Way of deploying our own strength
With the Malaria Competence Process communities are not waiting for other people to bring them solutions. They respond, using their own strengths and resources.
People systematically seek to improve their ways of working and share their experience with others.
A few examples...
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300 women clean the empty cans and old tires (the Gambia) Mrs Kalsoum Jankou, wife of one of the marabouts, is head of the women’s group. She brings her own figures. Soon after she had done the Self Assessment with eight members of her group, she organised a larger meeting with 200 hundred women from the village. “For the very first time, we had the opportunity to talk about malaria prevention, and to persuade those who did not use insecticide treated bed nets. Then we went from house to house to go on with counseling. And one day 300 of us gathered together to remove from the village all the empty cans and old tires that provide breeding sites for the mosquitoes.” |
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The self-assessment has brought confidence and good will to the community. Blaise Sedoh, national coordinator of the Red Cross on Malaria and HIV, notices, "People now see the value of a shared effort. In a community that has done the self-assessment, it is easier to find people who are ready to act together." |
Confidence and goodwill (Togo)