RURAL HEALTH COLLABORATIVE

Short-term Goals
Management
- Engage the Board of Directors individually about relevant topics in 2016
- Prepare for expansion of budget in 2017 via increased subscriber base in 2016
- Ensure smooth transition to US interim director role
- Prepare the groundwork for first intern to join team in 2018

Programs/Partnership
- Expand Kekeli Program to a total of 45 women
- Update the Kekeli Curriculum with relevant and evidence based material
- Start integration of HBLSS into the local health system
- Begin Kekeli maternal monitoring program
- Create Kekeli Mentorship Program
- Connect with other nonprofits that are doing similar work or in similar areas

Metrics
- Continue to monitor teachings from women in communities
- Create concrete measurables to track progress of programs
- Collect baseline data for communities we are expanding through via surveys

Fundraising
- Develop and execute RHC's annual fundraising plan with completion of fundraising calendar that integrates with new communications strategy
- 42 new monthly donors by year's end averaging $25 per month (total of 79 monthly donors) while developing a strategy for retaining large sustained donor base
- Increase big-donor donations by 100%
- Develop and maintain ongoing relationships with major donors
- Research and apply for applicable grants and foundations with the help of the ED and director of monitoring
- Work with board of directors on fundraising activities, utilizing board for fundraising, working closely with board regarding marketing, communication, and business development

Communications/Social Media
- Increase social media presence through bimonthly blog posts and weekly Instagram/Facebook posts
- Create RHC content calendar that organizes when things are posted and who posts them each day/week/month
- Develop a Theory of Change

Volunteers
- Create volunteer protocol for recruiting, interviewing, matching and training volunteers
- Generate RHC volunteer opportunities and role descriptions and include these on the website and actively recruit for positions needed
- Create basic volunteer administration documents including time tracker sheet, job expectations and commitment forms
- Organize a Call for Volunteers online to recruit for the positions and areas of expertise that RHC is seeking

Each individual has a right to health care and we are committed to seeing this basic human right actualized in Ghana and around the world.

The following are areas of focus that reflect our core values:
1. Health education and promotion
2. Empowering women to create change
3. Collaboration and community engagement
4. Responsible with resources
5. Long-term commitment

By drawing on these core values and continuing to implement the Kekeli Program, we believe we will continue to move closer to our goals. It should also be said that our executive team, which is all volunteer in the USA, has a strong sense of mission for this project. We believe in what we are doing. And continuing to root our efforts in our belief that gender equity and healthy for all are achievable and that by building relationships across borders and continents, we can move closer to realizing this goals.

Our current capabilities include a team of six executive team members in the US who plan, promote, and guide the work of the RHC abroad. This team includes qualified health professionals and international development trained persons committed to applying their skills to help those in need.

We also have a small leadership team in Ghana who oversee our programs and monitor their progress and development. This team is made up of 4 part-time employed Ghanaians who are teachers, health professionals, and civil servants.

Our great capacity, however, lies with the women we have trained in Ghana to engage in health promotion in their communities. This includes nearly 30 women who engage in monthly trainings in their communities to help them maintain and improve their health.

We have made great progress in our first few years as an organization. We are now represented in nearly half the villages across the district with trained community health promoters doing great work. Through these women, we have taught tens of thousands of community members various principles to improve their health.

Through the training of the Kekeli women in the Home Based Life Saving Skills, we have also impacted the health of pregnant women during labor. The Kekeli women have facilitated the emergency transport of several women who had complications during their labors and needed higher levels of care.

In the future we hope to train women from every village in the district, expand into hygiene and sanitation work, and partner with local organizations and the government to better integrate our work into the greater health system.