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

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[ed:  apologies for the delay in posting Kathy's reply.]

From: Kathy Partridge <interfaithfunders at yahoo.com>

Caitlin should check out PICO's organizing in Rwanda, which has focused 
on health issues, and work that Gamaliel (and I believe, the Lutherans) 
have been doing in South Africa.

Cheers,

 
Kathy Partridge
Executive Director
Interfaith Funders
www.interfaithfunders.org
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Longmont, CO  80503
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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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