Notes from the Field #1:
An initial study of the medical lore and practices of extremely poor people in Chennai, India. In spite of the fact that they live in a modern country where the highest level of medical care is available, these people cannot access it.
From time to time SDIA published first-hand reports from Susila Dharma Projects as a series called Notes from the Field. The series has published:
#1 - Slum Medicines of Chennai: Indigenous Health Practices
#2 - The Key to Sustainable Development: Solutions from the Jungles of Kalimantan
#3 - Human Rights Education Program in Karnataka, India
#4 - Gender Study in Kingantoko and Surrounding Area, DR Congo (French and English)
To submit an article for consideration as a publication in the Notes from the Field series, please follow this format:
- The author should be a practitioner not a visitor to the project.
- The article should highlight what you have learned from your development practice that you feel would be of interest to other practitioners.
- The article should include the background on the project, the population you work with, the goals and a description of the specific activities concerned, outcomes and recommendations.
- A short biography about the author and contact information for the author and project.
- Between 4-6 high resolution photographs of the activities described in the article.
#1 Notes from the Field: The Slum Dwellers of Chennai: Indigenous Health Practices
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#2 Notes from the Field: Sustainable Development: Solutions from Kalimantan
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Notes from the Field #2
Our main focus is on supporting the government bottom-up participatory planning mechanism and process. With this approach we think we can achieve meaningful and lasting development solutions.
Our main focus is on supporting the government bottom-up participatory planning mechanism and process. With this approach we think we can achieve meaningful and lasting development solutions.
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#3 Notes from the Field: Human Rights Education Program in Karnataka
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Notes from the Field #3
The Human Rights Program trains new teachers in human rights education.
The Human Rights Program trains new teachers in human rights education.
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#4 Notes du Terrain: La condition féminine dans la région de Kingantoko
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Notes from the Field 4 : Gender Study in Kingantoko and Surrounding Area. In French.
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Download PDF version: French | English
#4 Notes from the Field: Gender Study in Kingantoko and Surrounding Area
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Notes from the Field #4:
Charlotte Ndona and the Susila Dharma DR Congo team studied the forces that shape the lives of women in seven villages in the Democratic Republic of Congo. These included the constraints put on them by a lack of education, early and frequent pregnancy and the long distance each one has to walk to to carry water, food and firewood back to their families every day. They studied the social pressures on, the cultural economic situation and legal status of, and the choices available to these women.
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Charlotte Ndona and the Susila Dharma DR Congo team studied the forces that shape the lives of women in seven villages in the Democratic Republic of Congo. These included the constraints put on them by a lack of education, early and frequent pregnancy and the long distance each one has to walk to to carry water, food and firewood back to their families every day. They studied the social pressures on, the cultural economic situation and legal status of, and the choices available to these women.
Download PDF version: French | English
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