Saturday, June 25, 2011
ICROSS research
If you would like more information about our research programmes please check out the ICROSS research section on out web sites
http://www.icrossinternational.org/news.aspx?id=97
How can I get involved fighting poverty in Africa
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Whats different about ICROSS, the ICROSS concept
THE ICROSS CONCEPT
ICROSS is much more than just an organisation working in Africa. ICROSS is a concept, an idea, a set of values, which is shared and advocated by a large and evolving international community.
Long before community participation became popular, ICROSS promoted community ownership and planning in the local language through local values and beliefs.
The three decades ICROSS has operated in Africa has taught us the importance of these values and in a world where political, religious and socio-economic agendas play an ever more important role in the aid industry, ICROSS has uniquely, and with instinct, refrained from giving up its values and beliefs. Dr Michael Meegan has been promoting this vision and local ownership since creating ICROSS in 1979.
The values of ICROSS derive from something as simple as caring for our brothers and sisters; assist them out of and prevent them from suffering, without an agenda other than genuinely wanting to assist. We assist them through their own people, their languages, their traditions and existing political and belief systems with a sincere admiration and respect for their cultures.
By listening to the people whom we assist and develop programmes according to their needs and in their presence, rather than our wishes in an office far from their reality, the communities we serve, gain a sense of ownership. This is a real ownership not a donor driven or foreign idea. The feeling of ownership is crucial in any development work; it reduces possible constraints and limitations of a programme and ensures success, cost effectiveness and more importantly sustainability. ICROSS assists communities to facilitate themselves out of affliction.
ICROSS has over the years, scientifically shown, that what we do works. Our values and evidence based approach has ensured that even as a small, bottom-up, grass-root operating organisation, we have gained international respect among politicians, religious leaders, and academics around the world, who among thousands of others, make up the international community of ICROSS. ICROSS actually has the poor, donors and Government represented on our board of Directors, it is transparent and shares new ideas.
This international community is the driving force behind ICROSS as an idea. The humanitarian work of ICROSS stretches far beyond our programmes in Africa. ICROSS is within anyone who genuinely wants to care and assist others with love, respect and understanding. ICROSS as an idea is growing dynamically and with your help could reach more people.
For more about ICROSS work and our programmes 2011-2016 please look at our sites or follow us on facebook and twitter.
ICROSS is much more than just an organisation working in Africa. ICROSS is a concept, an idea, a set of values, which is shared and advocated by a large and evolving international community.
Long before community participation became popular, ICROSS promoted community ownership and planning in the local language through local values and beliefs.
The three decades ICROSS has operated in Africa has taught us the importance of these values and in a world where political, religious and socio-economic agendas play an ever more important role in the aid industry, ICROSS has uniquely, and with instinct, refrained from giving up its values and beliefs. Dr Michael Meegan has been promoting this vision and local ownership since creating ICROSS in 1979.
The values of ICROSS derive from something as simple as caring for our brothers and sisters; assist them out of and prevent them from suffering, without an agenda other than genuinely wanting to assist. We assist them through their own people, their languages, their traditions and existing political and belief systems with a sincere admiration and respect for their cultures.
By listening to the people whom we assist and develop programmes according to their needs and in their presence, rather than our wishes in an office far from their reality, the communities we serve, gain a sense of ownership. This is a real ownership not a donor driven or foreign idea. The feeling of ownership is crucial in any development work; it reduces possible constraints and limitations of a programme and ensures success, cost effectiveness and more importantly sustainability. ICROSS assists communities to facilitate themselves out of affliction.
ICROSS has over the years, scientifically shown, that what we do works. Our values and evidence based approach has ensured that even as a small, bottom-up, grass-root operating organisation, we have gained international respect among politicians, religious leaders, and academics around the world, who among thousands of others, make up the international community of ICROSS. ICROSS actually has the poor, donors and Government represented on our board of Directors, it is transparent and shares new ideas.
This international community is the driving force behind ICROSS as an idea. The humanitarian work of ICROSS stretches far beyond our programmes in Africa. ICROSS is within anyone who genuinely wants to care and assist others with love, respect and understanding. ICROSS as an idea is growing dynamically and with your help could reach more people.
For more about ICROSS work and our programmes 2011-2016 please look at our sites or follow us on facebook and twitter.
