Improving access to family planning and healthcare in rural Kenyan communities
A project of CHASE Africa - submitted by Sonal Perry of the American Women of Surrey
TP_Shortlisted_Proposal_-_Improving_access_to_family_planning_and_healthcare_in_rural_Kenyan_communities.pdf
S.A.F.E (Safe Alternatives for FGM Elimination)
A project of Hope for Girls and Women Tanzania - submitted by Jane Romain of the Munich International Women’s Club
TP_Shortlisted_Proposal_-_S.A.F.E._Safe_Alternatives_for_FGM_Elimination.pdf
Stepping Stones to Health and Well-Being
A project of Safe Spaces Foundation - submitted by Sherrie Zwail Enderman of the American Women’s Club of Amsterdam
TP_Shortlisted_Proposal_-_Stepping_Stones_to_Health_and_Well-Being.pdf
Each FAWCO Member Club has the opportunity to vote for the project they would most want to support. Ballots will be sent to your club's FAWCO Rep on February 1, 2020. Clubs will have until February 15, 2020 to cast their votes. I encourage you to take this opportunity to learn about each project and the organization.
12 Non-Shortlisted Projects
The remainder of the nominated projects, submitted by FAWCO and FAUSA members, addressed a wide variety of health and well-being issues pertaining to girls and women:
- Strengthening of community health in various parts of the world
- Offering family planning and sex education
- Development of patient managers to support children (and their families) with brain tumors
- Training and development of nurses and midwives
- Offering cancer screening and follow-up where required
- Supporting access to menstrual health education and products
- Development of a grassroots mental health care program
The Target Project Selection Committee was impressed by the diversity of the projects and acknowledged that all the organizations are doing incredible work. Once the Target Project is selected we look forward to taking time to revisit each of these projects to share with you the wonderful work they are doing to bring health and well-being opportunities to women and girls around the globe. In the meantime, we would like to recognize the FAWCO and FAUSA members and their project submissions:
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1 Million in Mind: strengthening community health for women and their families in Kenya |
Michelle Oliel, AWC The Hague |
The Target Project Selection Committee
Being a member of the Selection Committee was a wonderful experience, not only in having the opportunity to read through the Target Project submissions, but also to get to know a few more amazing FAWCO members. I would like to extend my appreciation and thanks to Christine Rigby-Hall, who led the selection process in such an able and calm manner, and to the other committee members who spent many hours reading, evaluating and providing feedback on all the proposals. I asked the Selection Committee, in a few sentences, to describe the value of the Target Program and Project to them:
Christine Rigby-Hall, AWC Amsterdam | Target Program for Health – Selection Chair
“The Target Program has provided me with an opportunity to work side by side with and be connected to amazing FAWCO and FAUSA women while working toward the common goal of creating solutions for others by giving our time to something larger than ourselves.”
Martha Canning, AWC Amsterdam | Target Program for Health – Education Chair
“As Target Health Education Chair, my role is raising awareness of women's global health issues and what prevents women from achieving good health, using the framework of SDG 3 and its targets. I am passionate about these issues, and am grateful that through the Target Blog: Health Matters, presentations and workshops, I can work with other committed FAWCO women to spread contagious enthusiasm to our members, so that together we can increase our impact on women's health.”
Mary Dobrian, AIWC Cologne | FAWCO 3rd VP Global Issues
“As VP for Global Issues, I am constantly learning and thinking about the issues that affect women and girls worldwide. Through the Target Project, we have a wonderful opportunity to make an impact on girls’ and women’s lives – and a great responsibility to ensure that this impact is a meaningful one. I feel honored to be part of the selection process for the Target 4.0 Project in Health.”
Tricia R Saur, AIWC Cologne | FAWCO Parliamentarian and Target Program Chair 2016-2019
“For me, the Target Program represents FAWCO putting words into action – bringing together its committees, teams, member clubs and individual members to raise awareness of critical issues faced by women and girls around the globe and then acting jointly to provide significant and tangible support for a single project. The Target Project illustrated the joint power of our clubs to create meaningful change in the world. The Target Program makes me proud to be part of FAWCO.”
Julie Lehr, AWC Amsterdam | Target Fundraising Coordinator
“I am Julie Lehr and I am the Target Fundraising Coordinator for the upcoming Health Target Project. It humbles me to be a part of something that has such a positive impact on the health and well-being of not only the women and girls, but the community as well of the project selected. It will have the potential to be life changing! I am honored and excited to have a small role in making this kind of difference.”
Angie Aebersold, AWC Bern | Foundation VP for Programs
“I am on The FAWCO Foundation Board; my position is VP Programs. I am also on FAWCO's Events Planning Committee. What the Target program means to me... First, what FAWCO can do when we come together as one and what we can accomplish. The Target program is also, for me, the epitome of what FAWCO is, women for women and children, support, friendship, a helping hand, female energy, making changes that make the world a better place, a home away from home.”
Therese Hartwell, FAUSA | President FAUSA 2017-2019
“I was Chair of the FAWCO Human Rights Team from 2015–2019 and FAUSA President from 2017–2019, and I nominated the last Target Project, Hope Beyond Displacement. Having nominated the previous TP, I saw firsthand the impact that the Target Project could have on an organization about which I cared deeply. I also believe that the TP brings together the elements of FAWCO, increasing the impact we can have in the world.”
Linda Harvan, FAUSA | Global Issues Health Team Co-Chair
“My role in FAWCO is as Co-Chair of the Health Team, which is why I was asked to be on the Selection Committee. I was honored to help select the short list of projects for the next Target Project and was excited to see so many different ways non-profit organizations are making a difference by improving the health of some of the world’s most vulnerable people.”
Anne Riz, AWC Bern | UN Rep in Geneva
“I have been a FAWCO UN Rep for Geneva since 2013, and serve on the board of the NGO CSW Geneva as treasurer. I have followed women’s and girls’ sexual and reproductive health issues and the problems of harmful traditional practices. To further my knowledge, I completed an online course by Lund University in ‘Global Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR)’ as well as an Amnesty International course. I am particularly interested in provision of SRH services to adolescents. After visiting the Collateral Repair Project in Jordan, I am a strong believer in the Target Project program.”
Erica Higbie, FAUSA | UN Rep New York
“My academic and professional background in healthcare and women’s rights has made me painfully aware of how important adequate health and reproductive services are for women. Without good health no other human rights will be achievable. I applaud FAWCO for supporting those working to improve these services for women.”
Cathy Farnan, AWG Paris | Financial Advisor
“As a former CPA in my working life, I was asked to join the Target Project Selection Committee to assist with the financial review of the organizations who submitted Target Project applications. While the application process appears to be straightforward and focused, it quickly became clear during the evaluation process that the individual applications were quite diverse in their financial situations, clarity of financial data as well as in the ‘project’ vs ‘overhead’ expenditures. The resultant financial discussion elicited thoughtful consideration as to which applications best suited FAWCO’s fundraising support! I loved how our committee worked together, building upon each person’s input to determine the top three projects!!”
The committee members spent many hours reading, evaluating and discussing each application and the merits of the individual proposals. After deliberation, a decision was reached resulting in the published shortlist. The decision is now yours to review the three shortlisted proposals and to cast your ballot!
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