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Footsteps 50

INCREASING OUR IMPACT

Footsteps aims to provide encouragement, inspiration and practical ideas for health and development workers around the world. Sharing useful information empowers readers to take action to improve people’s lives. Huge topics like biodiversity, disability or traditional medicines are very hard to cover in just a few pages, but condensing complicated subjects into short, practical articles is at the heart of Footsteps’ success. We use straightforward language that makes it easier for people to translate into local languages and share.

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A cheap and powerful disinfectant
In the present difficult economic situation, many animal vets have fewer and fewer treatments available to them. But they have to continue to help farmers with their services and are aware of how little money is usually available to them. Effective a... More >>
Bible study
Assessing our work The Bible has many examples of occasions when people’s lives and activities are examined, usually for the purpose of strengthening their relationships with God. Read Genesis 1: 31 We are told that, ‘God saw all that he had made ... More >>
Editorial
Time to celebrate Footsteps to Health began as a small newsletter for healthworkers in English in 1986. Twelve years ago, when circulation was about 1,000 copies, the name was changed to Footsteps, the focus broadened and other translations began to... More >>
Establishing and measuring indicators
Indicators An indicator provides evidence or signs which show that change has taken place. Good indicators should be clear and understandable to everyone involved. Indicators can either measure or count results, or can use words to describe how pe... More >>
Feedback on Indicators
Impact of electricity One way that we measured the impact of bringing electricity to a village was to go back and ask people to consider how electricity has changed their lives. We divided the villagers into men’s, women’s, and children’s groups. So... More >>
Food cooler
Keeping vegetables and fruit fresh is very important. Here is a simple idea for a low-cost cooler. Take a large deep cooking pan, with no handles, to the local potters. Ask the potter to make a large, unglazed clay pot with a lid and a rim or ledge i... More >>
 Impact – some useful words
The following definitions each have an example from a well building programme Activities What is actually done Building of wells Hygiene education Evaluation An assessment, at a specific time, of the effects of a programme Assessing whether... More >>
Letters
Peruvian Goodwill Industries We are a private, non-profit-making organisation, established in 1970, which trains young people with Downs Syndrome and with other speech, hearing, learning and physical difficulties. Our main aim is to encourage them i... More >>
Myanmar Baptist Convention
Evaluating their impact The Myanmar Baptist Convention was formed in 1865 and is the largest Christian organisation in Myanmar. It works with 16 regional language conventions around the country. The Christian Service and Social Development Departme... More >>
Resources
PATH’s delivery kit Delivery kits are simple kits containing essential items for ensuring the clean delivery of babies, either at home or in health clinics. They contain easy-to-use items recommended by WHO (World Health Organisation). These include... More >>
The impact of Footsteps
To help us discover more about how Footsteps is used, a survey form was sent out with Issue 47 to 1 in 20 readers, selected at random. We have analysed the first 180 survey forms. We wanted to find out what respondents think of Footsteps – whether... More >>
The impact of parks
by Khatib Alam and Zahid Mahmood. The development of local parks can have a great impact on community life – not only through the end product, but also through community participation in designing and constructing them. It can have a positive impact... More >>
What is the impact of our work?
by Simon Batchelor.   Impact can be defined as significant or lasting change as a result of a particular action or series of actions.   Understanding impact   Talking about impact involves much more than just talking about what we have done o... More >>

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