![]() We need partnerships, we need to work together.” This also included outreach to local government. Taranta said they realized that “at all levels, an individual, or a group, or a department cannot reach the needs of all that we serve. “Previously, communities depended on projects that come and go” They interviewed key community groups to include women, youth, farmers, young mothers, beach management units, and facility- and community-based health care providers. That end was scalability – moving from success in a handful of communities to many more.ĭorah Taranta, a project manager for Pathfinder International Uganda, explained that the HoPE-LVB team first identified key partnerships “both for implementation but also for sustainability.” These partners included actors from the government, civil society, and environmental sector who would strengthen the project’s interventions and increase the odds of change perpetuating beyond the length of the initial funding cycle. It’s not just an isolated target.”įour years ago, the project was designed “ with the end in mind,” said Onduso. “You need an entire system, you need roads, energy, education…to help that woman deliver that baby in a difficult situation. “If you really want to make a dent on maternal mortality, that’s not a standalone goal,” said Caballero. ![]() Much of Pathfinder’s work is focused on women’s health, but with HOPE-LVB there was a conscious effort to expand beyond that comfort zone. “The PHE approach advances the conversation about how multi-sector programming and multi-stakeholder partnerships are critical to the success of the SDGs,” said Onduso. Agency for International Development, MacArthur Foundation, and Packard Foundation, the Health of the People and Environment in the Lake Victoria Basin initiative, or HoPE-LVB, has employed the PHE model to address food insecurity, weak health infrastructure, environmental degradation, high maternal and infant mortality, and inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene. Supported by Pathfinder International, the U.S. Speaking at the Wilson Center on June 21, Pamela Onduso, a senior technical advisor on youth advocacy and partnership at Pathfinder International Kenya, defined PHE as “an integrated approach to improve access to health services, especially family planning and sexual and reproductive health, while at the same time helping communities to manage natural resources and conserve the critical ecosystems on which they depend.” One such approach is known as population, health, and environment, or PHE. “It is through partnerships and through innovation that we can really start to make use and really incentivize these new frameworks that we have agreed to.” Paula Caballero, global practice director for the environment and natural resources at the World Bank, urged institutions to seek out new ways of doing development, from food security to global health efforts. But how will governments, NGOs, and other organizations go about actually accomplishing them over the next 15 years? ![]() They were agreed to last year by governments at the United Nations and cover developing and developed countries alike. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are an ambitious framework for reducing poverty and improving the lives of billions of people. ![]()
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