09
Feb
2020
Feb
2020
Blog Post #3
categories: Uncategorized
List the top 20 questions your team needs to answer to advance the venture forward. Categorize the questions if necessary.
- Who are the people we are seeking to impact?
- How is the impact distributed across different groups?
- How does Ukweli’s success in Sierra Leone impact the international system?
- Why do we care about making an impact?
- How is this realistically translated into their lives?
- How can our model be applied to similar countries?
- How is our impact measured?
- How does this venture empower women?
- What type of connections do we need to branch out of the Bombali District?
- What is the future of this venture?
- What are the challenges that we are encountering on the ground right now?
- How do we leverage our existing social network to expand operations?
- What are other ways we can strengthen the CHW network within our control?
- How can we organize data in a way that is easy to understand and accessible?
- What is some data we already have?
- What is some data we still need to collect?
- What are some realistic ways we can quantify the success of our project? (e.g. comparing maternal mortality rates in Ukweli vs. non-Ukweli tested mothers and the challenges associated with timely data collection)
- How could additional funding assist in our efforts?
- How can we construct a reliable and sustainable chain of communication with UHW?
- Are there more effective methods to increase accountability/oversight?
Develop and Visualize the Theory of Change (Logic Model) for your venture.
Inputs | Outputs | Outcomes |
Money/operations funding
Partnerships w/ health workers + World Hope |
# of women tested positive
# of women tested in general # of UHWs trained # of boxes bought by UHWs The maternal mortality rate of women tested vs not tested |
*Lower maternal mortality rate alongside tangible data
Establish a network outside of our current base of operations Start mobilizing Ukweli beyond Bombali district |
SPRING GOALS
- Bylaws on the roles/responsibilities of UHWs: Zach
- Organize a data collection method that creates an easy way to compile relevant data in a way that can be easily presentable: Spencer, Noah, Anneke
- Establish a chain of communication with Ukweli Certified Health Workers via WhatsApp: Skyler
- E4C Systems approach article: Zach
- Proposals/abstracts submitted to IEEE
- IRB approvals finalized/submitted/approved for US and Sierra Leone: Rohan
- Service Level Agreement (SLA)
- Submission of Grants to external funding sources: Anneke
- Presentation of quality control outcomes of test strips: Rohan
- Implementation of PHU Data collection books
- Create database of each form to observe trends and running total of # of CHWs trained, amount of strips sold, $ which has been invested
SUMMER GOALS
- Finalization of IEEE Paper
- Idea: discussing leveraging the existing social network and the outreach of CHWs and associated training successes/pitfalls in the process
- Implementation of By-Laws to the UHWs by Hassan
- Submission of grants to external funding sources: Anneke
- Implementation of PHU Data collection books
- Establish connections/possible operations outside our current realm of operations (Bombali District)
- Initiating the proposed chain of communication with the UHW
- Utilize data from the fieldwork to generate more marketing to support project, specifically $ / lives saved (culmination of other data = number of positive tests, referrals given out)