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6 Community Voices
6 Community Voices
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Widmer noted this was not difficult to do, given that perspectives of mothers of children with disabilities, single fathers, and faith leaders are ubiquitous across resourcechallenged contexts. PROJECT MERCY, ETHIOPIA In rural Ethiopia, Project Mercy is a holistic community-development initiative providing access to, while at the same time investing in, health, 45
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Rather than development being driven by some outside entity, Project Mercy's model brings its own children back into the fold. RESTAVEK FREEDOM, HAITI Restavek Freedom in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, works with partners such as policy implementers, public communication strategists, and faith eaders to address restavek -- a form of child slavery endemic to Haiti that l is pervasive across contemporary Haitian culture.
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A social worker, nurse, and program manager also added their perspectives on the value of the pediatric development clinic and All Babies Count program to such mothers and their children throughout Rwinkwavu. The videos were framed by Fulgence Nkikabahizi, Medical Director of Rwinkwavu District Hospital, who discussed the scalability of both programs across health care facilities and the surrounding communities throughout Rwanda.
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48 SUPPORTING FAMILY AND COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS BOX 6-1 Poster Session for Young Influencers Ethiopia Mubarek Abera Parents' Perception of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Problems and Their Choice of Treatment Resort in Southwest Ethiopia Emilia Darmstadt and Bete Demeke Enriching Educational Experiences for Ethiopian Children at Project Mercy Atsenash Gossaye Development in Rural Low Literacy Setting of Ethiopia Rosa Hoekstra Increasing Awareness of Autism and Other Developmental Disorders Among Rural Ethiopian Community Health Workers: Impact of a Brief Training Kenya Raymond Obuoyo A Mile for the Brain: Social Entrepreneurship in Last Mile Access of Complementary Foods for Weaning Children Silas Okengo and Deden Manyara Development of a Mobile Application to Support Parent Education: A Case of Nairobi Kenya Patricia Wekulo Linking Socioeconomic Status and the Home Environment to Language and Motor Outcomes in Children: A Comparison of School-Age and Infant Populations Malawi Charles Masulani-Mwale Caring for Children with Intellectual Disabilities in Malawi: Parental Psychological Experiences and Needs Uganda Ronald Sentuuwa Re-Engineering Literacy Practices for Children and Beyond: A Case of the Community Reading Tents in the Slums of Kampala Regional Lynette Okengo Establishment of the African Network for Early Childhood Nina Sporer Foundation Maps for Early Childhood Development in East Africa
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The forum seeks to encourage the next generation of researchers, program implementers, and policy makers to participate in the workshops, and one vehicle by which this occurs is through interactive workshop sessions. Young Investigators were invited to present posters and provide a brief overview of their work relating to investments across health, nutrition, education, and social protection of young children during the workshop as a continuation of the session on community voices.
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