Household has Elected Mother's Pregnant a child under Community Temporary Care Number Name (Yes/No) 2? (Yes/No) Area # Volunteer 1 Leena Yes No Kivo 1 Samuel 2 Niragira No Yes Kivo 1 Regine 3 Nicole No Yes Kivo 1 Nduwayo 4 Nzoyisenga Yes No Kivo 2 Claudine 5 Alice No Yes Kivo 2 Nzomukunda A Selection of Care Volunteers Once the neighbor groups have been formed based on their geographic proximity, gather the neighbor women together to select the Care Group Volunteer. Review the job description of a Care Group Volunteer (see box) with the women, and ask them to elect a Care Group Volunteer from among the group. At minimum, a Care Group Volunteer must be willing to work as a volunteer and have a desire to serve her neighbors and be willing to adopt the behaviors promoted by the project and model positive health and nutrition practices. Projects may choose to include other criteria for selecting Care Group Volunteers, such as basic literacy or being a respected member of the community. Once the Care Group Volunteer is selected, place a check mark next to the mother’s name on the village beneficiary household listing, as shown in the Community Census List example above. An Alternative Approach to Identifying Beneficiary Households and Electing Care Volunteers If community participation is high, community leaders may call all pregnant and lactating women and mothers of young children to a central meeting place on a particular day. If a woman is ill or cannot attend, she could appoint someone to represent her (and to take her prenatal visit card or child’s health card to the community gathering). Women could be asked to group themselves first into neighborhoods, then into smaller neighbor groups, and elect their Care Group Volunteer from this self-organization.
Number Mother's Name Pregnant (Yes/No) Household has a child under 2? (Yes/No) Community Area Temporary # Elected Care Volunteer 1 Leena Samuel Yes No Kivo 1 2 Niragira Regine No Yes Kivo 1 3 Nicole Nduwayo No Yes Kivo 1 4 Nzoyisenga Claudine Yes No Kivo 2 5 Alice Nzomukunda No Yes Kivo 2 A Selection of Care Volunteers Once the neighbor groups have been formed based on their geographic proximity, gather the neighbor women together to select the Care Group Volunteer. Review the job description of a Care Group Volunteer (see box) with the women, and ask them to elect a Care Group Volunteer from among the group. At minimum, a Care Group Volunteer must be willing to work as a volunteer and have a desire to serve her neighbors and be willing to adopt the behaviors promoted by the project and model positive health and nutrition practices. Projects may choose to include other criteria for selecting Care Group Volunteers, such as basic literacy or being a respected member of the community. Once the Care Group Volunteer is selected, place a check mark next to the mother’s name on the village beneficiary household listing, as shown in the Community Census List example above. An Alternative Approach to Identifying Beneficiary Households and Electing Care Volunteers If community participation is high, community leaders may call all pregnant and lactating women and mothers of young children to a central meeting place on a particular day. If a woman is ill or cannot attend, she could appoint someone to represent her (and to take her prenatal visit card or child’s health card to the community gathering). Women could be asked to group themselves first into neighborhoods, then into smaller neighbor groups, and elect their Care Group Volunteer from this self-organization.
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