Chapter 12: Effective Programs

Question 1

Features of effective aid

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Answer 1

• Results focused
• Transparency
• Mutual accountability
• Inclusive partnerships
• Country ownership

Question 2

Results focused

Answer 2

• Effective in meeting the outcomes it set out to achieve and is therefore fulfilling its purpose
• Ensures that time and effort is not wasted and that the program is actually helping those in need

Question 3

Transparency

Answer 3

• All necessary information openly available to everyone involved, ensuring that everyone is on the same page
• Easier to work toward a common goal
• Avoids distrust and confusion
• Ensures money provided is used for its intended purpose
• Ensures funding is not used for commercial gain

Question 4

Mutual accountability

Answer 4

• Aid deliverers, beneficiaries and local organisations keeping each other responsible
• Ensures collaboration and that responsibility of the program is shared among all stakeholders
• Ensures that stakeholders are meeting their targets

Question 5

Inclusive partnerships

Answer 5

• Strong relationships built between stakeholders (e.g. the NGO, government and community)
• Valuable as they can exchange financial support, knowledge, expertise & resources (e.g. labour)
• Can fill potential gaps in each group’s capabilities, enabling them to deliver the best possible aid

Question 6

Country ownership

Answer 6

• Receiving country being wholly involved in the implementation of the program
• Ensures cultural appropriateness and improves the program’s effectiveness because the recipient country’s government has the greatest awareness of the citizens’ needs
• Understanding the implementation allows the program to continue to running in future w/o help

Question 7

Social action

Answer 7

• Action geared towards positive change
• Involves individuals and communities inspiring and driving change in the interest of a particular community or group
• E.g. advocating and ethical purchasing

Question 8

How can social action promote health and wellbeing?

Answer 8

• Advocacy (aiming to increase awareness about issues)
  
  • Someone can join a protest against global issues such as SA
  • For SA victims, knowing that they are being stood up for can be reassuring, giving them a sense of hope about the future which improves spiritual HWB
• Ethical purchasing (buying products that support change)
  
  • These companies often use profits to help people in low and middle income countries
  • A way they do this is by providing food, ↓ the risk of malnutrition which promotes physical HWB
• Donating time, money and resources to NGOs
  
  • E.g. sponsoring a child through World Vision
  • Sponsoring a child can enable them to access education, equipping them with the knowledge and skills they need to secure employment later in life
  • This can provide them with a a sense of hope about the future, promoting spiritual HWB

Question 9

Examples of social action to address increasing rates of childhood obesity

Answer 9

• Signing online petitions that advocate for changes to advertising practices TV to reduce the exposure of sugary drinks to children and adolescents
• Volunteer time to provide coaching and sporting activities for children to promote active lifestyles