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

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[ed:  thanks to Al for replyig to Caitlin's query.]

From: Al Boss <alboss at sisypheans.org>

Check Phil Bartle's incredible site at http://www.scn.org/cmp/. 
Materials translated into a dozen or more languages. The site's story is 
great, too--started by a UN worker in Kampala with a 300 bps modem and a 
connection that seldom lasted ten minutes, volunteers still popping up 
out of the woodwork to translate into more languages, zero budget and 
100% volunteer. I wouldn't want the designers to color-coordinate my 
wardrobe, maybe, but I do find the site both inspired and inspirational.

Best,

Al

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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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