HBI develops effective partnerships among organizations, groups, and individuals who advocate for and deliver services to communities of need. We help structure sustainable community programs by consulting with various government, not-for-profit, and faith-based organizations. We lead Strategic Planning Retreats, help develop core programs, and facilitate formative evaluation projects. We consult on community issues, resource acquisition, and program challenges. Our goal is to empower in-country partners to identify and master the knowledge and skills to effectively manage future obstacles.
Girasoles Sanos Health Monitoring System
In the past 10-years Peru’s economy has grown to provide more opportunities for a large segment of the population. Unfortunately the poorest of the poor have seen little trickle-down from the new prosperity, and children living in extreme poverty remain the most vulnerable to abandonment. Orphanages have seen a swelling in the number of children entering their programs. Critical to caring for children from traumatic, impoverished backgrounds is directing the right resources to support them at the right time in their development. In order to best utilize the resources available to them, orphanages must be able to properly track the diverse and complex needs of children in their care. This is where technology can make a huge difference in the lives of vulnerable children. With web-based, cloud computing resources, agencies and programs serving high-risk and vulnerable youth can monitor and identify needs from any where. This means the right resources and support can be applied for the right need at the right time.
In collaboration with the faith-based organization Union Biblica del Peru, HBI is developing a Health Monitoring System (HMS) focused on the unique needs of multi-home, large population orphanages in marginalized communities. HBI is building an innovation system that will help to continuously monitor the holistic needs of children living in orphanages, group homes or shelters. The HMS will be linked to a content management system that will allow administrators and program managers to monitor trends, track needs, and target care resources and spending. Through web-based, cloud computing technology, the Girasoles Sanos Health Monitoring System will provide programs and organizations with the tools they need to best care for and advocate with the children they serve. Developing a web-based electronic HMS is only the first step in assuring the system is capable of meeting the needs of the programs and organizations that will use the system. Through a yearlong pilot implementation of the Girasoles Sanos model, HBI hopes to identify, evaluate and track the unique challenges and of implementing the HMS in underserved child care delivery settings in order to better understand how the system can be scaled to future environments and adopted by more programs.
In the past 10-years Peru’s economy has grown to provide more opportunities for a large segment of the population. Unfortunately the poorest of the poor have seen little trickle-down from the new prosperity, and children living in extreme poverty remain the most vulnerable to abandonment. Orphanages have seen a swelling in the number of children entering their programs. Critical to caring for children from traumatic, impoverished backgrounds is directing the right resources to support them at the right time in their development. In order to best utilize the resources available to them, orphanages must be able to properly track the diverse and complex needs of children in their care. This is where technology can make a huge difference in the lives of vulnerable children. With web-based, cloud computing resources, agencies and programs serving high-risk and vulnerable youth can monitor and identify needs from any where. This means the right resources and support can be applied for the right need at the right time.
In collaboration with the faith-based organization Union Biblica del Peru, HBI is developing a Health Monitoring System (HMS) focused on the unique needs of multi-home, large population orphanages in marginalized communities. HBI is building an innovation system that will help to continuously monitor the holistic needs of children living in orphanages, group homes or shelters. The HMS will be linked to a content management system that will allow administrators and program managers to monitor trends, track needs, and target care resources and spending. Through web-based, cloud computing technology, the Girasoles Sanos Health Monitoring System will provide programs and organizations with the tools they need to best care for and advocate with the children they serve. Developing a web-based electronic HMS is only the first step in assuring the system is capable of meeting the needs of the programs and organizations that will use the system. Through a yearlong pilot implementation of the Girasoles Sanos model, HBI hopes to identify, evaluate and track the unique challenges and of implementing the HMS in underserved child care delivery settings in order to better understand how the system can be scaled to future environments and adopted by more programs.
