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'Advocacy for Good Health' (AGH) campaign with a call “From ME to MY Community’s Health”

Nada India proposes to launch the 'Advocacy for Good Health' (AGH) campaign with a call “From ME to MY Community’s Health” (FM2MCH) as a follow up of the Young India Network workshop on capacity building held on 1st June 2019 in Delhi. The purpose of this campaign is for Youth Advocates and Peer Leaders to understand the risk factors and the stigma and discrimination faced either by People Living with NCDs or those caring for People Living with NCDs.

The “From ME to MY Community’s Health” (FM2MCH) training workshop is peer-led. The Aim is to create a network of confident and compelling young people as health advocates who will have an understanding and skills sets to build a powerful narrative around KEY aspects of Good Health and will be proactive and responsive at community levels.

Training Workshop “From ME to MY Community’s Health” (FM2MCH) will offer principles of Advocacy and specific health advocacy skills combined with enhanced knowledge on NCDs and ways to meaningfully involve young people.

Selection Criteria:

For “From ME to MY Community’s Health” (FM2MCH) workshop we are looking for volunteers to have the following:
Ø  Some understanding of the health (NCDs and its risk factors) landscape in your community
Ø  Some relevant experience which may include, for example, speaking in public or a group, facilitating an activity or organizing something in your community or online.
A mix of English and Hindi will be the medium of this workshop.

The workshop will be hosted by NavVikalap Foundation in Chattarpur, Delhi.  Nada India is organising it.  The workshop will be conducted by Nada India capacity building team. It will be led by Ms. Jyotsna Roy,
who participated in the Training of Trainers organised by NCD Alliance in Geneva last month.
   
We request you to nominate two young persons (18-25 years) for “From ME to MY Community’s Health” (FM2MCH) training workshop to be held on 21st September 2019. After the workshop the two young health advocates will design a campaign with 10 young volunteers of your organization on NCDs.  

Please send their names, age, gender, educational qualification, experience (work and/ or volunteer) and contact details by 15th September 2019 and you will be confirmed about their registration.

Workshop host & venue details
Nav Vikalp Sansthan Drug Counselling and Rehabilitation Centre
Addiction Treatment Center in New Delhi

Address: 27 Mini Farm, Main Chattarpur Road, near Hotel Lily White, Chattarpur, New Delhi, 10074.          Please visit for location https://goo.gl/maps/L4CD283JjWjiezQ28
Phone: 9810594544

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions. 

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