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OUR 2016 BIG STORIES F R O M R U R A L C O M M U N I T I E S F O L L O W T H E M O N E Y N G. O R G

STORIES F R O M C O M M U N I T I E S I n N i g e r i a n r u r a l c o m m u n i t i e s, o v e r t i m e, b i l l i o n s o f d o l l a r s h a v e b e e n a p p r o p r i a t e d f o r t h e p r o v i s i o n o f h e a l t h f a c i l i t i e s, t e a c h i n g a i d, w a t e r a n d c l e a n e n e r g y i n p u t s, a n d h a v e r e m a i n e d o n l y s p e n t " o n p a p e r ". 8 0 % o f s u c h f u n d s d o n o t r e a c h t h e s e c o m m u n i t i e s. M a n y t i m e s t h e y a r e n o t a w a r e, a n d a t t i m e s, t h e y d o n o t h a v e t h e w i l l / c a p a c i t y t o c h a l l e n g e a n d a s k q u e s t i o n s. I t ' s G a m e O v e r! T h e r e i s a n e w m o v e m e n t t h a t h a s b e e n e m p o w e r e d a n d o r g a n i s e d t o r e v e r s e t h i s t r e n d. T h i s i s a c o m p i l a t i o n o f w h a t t h e s e " c i t i z e n m o n i t o r s " w e r e a b l e t o a c h i e v e i n 2 0 1 6. social media stats M O N T H L Y M E D I A R E A C H 1, 2 1 0, 0 0 0 F A C E B O O K 8, 6 9 1 T W I T T E R 1 3, 2 0 0 OUR CHAMPIONS T h e y t a k e l e a d o n c a m p a i g n s i n t h e i r v a r i o u s c o m m u n i t i e s. T h e y e n g a g e t h e i r l o c a l, s t a t e a n d n a t i o n a l g o v e r n m e n t s b y o r g a n i z i n g t o w n h a l l m e e t i n g s ; s e n d i n g r e q u e s t f o r i n f o r m a t i o n l e t t e r s ( F O I ) ; e n g a g i n g c o m m u n i t i e s v i a t h e i r l o c a l m e d i a, a n d w i n n i n g a l w a y s. Y o u c a n b e c o m e o n e. W h a t m a t t e r s i s t h e l i t t l e t h i n g y o u c a n d o, b u t i t ' s i m p a c t c a n b e l o n g l a s t i n g i n y o u r r u r a l c o m m u n i t i e s. B e p a r t o f t h e s o l u t i o n t o d a y! C O M M U N I T Y P L A T F O R M 1 4 3 I N 3 6 S T A T E S O F N I G E R I A

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#DevelopOkengwe K O G I, N I G E R I A I n K o g i S t a t e, N o r t h C e n t r a l N i g e r i a, w e h a v e a c a m p a i g n h a s h t a g g e d # D e v e l o p O k e n g w e t h r o u g h w h i c h w e a r e a l s o t r a c k i n g t h e 4 7 4 m i l l i o n N i a r a ( $ 1. 5 m ) r e l e a s e d b y t h e W o r l d B a n k s S O M L p r o j e c t w i t h t h e F e d e r a l M i n i s t r y o f H e a l t h t o t h e K o g i S t a t e G o v e r n m e n t, w h i l e a d v o c a t i n g f o r t h e r e f u r b i s h m e n t o f t h e P H C l o c a t e d i n O k e n g w e, O k e n e L G A o f K o g i S t a t e. T h e f a c i l i t y s e r v e s m o r e t h a n 3 0 0 p a t i e n t s i n a m o n t h a n d h a s a C o m m u n i t y H e a l t h E x t e n s i o n W o r k e r, a M i d w i f e a n d o n e h e a l t h a s s i s t a n t, a n d d o e s n o t h a v e a s k i l l e d b i r t h a t t e n d a n t a n d s o u r c e o f c l e a n w a t e r s u p p l y. W e w e r e a b l e t o m o b i l i z e t h e c o m m u n i t y i n a t o w n h a l l m e e t i n g t o a i r t h e i r v i e w s o n a l o c a l r a d i o, w h i l e c a m p a i g n s o n s o c i a l m e d i a w e r e u n d e r t a k e n. 2 w e e k s a f t e r t h e t o w n h a l l m e e t i n g a n d m e d i a e n g a g e m e n t s, t h e g o v e r n m e n t o f K o g i c a l l e d t h e t e a m f o r a m e e t i n g o n i n f o r m a t i o n s h a r i n g, w h i l e a l s o s t a t i n g t h a t t h e y a r e i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e w o r k w e d o. U l t i m a t e l y, t h e y e m p h a s i z e d c o m m i t m e n t t o p r i o r i t i z e t h e P H C i n t h e i m p l e m e n t a t i o n o f t h e W o r l d B a n k F u n d a s r e q u e s t e d b y t h e c o m m u n i t y. " I h a v e r e p o r t e d t h e s i t u a t i o n s h e r e t o t h e L o c a l G o v e r n m e n t f o r m o r e t h a n 3 t i m e s a n d y e t t h e y d i d n o t t a k e a n y a c t i o n s. I c a n n o t l e a v e t h i s p l a c e b e c a u s e I a m t h e o n l y h o p e o f t h e p e o p l e. I w o u l d b e g l a d i f F o l l o w T h e M o n e y t e a m c a n h e l p u s a m p l i f y o u r v o i c e s t o t h e g o v e r n m e n t, f o r t h e l a t t e r t o a n d r e n o v a t e t h e h e a l t h o u r f a c i l i t y. " C H I E F M E D I C A L P E R S O N N E L O k e n g w e P H C b i t. l y / D e v e l o p O k e n g w e

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