Central America, Caribbean and Venezuela project
Empowering and developing future community leaders to advocate and create awareness in their countries and across the region of Central America, the Caribbean and Venezuela
Partner institution
Fundación de Apoyo al Hemofílico (FAHEM), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to co-ordinate across the region
Represented by
Fendi Valdez Bisono, FAHEM
Haydée Altagracia Benoit de García, FAHEM
Duration
1.5 years, Q2 2014 – Q4 2016
Status
Completed
Objectives
- Plan and coordinate activities for the patient organisations to identify and form new leaders
- Empower and develop 18 young leaders in the region
- Start creating micro-projects by the new leaders to integrate them to their patient organisations and raise funds to implement the projects and advocate for their cause
- Replication of acquired knowledge and skills by the new leaders to other members of their organisations
Achievements
- Succession planning, improved strategic organisation and young leaders taking over responsibilities (128 new active youth; Costa Rica: from 0 to 30 youth; Dominican Republic: project office created; El Salvador: organisation revived and recognised by WFH; Venezuela: 3 youth now part of the board (sports, youth and communications coordinators) and 2 of the youth leaders are leading regional chapters)
- Improved communication with medical community (Guatemala: joint action plan at HLF in Lima; Nicaragua: joint leadership of NNHF project; El Salvador: working together for the benefit of the patients)
- More cohesion and collaboration amongst the patient community on a regional level
