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With its focus on faith leaders, this study uses the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone and Liberia to explore the relationship between humanitarianism and religion and seeks to provide evidence, in real time, of the role of faith leaders in…

In January 2014, during the worst violence in the Central African Republic’s most recent civil war, Mercy Corps launched a unique humanitarian program in the country’s two most socio-economically vital cities, Bangui and Bouar. The program set out to help…

Full Article Link: http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/274064-congress-has-saved-lives-before-and-can-do-it-again

This is an overview by women and men of faith and human rights actors, on the relationship between human rights and their respective faith traditions. These authors straddle the worlds of religious leadership, while  advocating for gender equality and human…

CHAK is involved in reducing non communicable diseases in Kenya through strengthening the community health systems. The CHAK Hypertension program aims to increase awareness and strengthen linkages between health facilities and communities.

The Early Childhood Development Program is a volunteer-implemented program that improves the holistic wellbeing of children and their families living in HIV/AIDS prevalent areas. Focus areas include child health, nutrition, and livelihoods strengthening activities for vulnerable families.

Tags: Data Collection by Local Community, Holistic Wellbeing, Comparing Data Across Regions

The Beneficiary and Service Delivery Indicators (BDSI) is an organization-wide data gathering system created by Catholic Relief Services that provides a standardized way to track services and persons who benefit from the organization’s programs.

Tags: Organization-wide System, Comparing Data Across Regions

The African Christian Health Association (ACHA) family planning programme sought to utilize faith communities to improve contraceptive uptake. The program was in part implemented by increasing information, education, and communication on family planning to religious leaders and by them. This program aimed to create a replicable model for strengthening family planning within Christian Health Association’s (CHA’s) in other sub-Saharan countries.

A simple monthly tool was developed to be used by religious leaders for reporting, and a guide for messaging was developed to be used by religious leaders. In each country, the Ministry of Health (MOH) community referral forms and the MOH family planning cards and registers were used to collect data on referral and uptake of family planning services.

Tags:Capacity Building

New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) is conducting research into faith-based charities to address the gap in knowledge. They believe that if faith-based charities can achieve things that other organisations can’t, or can work in situations that others aren’t able to, then as a…