Dear All,

I came across this CBO  from New York City (now the epicentre of covid) who have been around for a while (50 years) giving microgrants for community initiatives. They are using a simple online survey tool to identify grass roots initiatives of coping with the disaster (8,500+ deaths so far from 180,000 cases) which they could then support. The survey  https://us6.campaign-archive.com/?u=b76fd06fed68eb3e5f503ac4a&id=5a027651c4 could be improved (personally I would strengthen the appreciative inquiry nature and perhaps add something about how to improve GOv't messaging, but the idea seems valid in a context where on line surveys are common. Of course in many contexts, on-line appreciative inquiry would not be relevant or possible, but the principle could be the same and palc volunteers could be collecting such stories and sending via SMS, or simple report format or verbally. Another option would be to play with the microgrants "flier" that is sometimes used in some contexts.

Anyway, just a thought

justi

On Mon, 13 Apr 2020 at 02:44, Darare Gonche <sgdarare@...> wrote:

Dear All,

Thanks Nils and to all for sharing information on your experiences on corona responses.  This is a serious pandemic that has cought up with the world. No one is safe, communities/individuals need to take personal initiatives whenever possible to reduce spread of Covid-19. SCLR approach will work best for this responses esp on public health awareness.

In Kenya reported cases of corona virus are 189, 7 death, 7 recoveries. The number is increasing everyday. We are affected by lockdown of major town and shortage of food and essential is already felt. Food prices is shooting and this will likely affect the most vulnerable households. 

Basic prevention and protective kits are virtually absent in rural environment. 

At the moment, through Indigenous Right and Resource Mgt Org-IREMO, roving Participatory Action Learning in Crisis- (PALC) facilitators established with support from L2GP and Christian Aid- Kenya, are disseminating the dangers of the virus and precautionary measures for people to stay safe through  village palc volunteers- commonly known as sherperds. The messages are translated to the local language people understand.

Regards

Darare

Dear All,

Thanks Nils and to all for sharing information on your experiences on corona responses.  This is a serious pandemic that has cought up with the world. No one is safe, communities/individuals need to take personal initiatives whenever possible to reduce spread of Covid-19. SCLR approach will work best for this responses esp on public health awareness.

In Kenya reported cases of corona virus are 189, 7 death, 7 recoveries. The number is increasing everyday. We are affected by lockdown of major town and shortage of food and essential is already felt. Food prices is shooting and this will likely affect the most vulnerable households. 

Basic prevention and protective kits are virtually absent in rural environment. 

At the moment, through Indigenous Right and Resource Mgt Org-IREMO, roving Participatory Action Learning in Crisis- (PALC) facilitators established with support from L2GP and Christian Aid- Kenya, are disseminating the dangers of the virus and precautionary measures for people to stay safe through  village palc volunteers- commonly known as sherperds. The messages are translated to the local language people understand.

Regards

Darare