Support PHE Activities in Coral Triangle Countries
remaining intact wetlands and forest ecosystems in the country. The project uses a landscape approach that aims to ensure environmental wellbeing, improved food security,
poverty reduction or livelihood enhancement, better water and sanitation practices, and increased awareness on HIVAIDS and family planning. It aims to build the capacity of
local communities to implement management practices that can improve the economical and environmental values of wetlandwatershed resources for improved food security and
livelihoods. Because it seeks to improve both environmental and human wellbeing and incorporates multidisciplinary interventions, including health and FP that are delivered in a
coordinated fashion, the project can be regarded as an integrated PHE initiative. Subsequent to the visit with EWNRA, PFPI helped EWNRA staff finalize their seed grant
project proposal and detailed implementation plan. BALANCED then administered the seed grant to EWNRA to provide what will be two years of supplemental support to
strengthen the family planning component of its PHE approach in the Wichi wetland- watershed region and its current project in Agelo-Shenkora watershed.
Part of the project implementation plan was training nine key EWNRA personnel and their project partners on PHE community-based distribution and peer education as a means for
providing greater family planning service delivery to communities served by the project. This TOT took place in November 2009 in Jimma, Ethiopia. Seven additional participants
from five NGOs and two networks implementing PHE activities in Ethiopia were also invited and paid their own way to attend the TOT GPDSO, LEM Ethiopia, ODA, ADA,
Engenderhealth, CIPHE and CRDA. BALANCED also linked EWNRA with DKT International—as another source of support,
particularly for the provision FP commodities through a start-up revolving fund for the PHE providers trained by EWNRA. DKT agreed to provide starter kits good for up to three
months, cash boxes, and other support materials. DKT also sent its key personnel to assist in the CBD TOT training conducted in Jimma and gave FP commodities and other free-of-
charge materials for the training activity. Results from Activity 3.4 include
• 9 EWNRA project personnel and partners trained on PHE, CBD and PE systems and
how to train local CBDs and adult PEs 1.1 •
7 participants one each from 5 NGOs and 2 Ethiopian networks attended the CBD TOT in Jimma Ethiopia