Zonas Altas Community Health Plan
The Missionary Society of Saint Paul, under the direction of Father Alex Busuttil, convened a Strategic Planning retreat in April 2013. The goal of the session was to develop a plan for advancing health and human services to impoverished communities in an area known as Alto Cayma Zonas Altas. This strategic plan was developed with broad involvement and guidance from multiple stakeholders. The Strategic Planning Committee included over 25 healthcare professionals, community leaders, and Church administrators. The strategic planning meeting was preceded by a number of work sessions of a select group of staff from Alto Cayma Mission - Zonas Altas and Health Bridges International during which the organization’s strategic interest and direction were defined. HBI conducted an environmental scan including an internal organizational assessment and interviews with several community stakeholders and a review of demographic and socioeconomic data from the area. The environmental scan and organizational assessment included a community assessment survey conducted in collaboration with the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. The survey helped the Mission of Alto Cayma assess both the challenges and opportunities it is likely to face over the next five years and set the context for the choices reflected in this strategic plan. HBI is supporting Zonas Altas by taking a leadership role in working with a broader array of community resources and it will exploring ways to involve more volunteers.
The Missionary Society of Saint Paul, under the direction of Father Alex Busuttil, convened a Strategic Planning retreat in April 2013. The goal of the session was to develop a plan for advancing health and human services to impoverished communities in an area known as Alto Cayma Zonas Altas. This strategic plan was developed with broad involvement and guidance from multiple stakeholders. The Strategic Planning Committee included over 25 healthcare professionals, community leaders, and Church administrators. The strategic planning meeting was preceded by a number of work sessions of a select group of staff from Alto Cayma Mission - Zonas Altas and Health Bridges International during which the organization’s strategic interest and direction were defined. HBI conducted an environmental scan including an internal organizational assessment and interviews with several community stakeholders and a review of demographic and socioeconomic data from the area. The environmental scan and organizational assessment included a community assessment survey conducted in collaboration with the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. The survey helped the Mission of Alto Cayma assess both the challenges and opportunities it is likely to face over the next five years and set the context for the choices reflected in this strategic plan. HBI is supporting Zonas Altas by taking a leadership role in working with a broader array of community resources and it will exploring ways to involve more volunteers.
Center of Excellence for Serving Marginalized Youth
Countless children around the world live in institutional settings – orphanages and group homes. It is estimated that in Perú alone there are thousands of children living in orphanages, groups homes or institutional settings. Many of these children are not actually orphans – but rather the victims of broken homes, dysfunctional economic environments, and extreme early childhood trauma and neglect. Any hope for a healthy, stable, independent future is strongly linked to the care and support they receive at the place they call home.
HBI, in collaboration under a three year memorandum of agreement with INABIF, the Peruvian government’s Ministry of Family Welfare (El Programa Integral Nacional para el Bienestar Familiar) is building a Center of Excellence – a facility providing leadership, best practices, research, and support for serving the complex needs of extremely marginalized children. Our team of subject matter experts are working in three phases. Phase one – identify a common culture for the institution to align leadership and staff; Phase two – develop a clear pathway for training (and retraining) all staff in evidence-based practices for serving marginalized children; and, Phase three – test the center’s feasibility for scaling the model in other environments.
Countless children around the world live in institutional settings – orphanages and group homes. It is estimated that in Perú alone there are thousands of children living in orphanages, groups homes or institutional settings. Many of these children are not actually orphans – but rather the victims of broken homes, dysfunctional economic environments, and extreme early childhood trauma and neglect. Any hope for a healthy, stable, independent future is strongly linked to the care and support they receive at the place they call home.
HBI, in collaboration under a three year memorandum of agreement with INABIF, the Peruvian government’s Ministry of Family Welfare (El Programa Integral Nacional para el Bienestar Familiar) is building a Center of Excellence – a facility providing leadership, best practices, research, and support for serving the complex needs of extremely marginalized children. Our team of subject matter experts are working in three phases. Phase one – identify a common culture for the institution to align leadership and staff; Phase two – develop a clear pathway for training (and retraining) all staff in evidence-based practices for serving marginalized children; and, Phase three – test the center’s feasibility for scaling the model in other environments.
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