Inter-Religious Action
GHR Foundation's Inter-Religious Action funding works to improve development outcomes, build lasting community connections and advance peace by mobilizing religious leaders and communities to address common challenges.
GHR Foundation's Inter-Religious Action funding works to improve development outcomes, build lasting community connections and advance peace by mobilizing religious leaders and communities to address common challenges.
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When religious leaders and communities collaborate on issues of common concern they can solve difficult problems, build trusting relationships, strengthen social cohesion and advance peace. GHR funding of inter-religious collaboration promotes:
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Inter-Religious Action Challenge: Reducing Malaria Rates in Nigeria
The Problem:
Malaria kills an estimated 300,000 people in Nigeria every year.
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Between 2004 and 2010, nearly $600 million in donor funding went to scale up Nigeria’s malaria control program.
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Nigeria’s government and partners distributed 50 million insecticide-treated nets across the country from 2007-2010. But bed net usage remained low.
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The Plan:
Train trusted religious leaders from different faith communities to advocate for net usage and malaria prevention. The Progress:
In Kaduna state, independent survey research found net use increased from 18 to 85 percent among followers of trained religious leaders. The Potential:
By engaging inter-religious leaders, communities and strategies, we can improve development results. Source: Center for Communication Programs-Nigeria and http://www.rollbackmalaria.org/microsites/ProgressImpactSeries/new-epub/index.html#book/1406
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Video: Faith in Action
See our story on building inter-religious cooperation to stop child marriage.
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