Hope and Healing International Staff, Stakeholders challenged to own Project
Project Investigator and Director of Health Services, DHS, Prof. Tih Pius Muffih has admonished the staff and stakeholders of the Hope and Healing International portfolio to serve faithfully and committed as actual owners of the project.
The DHS’ declaration came through his greetings to CBR field workers, eye care and physiotherapy staff within the Hope and Healing International portfolio that met in a 2-day working session to review the last project year 2023 (FY23) and receive orientation for the new project year 2024 (FY24). Both workshops held at the Baptist Center in Bamenda from August 9-10, 2023.
Prof. Tih commended the project staff and stakeholders for their hard work, which is critical in moving the project forward. “We are proud of the work you’re doing. We demand hard work, be accountable in resources and time management, and be self-generating as a supervisor yourself,” he admonished. The DHS encouraged the stakeholders to document success stories and make suggestions to guide ‘us’ to develop ideas for new projects.
Speaking earlier on day one of the workshop, Awa Jacques Chirac, Program Manager of the Socio-Economic Empowerment of People with Disabilities, SEEPD, said he was amazed with the rapid growth of the Hope and Healing International projects that began in 2011 with only one project – Non Cash Resource, which has now grown into five other projects in 2023 and still counting. “The projects cannot survive without you in the field; you form the foundation of our success,” the Program Manager told the field workers.
While congratulating the project staff for a job well done in the last project year, the Program Manager called on them to redouble their momentum in the new project year (FY24). He charged them not to grow weary but to be agents of change in the community.
In a brief devotional from Esther 2:21-26; 6:1-11, Rev. Fongoh Godwin, head chaplain at the CBC Health Services Central Administration challenged Hope and Healing International projects stakeholders to demonstrate thanksgiving for others just as the King recognized and showed love to Mordecai for good work he demonstrated to others in the community.
For two days, the Hope and Healing International Projects Coordinator, Rev. Ekwo Emmanuel and SEEPD Assistant Program Manager, Mr. Tamon James moderated the review of projects year 2023 and the orientation and implementation strategy for projects year 2024 (FY24) through the various presentations made by designated project officers.
The presentations included: Finance and Compliance issues, Tracking and Payment of Bills, Mainstreaming safeguarding and child protection, Roles of Field Workers and Social Workers, Home Visits and Post Intervention Follow-up, Communication Protocols and M&E Reporting Tools.
It should be noted that Hope and Healing International fortfolio focuses more on children with disabilities. This objective is promoted through the five sub projects namely: Muskuloskeletal (bone deformities), Healing Hugs Profiling, River Blindness, Socio Economic Empowerment of Females with Fistula (SEEFF) that ends in December 2023 and Non-Cash Resource that provides assistive devices to persons with disabilities through the hospitals.