Highlight This Month: Outreach
The outreach component is the backbone of the CTC Programme. The outreach workers conduct active case-finding at the neighbourhood level across the city to help ensure that no child is left behind. They follow up on transfers and absentees, contributing to strong programme performance. They encourage families to participate in IYCF counselling and to have their children vaccinated. In the long run, they are the solution to positive behaviour change, as they provide key messaging on health, nutrition and hygiene at the household level.
This month SAACID conducted a survey of the 480 CTC outreach workers. The data is being compiled and analyzed for a closer look at the education, skills training, work history and standard of living of this special group.
SAACID has begun mapping its OTP and SFP caseload down to the administrative neighbourhood level on a monthly basis. The mapping allows for SAACID to mobilize the outreach worker teams in under-reached areas and helps ensure complete geographic coverage of Mogadishu city.
The following map of Mogadishu illustrates SAACID’s December caseload by administrative neighbourhood. The red and purple sections have many newly settled IDP clusters and the white areas have been insecure, are difficult to access, or have few inhabitants.