Welcome to (Join) AHOA and its Platforms to Influence the World and Promote Development Works
Welcome to AHOA's and its Platforms:
Influence the World and Development Works
3 May 2022
Excellency,
Welcome to (Join) AHOA and its Platforms to Influence the World and
Promote Development Works
Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA) is a community-focused CSOs
network/think-tank of about 1000 organizations especially in the global South;
exploring the nexus/interlinkages between Health [Universal Health Coverage, HIV/AIDS, TB,
FP/RH and Malaria - prevention, treatment, impact mitigation, care and support], Energy and Environment [climate change,
biodiversity and ecosystems, Nutrition and Food Security, and Gender, Good
Governance and Human Rights. We are committed to the promotion of
Health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and
realization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); using Partnerships and collaborations; Advocacy, communication/media and social/resource mobilization
(ACSM); Research/evidence-generation including
conferences, seminars, symposia and workshops; Capacity development; Outreaches and
community engagements; and Monitoring and
evaluation (M&E) as our PARCOM Strategy;
while focusing on rural and poor urban communities, marginalized, vulnerable,
physically disadvantaged/disabled population and other disadvantaged
populations especially women, children, adolescents and elderly. and AFRIHEALTH
has a Consultative Status at the United Nations ECOSOC. Incorporated in 2003, AFRIHEALTH Network and
its members are involved in Health [Universal Health Coverage, HIV/AIDS, TB,
FP/RH and Malaria - prevention, treatment, impact mitigation, care and
support]; Vaccinations/Immunizations; Preventing/Controlling poverty-related
Diseases; Nutrition and Food Security; Energy and Environment; and Empowerment,
Gender/women empowerment, Good Governance and Human Rights. Incorporated in
Nigeria as a not-for-profit, non-religious and non-partisan registered trustees
in 2003, AFRIHEALTH uses Partnerships/Collaborations (PPP); Advocacy and
Mobilizations; Research/Evidence-Generation (reviews, assessment, oversight,
conferences, symposiums, seminars); Capacity Development/Training and
Organizational Strengthening; Outreaches/Community Interventions; and
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) - called PARCOM Strategy to achieve its
objectives; while focusing on rural and poor urban communities, marginalized,
vulnerable and disadvantaged populations especially women, children,
adolescents and elderly; and exploring the nexus/interlinkages between Health,
Energy and Environment – including renewable energy, energy efficiency, energy
conservation, climate change, biodiversity and ecosystems; Nutrition and Food
Security, and Gender, Good Governance/Democracy and Human Rights. Its target
beneficiaries include the poorest of the poor, children/infants and orphans,
women, youth/adolescents, vulnerable population/groups and the elderly in rural
and urban/suburban communities. Afri-health Optonet Association has a
Consultative Status at the United Nations ECOSOC.
AFRIHEALTH’S Technical Advisory Groups (TAGs)
are:
1. AIDS/HIV, TB, Malaria and COVID-19
2. Biodiversity, Ecosystems, Energy and Climate
Change
3. Empowerment and Support to Civil Society and
Communities
4. Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG)
5. Governance, Democracy and Development
6. Health, Human Security and Food Security for
All
7. Vaccines, Vitamins and Immunizations
AFRIHEALTH’S Projects Advisory Panels (PAPs)
are:
i. Partnerships/Collaborations;
ii. Advocacy, Communications and Social/Resource
Mobilization;
iii. Research/Evidence Generation;
iv. Capacity Development and Education;
v. Outreaches;
vi. Monitoring, Evaluation (M&E) and
Knowledge Management.
Development Work means “the process(es) of
formulating/conceptualizing, planning, implementing, monitoring,
evaluating, auditing, improving, and expanding valued or service-oriented
social, economic, political and faith-related works/issues/services, programmes,
projects, policies, practices, documentations, results, changes and items; in
participatory/mainstreaming manners/approaches among humanity, indigenous
people, citizens, those marginalized, in the communities and all the fields of
human endeavour; including without limitation, all deliverables, materials,
inventions, designs, notes, records, memoranda, documents, models, prototypes,
scale-ups, and other materials, as well as all enhancements, derivatives, and
modifications thereof, and all target, input, output, outcome, impact, and
intellectual property thereto.”[1]
'Sustainable Citizen Participation (SCP)' is a development model espoused by
Afrihealth Optonet Association in 2017-18 in Nigeria's Niger Delta region; with
funding support from the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF).
• Sustainable Citizen Participation (SCP) means that governments involve
citizens in policies formulation, planning and execution of the society’s
activities, such that citizens will be able to engage with their government and
leaders on a regular and sustained basis; as currently, majority of the
citizens are only able to interact with their governments/leaders at the
latter’s leisure.
• Sustainable Citizen Participation (SCP) will entail the redistribution of
power that enables the have-not citizens, presently excluded from the political
and economic processes, to be deliberately included. It is the strategy
by which the have-nots join in determining how information is shared, goals and
policies are set, tax resources are allocated, programs are operated, projects
are designed, implemented, monitored and benefits like contracts and patronage
are parceled out. In short, it is the means by which they can induce
significant social reform which enables them to share in the benefits of the
affluent society.
