Communication techniques to promote activities carried out by the organization (online and social media); training on best reporting methods and resource mobilization.
External communication via communication gadgets, diffusion of one health videogramme in small gatherings like bars, clubs and in meetings of women groups, youth, official communication in the local administrative units and the global campaign during international day of one health.
Inovative Financial Mechanisms
Intergenerational knowledge approach where elders will pass on the knowledge to younger ones especially the women to young girls, this will also be in line with the community health relays put in place during the implementation phase. The community health relays, selected from the targeted communities will be equipped with communication gadgets to permit them disseminate information and after the implementation of the project examples of good practices and lessons learned will be prepared and vulgarize in the community. In a summarized booklet or guide.
Notable Community Participation
The setting of youth relays platforms will increase the participation of youth in the projects. Almost all the actions in this project equally involve youth as the relay point between SURA-MAMA and the local communities. The mobilization will be carried out by the youth.
Gender Focus
This also takes in to consideration the role of women in taking care of the family because when the men go for hunting; the women are the first victims to handle the animal in the processing of cooking and cleaning; this renders them more vulnerable to the zoonotic diseases and contact with the animals. The reason why they must be well sensitized and implicated in the entire project as the health of the family fully depends on the conditions and care by the women. As well as they stand in a higher position to teach their children on the risk and measures of prevention.
Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples
This project fully considers the role of indigenous women as it is designed and developed by the indigenous women from that community ; and 75% of the implementation will be done by women and youth from the local community.
The Indigenous women will make use of the language to transmit the knowledge to the younger generations
Project Results
*Development and diffusion of communication tools on One health
Availability of communication Gadgets Flyers, posters, training banners on one health, 1 videogram on one health, over 500 People were directly sensitized and 148 indirect through flyers, Total Production of 640 flyers, whereby 500 copies were shared during the sensitization meetings, 6 banners on one health which were used for community relay trainings and restitutions session, 71 auto posters on one health which were posted in different areas of training, 6 images boxes for community trainings.
These communication gadgets carry illustrations and images that shows the interaction between the Human actions, environment and the animals, the posters will serve for months as they are pasted in many areas in mouanko, the videogram of ONE Health is shared in many whathapps groups and projected in some training session as it shows awakening images that the community can easily interpret and transform their daily activities for their wellbeing and biodiversity conservation.
*Organization of sensitization workshop on the concept of ?One Health?
1 report of 4 sensitization meetings with the participant list, photos,
4 community sensitization meetings (Lobethal Community Palace 34 participants, YADIBO Community 26 participants, FEDYLOB women Association 18 participants, & quartier Bamenda 30 participants) and shared the flyers with them for further home restitution, direct beneficiaries of 1O8.
These training sessions started laying foundation of ONE Health in the Community, some students took part in the training and were excited to take it forward to their peers, as colleges falls amongst the targeted groups, the women groups also started engaging in the sensitization process after which some nominations for community relays were made considering gender balance, representation from different localities and some nominations by the community leaders, at the end of each training session 3-5 nominations were made to represent that community in the relay, and further engagements, at the end of the process, SURA-MAMA had a list of nominations which served the next step.
*Organization of a One health campaign during world ?one health day?
A report of the Preparatory meeting with MINEPDED, participant list, photos.
The preparatory meeting was held with the Cameroon national focal point of ONE HEALTH in preparation of the campaign; with the objective to involve other national expert on one health campaign. To share information and level of advancement with the one health national team and collectively prepare toward the organization of the international day of ONE HEALTH. And finally, to exchange on key messages and format to use in the campaign. Collect experience from them on their previous event.
*Training workshop of community health relays in the camps
1 trainer training Workshop report, a summary table of 5 Restitution meetings of the relay focus group, photos and participant lists.
22 people trained as community relay on ?One Health? with more women Association, 65% of success. The trainer training workshop of community relay group in Mouanko, were trained with the help of videogram on how to approach other population and how to use the one health banners during restitution sessions. They were issued communication gadgets and grouped in to focus groups;
3 women Associations, (RAFAMO; FEDYLOB; FEYADI); Youth Group and Education Group to be monitored by CWCS. These groups further continued the sensitization process as follows) FEYADI women Association in YADIBO community; RAFAMO women Association in YOYO I & II fishing communities where there exist Cameroonian; Ghanian, Nigerian groups; Education group sensitization in Eglise Evangelique du Cameroon, Youth Group in Government Bilingual Primary school Mouanko , and FEDYLOB Women Association in Ndogmongo - Mouanko . The 22 Relay team members were able to directly sensitize 166 participants. The result achieved here is that the community members are able to capture the concept of one health and trying to transmit the messages. Some key remarks from the population are outlined in the activity reports. This also made the process a participatory one as each and every one is trying to identify the key actions, they can perform in view to maintain our ecosystems.
*Consultations and training of local administration and municipalities around the Douala-Edea protected area on one health approach:
Report of training in English and French, photos, participant list and the documents signed by the invited participants of different delegations.
local administration, municipalities? sectorial delegations, representatives of CSO, Traditional leaders? women Associations trained. This activity was used to launch the project and served as an entry point to Mouanko it brought participants from different administrative sectors, under the patronage of the divisional delegate of Mouanko, the result obtained from this was the acceptance of the project and the engagement of all the stakeholders who took part in the training (Council of Mouanko, DAEPIA, Traditional leaders, CSOs, Women Associations, MINFOF -PNDE, MINEPIA, Ecole de peche, MINSANTE Park conservation agents etc?
Over 38 participants fully accepted the concept and CWCS did the facilitation to get access to information, and mobilization in the Mouanko area with a success rate of 84% of participation in the sensitization on one health.
In the group work the stakeholders did rapid cartography of the villages, the community leaders and contacts and the role they could play, the reason why the activities started by targeting structured women groups that are serving to amplify the voices of SURA-MAMA on One health as it contributes to the global outcome of COP 15, decision 15/29 on biodiversity on health and fight against Zoonotic disease. This activity provided access to meet all the communities without restrictions and the local authorities also involved in the mobilization and accompaniment of the project.
*Capacity Building SURA-MAMA
Sanctioned by a Report, photos and participants list. The capacity building for SURA-MAMA team on report writing; 13 women and 11 youth where trained on how to develop Activity reports. These training serve to identify some other needs for capacity building especially the youth on leadership, public communications, computer skills for the women, to name a few.
