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Past Programs
Project Himilo
Project Himilo’s overarching goal was to foster and enhance the social well-being and economic integration of Somali refugees resettled in the United States. Funded by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), the project supported the capacity and development of local Somali community-based organizations (CBOs) throughout the country and provided invaluable tools to Somali community leaders and activists in fulfilling their aspirations to build strong, vibrant and self-sufficient communities in their new environment. Project Himilo empowered more than 180 Somali CBO directors, staff and volunteers with information and resources on best practices on organizational development, advocacy and nonprofit management. In previous grant cycles, Project Himilo provided seed grants of approximately $20,000 per organization in an effort to offset funding challenges faced by Somali CBOs.
Strategic Positioning Initiative (SPI)
The Strategic Positioning Initiative (SPI), an ORR-funded project led by navasa, Mosaica and SFCN, provided technical assistance to ethnic community-based organizations (ECBOs) in an effort to produce sustainable and effective strategies to meet their community’s needs. The SPI Team emphasized strategic planning processes that positioned organizations to be innovative in meeting community needs and become competitive in challenging funding environments. The SPI project, a three-year project, supported 36 ECBOs from 2007-09.
Somali National Bantu Health Project
The Somali National Bantu Health Project assessed the overall adjustment and integration and integration of Somali Bantus in the communities of Phoenix and Tucson, AZ; increased the health knowledge and leadership skills of Somali Bantu refugee women and built the capacity of participants to become health care advocates for their communities.
The project entailed an in-depth quantitative and qualitative survey of randomly selected participants in the Bantu community to discuss the community’s health concerns and challenges. In response, a series of trainings and workshops were provided on topics like nutrition and food safety; chronic diseases and preventative health care concepts and the US Health System, including health insurance options. A segment on women’s reproductive health introduced new health concepts and concerns such as breast and ovarian cancer, culturally compatible family planning principles and giving birth and raising children in the United States was well-received.
SFCN partner organizations on the Somali National Bantu Health Project were Somali Bantu Development Community of Phoenix (SBDCP) and Somali Bantu Association of Tucson, Arizona (SBATA)..
Minority Breast Health Awareness Project (MBHAP)
The Somali Family Care Network received funding from Susan G. Komen for the Cure to implement an educational and empowerment project focusing on breast health and early screening and detection for refugee and immigrant women in Northern Virginia. The purpose of the project was to eliminate the physical, cultural, and linguistic barriers that women from Africa and the Middle East face concerning their breast health care and to increase screening rates amongst uninsured and underinsured women. It was also designed to rectify the information deficit in low-literate and low-income women communities in the targeted communities by empowering them crucial, life-saving information on screenings for early detection.
The program provided extensive outreach and awareness on breast health and breast cancer prevention by encouraging participants to seek early screenings and follow up treatments when and if necessary. SFCN recruited culturally and linguistically competent local health trainers and interpreters to develop and adapt core breast health care curriculum/materials.
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