query: International Health Organizing, and illiterate peoples' organizing?

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[ed:  thanks to Len, Sharon, and Richard for responding to Caitlin's query.]

From: ErbL <ErbL at roberts.edu>


Yes, the Christian Community Development Association, has some 
international affiliates that do health organizing and development. You 
can reach them at CCDA.org.

Len Erb

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From: Sharon Irish <slirish at illinois.edu>


Hello Caitlin Cohen and everyone,

One listserv that I am on is chock full of programs that you inquire about:
the Communication Initiative Network. http://www.comminit.com/ Their 
listserv is called Drum Beat.

Best, Sharon

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From: Richard Layman <rlaymandc at yahoo.com>


Probably a great place to start would be www.developmentgateway.org, a 
project focused on international development resources.
 
You can subscribe to regular e-newsletters highlighting new resources 
added to their site/databses.  E.g., years ago, I learned about this 
project, http://www.iapad.org/, Integrated Approaches to Participatory 
Development, based in the Phillipines, via Development Gateway.

Richard Layman
Citizens Planning Coalition

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> From: Caitlin Cohen <caitlin at malihealth.org>
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> Hello!  I was wondering if anyone on this list knows of:
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> 1) Any international health organizing projects?  Other than
> some work that ACORN does in South America, I have found very few.
> 2) Any domestic health organizing groups in francophone countries?
> 3) Any teaching materials about organizing that are visually-based or
> designed for populations with extremely low (as in 10%) literacy?
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> I co-founded and direct the Mali Health Organizing Project.
> So far our organizing trainings have been with populations that have
> at least 50-60% literacy (our community committees), but we want to
> start teaching organizing as well as health education in peoples homes
> (eg, about 2000 people, almost none of whom are educated at all or
> literate).  We teach health using these visual flashcards that tell a
> story.  We are thinking about doing to same for organizing.
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>  I would love to see how people have done this.
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> Sincerely,
> Caitlin
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> Caitlin Cohen
> US Director/ Co-Founder
> Mali Health Organizing Project
> www.malihealth.org, caitlin at malihealth.org
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