Champions for Change empower Nigerian leaders and organizations to improve reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) through advocacy, education, storytelling, and strategic partnerships. Champions for Change (C4C) leverages a program model developed by its sister initiative, Let Girls Lead, which has contributed to improved health, education and livelihoods for more than 3 million girls globally since 2009. C4C and Let Girls Lead’s model drives change through the passage of national laws, implementation of programs, and distribution of funds to save the lives of women, newborns, and children, protect girls from violence, and ensure access to quality healthcare, education, and economic opportunity. C4C and Let Girls Lead are based at the Public Health Institute, a leader in global health and development for over 30 years.
This innovative initiative is building a movement to improve RMNCH outcomes, while enhancing the ability of participating organizations to advance change for mothers, newborns, children, and families in Nigeria. Participation in C4C confers a wide range of benefits for selected leaders and organizations, and requires the full commitment and engagement of individual and organizational participants.
Benefits for Participating Leaders & Organizations include:
- Participation of two senior or mid-career leaders per organization in C4C’s Champions Series & Advocacy Labs, a sequence of three intensive 5-day workshops and targeted 2-day trainings. Participants will strengthen their existing expertise to learn effective strategies for RMNCH advocacy at the local, state, and national levels in Nigeria, develop innovative advocacy campaigns, and gain skills in organizational effectiveness and leadership.
- Access to RMNCH advocacy funding and resources for effective advocacy campaign implementation. Organizations selected for C4C are eligible to participate in a competitive RFP process with a total of over $500,000 available in RMNCH advocacy funding.
- Tailored leadership support through individualized executive coaching, professional development, and technical assistance for participating leaders and their organizations.
- Increased visibility and enhanced opportunities for collaboration through membership in C4C’s existing global network of over 100 Champions and advocates.
ELIGIBILITY
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- Demonstrated organizational capacity and commitment to improving RMNCH outcomes in Nigeria.
- Approval of organizational and individual participation by the institution’s Board of Directors.
- Full participation in all C4C events as scheduled, including a total 21 days of capacity building workshops in Abuja, Nigeria between June 2014 and December 2015.
- Completion of in-depth organizational assessments and participation in monitoring site visits by C4C staff and evaluators.
DEADLINE: April 4, 2014.
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