ICROSS women's health programme 2011
ICROSS creating long range women's health programmes
ICROSS has focused on women's health and reproductive health care in its expansion of Maternal and child health programmes. ICROSS health services have provided comprehensive care for mothers and children for 30 years in Africa in a wide range of evidence based health projects.
Our health projects focus since 1983 on mothers and children in community owned initiatives.
These are the most vulnerable to disease and malnutrition. The International Director/Founder Dr Michael Meegan said today " We are really interested in increasing the capacity of the communities we live with to deliver long term health services and change. This is a dynamic shared learning with a wide range of partners and friends"
Saruni Ole Lengeny added " Our work includes includes training local ICROSS health volunteers as counsellors, and carers community health. ICROSS is focused on interventions ranging from prevention, diarrhoea control and reducing blindness, nutrition and education to birth spacing and clinical services. Our reproductive health projects include family planning. We are planning new maternity units to improve prenatal care, labour and delivery services, and the prevention, detection and treatment of STDs, including HIV/AIDS."
There are more facts on women's health at http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/women/en/
you can google scholar search our publicaltions through searching ICROSS Kenya at google scholar http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=ICROSS+KENYA&btnG=Search&as_sdt=0%2C5&as_ylo=&as_vis=0
and more on our web sites www.icrossinternational.org
www.icross-africa.net You can help by buying from our online store and by donating to our partners and network organisations.
You can learn more about ICROSS projects on http://www.icrossinternational.org/about/index.asp
For decades ICROSS has worked with mothers and children in building long term safe motherhood projects
There are many problems Ordinary woman in Kenya are unable to afford basic sanitary protection.
⇒ One pack of sanitary pads costs more than 50% of the average monthly wage for women.
⇒ Millions of Kenyan women are forced to replace tampons with newspapers and dirty rags.
• This can lead to vaginal infections for which there is no available medication.
• These vaginal infections are often mistaken to be sexually transmitted infections leading to social embarrassment and domestic violence.
⇒ Wives and mothers are unable to work when they have their periods, further hindering already impoverished families.
⇒ Girls are forced to take time off school, further jeopardizing their education.
• Because of the economic and cultural crises in Africa, its schools serve as more than academic centers. They provide community resources where young people receive basic care and services, such as food programs, clean water and counseling.
ICROSS has focused on women's health and reproductive health care in its expansion of Maternal and child health programmes. ICROSS health services have provided comprehensive care for mothers and children for 30 years in Africa in a wide range of evidence based health projects.
Our health projects focus since 1983 on mothers and children in community owned initiatives.
These are the most vulnerable to disease and malnutrition. The International Director/Founder Dr Michael Meegan said today " We are really interested in increasing the capacity of the communities we live with to deliver long term health services and change. This is a dynamic shared learning with a wide range of partners and friends"
Saruni Ole Lengeny added " Our work includes includes training local ICROSS health volunteers as counsellors, and carers community health. ICROSS is focused on interventions ranging from prevention, diarrhoea control and reducing blindness, nutrition and education to birth spacing and clinical services. Our reproductive health projects include family planning. We are planning new maternity units to improve prenatal care, labour and delivery services, and the prevention, detection and treatment of STDs, including HIV/AIDS."
There are more facts on women's health at http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/women/en/
you can google scholar search our publicaltions through searching ICROSS Kenya at google scholar http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=ICROSS+KENYA&btnG=Search&as_sdt=0%2C5&as_ylo=&as_vis=0
and more on our web sites www.icrossinternational.org
www.icross-africa.net You can help by buying from our online store and by donating to our partners and network organisations.
You can learn more about ICROSS projects on http://www.icrossinternational.org/about/index.asp
For decades ICROSS has worked with mothers and children in building long term safe motherhood projects
There are many problems Ordinary woman in Kenya are unable to afford basic sanitary protection.
⇒ One pack of sanitary pads costs more than 50% of the average monthly wage for women.
⇒ Millions of Kenyan women are forced to replace tampons with newspapers and dirty rags.
• This can lead to vaginal infections for which there is no available medication.
• These vaginal infections are often mistaken to be sexually transmitted infections leading to social embarrassment and domestic violence.
⇒ Wives and mothers are unable to work when they have their periods, further hindering already impoverished families.
⇒ Girls are forced to take time off school, further jeopardizing their education.
• Because of the economic and cultural crises in Africa, its schools serve as more than academic centers. They provide community resources where young people receive basic care and services, such as food programs, clean water and counseling.
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