Sunday, May 15, 2011

Ideas needed

Hi everyone,

Jen and I were working on the Anemia Campaign materials (making good progress!  I think we're almost done).   We talked about whether or not to give treats to the kids when they come with parents to be tested for anemia and receive iron tablets.   We concluded that probably most of them would bring their kids without incentive beyond the Child Health Record and the iron therapy   

But we still think the idea of providing some treat/incentive seems to be a good one.   LOW cost.  :)    

At this point we're really just exploring the idea, and are looking for suggestions!       
The idea, I think, would be to 'reward' good behavior/choices...such as
1. showing up for the campaign
2. actually improving levels of anemia   (some of which can be controlled by the parent by giving the de-worming pill, the iron pill, and trying to shift foods to higher iron-rich foods, but also not all of this is within the parent's control.  They may be too poor to give their kids much to eat, in which case the kid's anemia might not improve to goal).

We could provide something special to the kid(s), parent, village.

We could, for example, have a celebration for the village if they reach a certain goal.  

So send your ideas!!   And we'll see whether we can come up with something

Ben

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