section 4) See our section on Behaviour Change, and our manual Health Education for Behaviour change “Helping Health Workers Learn”, available from Hesperian Health Guides, provides hundreds of methods, aids, and learning strategies…
CASE STUDY: The experiences of CISS in West Kenya By Mrs Perez Odera, Director
Navdanya (‘nine seeds’) is a women-centred movement protecting biological and cultural diversity. Their network of seed keepers and organic producers spreads across 18 states in India. They have helped set up community seed banks across the country, trained over 500,000 farmers in seed ‘sovereignty’ and sustainable agriculture and helped setup the largest fair trade organic…
The following relevant books are available for download from this site:
Microfinance is a tool to address poverty and assist people to generate an income. In recent years, there has been a rapid increase in the number of microfinance institutions and clients. However, microfinance services remain limited in rural areas which are often sparsely populated and poorly developed in terms of economic and physical infrastructure. Efforts are, therefore,…
For an outline of actvities plus a discussion, see our manual Principles and Practice of PHC (Sections 1.3. & 2.2). If you want to know more about FGM, see our manual Facts about Female Genital Mutilation (13pp PDF), also in Arabic and Somali. “A Book for Midwives ” – Care for pregnancy, birth, and women’s health. This…