Comments - Mexico and the Blue Heart campaign. - Urgent Evoke2024-03-28T20:34:19Zhttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=4871302%3ABlogPost%3A95077&xn_auth=noI agree with Shakwei in the s…tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-04-17:4871302:Comment:953942010-04-17T17:29:49.988ZPatricio Buenrostro-Gilhuyshttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/PatricioBuenrostroGilhuys
I agree with Shakwei in the sense that both are needed- Awareness and acting. Julio is right when i´t only awareness that leads to no action that´s when the awareness campaigns are failing.
I agree with Shakwei in the sense that both are needed- Awareness and acting. Julio is right when i´t only awareness that leads to no action that´s when the awareness campaigns are failing. +1KS thought provoking. We wo…tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-04-17:4871302:Comment:950992010-04-17T03:24:00.480ZShakwei Mbindyohttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/ShakweiMbindyo
+1KS thought provoking. We work on a malaria project in a small community in Sudan. The women within this cmmunity believe that thier children suffer from Malaria because of drinking cold milk. So even if they receive donations of bed nets, they do not use them because they do not believe this will prevent malaria. So, do we spend money on an awareness creation campaign focused on behaviour change or do we spend money to treat malaria?? I don't know if the answer is (or should be) one or the…
+1KS thought provoking. We work on a malaria project in a small community in Sudan. The women within this cmmunity believe that thier children suffer from Malaria because of drinking cold milk. So even if they receive donations of bed nets, they do not use them because they do not believe this will prevent malaria. So, do we spend money on an awareness creation campaign focused on behaviour change or do we spend money to treat malaria?? I don't know if the answer is (or should be) one or the other. IMHO both interventions are necessary. In my example the person with the power to make change is the mother. Who can make a change in human trafficking in Mexico? Is it the people required to make tougher laws, or the people who can ensure Mexicans can make an honest living in thier countries and do not take the risk of migrating to other countries at all costs, or the prosecutors, or the countries where these Mexicans are being "trafficked" to... If we have the answer(s) to this question, then we can determine if an awareness campaign is a good tool to use