Click on any of the respective link(s) below
below to post your message for the attention of the NGOs in our
Network:
For country a specific/named platform, please
click on only one country or your own country if applicable:
AFRIHEALTH Naija <https://chat.whatsapp.com/K8vJzM5fGzDLUkUpMJmra4>
AFRIHEALTH Africa <https://chat.whatsapp.com/Ji87M2e96Zn5SooS7osonN>
AFRIHEALTH Global <https://chat.whatsapp.com/BJgAyb3tyO27eC1mHM1DRl>
AFRIHEALTH North Africa Region <https://chat.whatsapp.com/GNnHYnpzrua5xgeECedEal>
AFRIHEALTH West and Central Africa Regions
<https://chat.whatsapp.com/Ltd1h7ZbvzXHVBMxdlL7xm>
AFRIHEALTH Southern and Eastern Africa Regions
<https://chat.whatsapp.com/IRlt8zk6sWD1ONmLjY2Cu5>
AFRIHEALTH Kenya <https://chat.whatsapp.com/2GUiJRokGge9WbdPSBJU7z>
Health, Food and Human Security (HEFOSS link
on Telegram): https://t.me/joinchat/HQnG4hL5xbTZaMHgCdhIBA
Telegram link for HEFOSS <https://t.me/+EvnFtLEEyBAJ2EgE>
Coalition on Vaccines, Vitamins, Minerals,
and Immunizations for All (CoVIA) project <https://chat.whatsapp.com/IE5cwLxQpPt9XcciGav1gW>
Civil Society for Elimination of Gender-Based
Violence (CS4EGBV) project <https://chat.whatsapp.com/FdvVf1ZlRePBVj8GOcQjMt>
Civil Society Actions on Climate, Energy and
Biodiversity (CiSACEB) Programme <https://chat.whatsapp.com/F63WPn7NKurHAGSQ3Hcqle>
Telegram link for CS4EGBV <https://t.me/+TePBHn8xFSqXXA_h>
The Benefits of belonging
to Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA) - CSOs Network
Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA) is a community-focused CSOs network/think-tank
of about 1000 organizations especially in the global South promoting of
Sustainable Citizens Participation in Development Work and Systems
Strengthening for the
achievement of Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Agenda 2063;
and exploring the nexus/interlinkages between Health [Universal Health
Coverage, HIV/AIDS, TB, FP/RH and Malaria - prevention, treatment, impact
mitigation, care and support]; Vaccinations/Immunizations;
Preventing/Controlling poverty-related Diseases; Nutrition and Food Security;
Energy and Environment (including renewable energy, energy efficiency, energy
conservation, climate change, biodiversity and ecosystems); and Gender/Women
and Girls, Empowerment, Good Governance, Democracy and Human Rights. Incorporated
in Nigeria as a not-for-profit, non-religious and non-partisan registered
trustees in 2003, AFRIHEALTH uses Partnerships/Collaborations (public-private
partnerships or PPP); Advocacy and Mobilizations; Research/Evidence-Generation
(reviews, assessment, oversight, conferences, symposiums, seminars); Capacity
Development/Training and Organizational Strengthening; Outreaches/Community
Interventions; and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) - called PARCOM Strategy
to achieve its objectives. Its target/focus beneficiaries include rural and
poor urban/suburban communities/settings, marginalized, vulnerable and
disadvantaged populations/groups especially women, girls, widows, youth,
children, adolescents, the elderly, poorest of the poor, infants and orphans.
Afri-health Optonet Association has a Consultative Status at the United Nations
ECOSOC.
The benefits of becoming a
member/partner of AFRIHEALTH Optonet Association are by no means exhaustive,
and include:
1. Members/partners are able
to broaden their base of support to submit proposals for funding and support,
access opportunities and receive mutual benefits in the magnitude they could
not gain individually or on their own;
2. Individual members/partners
from various countries and diverse cultures are provided with the platform and
opportunity to engage and collaborate with each other for the greater good of
all, while retaining their independence;
3. Members/partners gain
leverage and improve their negotiation results through the banding together of
older, bigger and/or stronger organizations with other relatively newer,
smaller and/or weaker ones in AFRIHEALTH; who are thereby able to
harness/access the resources needed to successfully face tough situations;
4. Members/partners can focus
on their strengths while relying on the supports/strengths of other Network
partners in other areas and still share in the accomplishments with other
members/partners;
5. Members/partners who might
otherwise lose opportunities in competition with one another, shall now join forces
to negotiate in a mutual, collective and organized manner with funders,
development partners, international bodies, governments, embassies/foreign
missions, businesses, political parties, etc. in a win-win situation for
everyone;
6. By combining efforts and
sharing experiences and resources, AFRIHEALTH members/partners learn from each
other, receive capacity building support, acquire new skills, and broaden their
knowledge, income and abilities;
7. By sharing resources,
members/partners of AFRIHEALTH mutually benefit from the maxim of “the sum is
often greater than the parts”, as shared resources often mean that the Network
partners/members can overcome deficiencies together;
8. Development requires money,
people and time; and the increased number of organizations/people in the
Network usually means that it will take shorter/less time and cost less to
accomplish an objective with the combined effort;
9. Different
organizations/partners coming together in AFRIHEALTH shall provide diversity
for each member-organization to broaden its reach and accomplishments by
working with other organizations that are associated with the same or similar
health and development issues or causes.
