Programme objective
Support communities to identify environmental health risks, prioritise action and work collectively with relevant partners.
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Environmental health and climate resilience
Community Environmental Health and Climate Resilience
Residents investigate environmental conditions affecting health and organise locally owned, sustainable responses.
A framework for action shaped by local priorities
How we work together
BarnMD uses Community Organizing Participatory Action Research (COPAR). In practice, residents help identify local priorities, understand the causes, decide what matters most, organise local leadership, take action and review the results.
- 01Getting to know the community
- 02Understanding local needs
- 03Agreeing priorities together
- 04Building local leadership
- 05Planning and taking action
- 06Reviewing progress together
- 07Planning for the future
Examples of activities
- ✓Participatory environmental and seasonal risk mapping
- ✓Community assessment of waste, drainage and vector-related concerns
- ✓Collective analysis and prioritisation of local hazards
- ✓Community-led action planning and safe local mitigation
- ✓Engagement with local authorities and technical partners
- ✓Seasonal monitoring and participatory review
Participate in community-led change
Contact BarnMD to discuss local health priorities and how a community-led project could be planned. Activities are developed with residents and proceed after appropriate safety and operational reviews.