AFRIHEALTH’S Technical
Advisory Groups (TAGs) are:
1. AIDS/HIV, TB, Malaria and COVID-19
2. Biodiversity, Ecosystems, Energy and Climate
Change
3. Empowerment and Support to Civil Society and
Communities
4. Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG)
5. Governance, Democracy and Development
6. Health, Human Security and Food Security for
All
7. Vaccines, Vitamins and Immunizations
AFRIHEALTH’S Projects
Advisory Panels (PAPs) are:
i. Partnerships/Collaborations;
ii. Advocacy, Communications and Social/Resource
Mobilization;
iii. Research/Evidence Generation;
iv. Capacity Development and Education;
v. Outreaches;
vi. Monitoring, Evaluation (M&E) and
Knowledge Management.
Development
Work means
“the process(es) of formulating/conceptualizing, planning, implementing,
monitoring, evaluating, auditing, improving, and expanding valued or
service-oriented social, economic, political and faith-related
works/issues/services, programmes, projects, policies, practices,
documentations, results, changes and items; in participatory/mainstreaming
manners/approaches among humanity, indigenous people, citizens, those
marginalized, in the communities and all the fields of human endeavour;
including without limitation, all deliverables, materials, inventions, designs,
notes, records, memoranda, documents, models, prototypes, scale-ups, and other
materials, as well as all enhancements, derivatives, and modifications thereof,
and all target, input, output, outcome, impact, and intellectual property
thereto.”[1]
'Sustainable Citizen
Participation (SCP)' is a development model espoused by Afrihealth
Optonet Association in 2017-18 in Nigeria's Niger Delta region; with funding
support from the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF).
• Sustainable
Citizen Participation (SCP) means that governments involve citizens in policies
formulation, planning and execution of the society’s activities, such that
citizens will be able to engage with their government and leaders on a regular
and sustained basis; as currently, majority of the citizens are only able to
interact with their governments/leaders at the latter’s leisure.
• Sustainable Citizen Participation (SCP) will entail the redistribution of
power that enables the have-not citizens, presently excluded from the political
and economic processes, to be deliberately included. It is the strategy
by which the have-nots join in determining how information is shared, goals and
policies are set, tax resources are allocated, programs are operated, projects
are designed, implemented, monitored and benefits like contracts and patronage
are parcelled out. In short, it is the means by which they can induce
significant social reform which enables them to share in the benefits of the
affluent society.
[1] Adirieje,
Uzodinma. Sustainable Citizen Participation in Development Work: definitions
and concepts, 2022
Dr.
Uzodinma Adirieje
CEO,
Afrihealth Optonet Association - CSOs Network with consultative status at UN
ECOSOC
President, Society for
Conservation and Sustainability of Energy and Environment in Nigeria (SOCSEEN)
Dr. Uzodinma Adirieje provides
consultancy services including evaluation, monitoring, reviews,
training/mentoring, conferences/workshops/seminars/symposia/meetings
facilitation/management, projects/programmes management, oversight, evidence
and systems strengthening services in Health Systems and Development interventions/works,
the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); Primary Health Care (PHC), Universal
Health Coverage (UHC), Immunization, HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria, Environment,
Renewable Energy, Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Energy Efficiency and Conservation,
Climate Change (REEBEECCC); Nutrition and Food Security; Gender, Governance and
Human Rights.
Uzodinma is a Health Economist, Certified Management
Consultant, Monitoring and Evaluation Sepcialist, Accredited Management Trainer
and Facilitator; independent certified consultant and facilitator for
Health/Dev’t Systems strengthening, Advocacy, Community Engagements,
Research/Evidence, Training/Capacity Development, Conferences/Workshops,
Projects/Programmes Management/Monitoring/Evaluation and
Capacity/Organizational. Dev't; Columnist/Writer
Twitter:
@uaadirieje; https://twitter.com/uaadirieje; @DAdirieje;
Email:
afrepton@gmail.com
Instalgram:
@druzoadirieje; https://www.instagram.com/druzoadirieje/
Facebook:
https://web.facebook.com/uzoadirieje;
Skype:
druzoadirieje, druzoadirieje2015@gmail.com;
Zoom:
druzoadirieje2015@gmail.com
LinkedIn:
https://ng.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Dr.+Uzodinma/Adirieje
Phone,
Telegram & WhatsApp: +234 803 472 5905
Website:
http://www.afrihealthcsos.org
https://afrihealthoptonetassociation.blogspot.com
Blog:
http://druzodinmadirieje.blogspot.com
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