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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£17.7K
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Spending
£29.1K
Public benefits
Public Benefit element – What benefit flows from this purpose? The direct public benefit will accrue from the additional essential health care skills obtained by the health workers which would contribute to improvement in the health services for the general public, reduced mortality and morbidity, reduced maternal deaths and morbidity, and
reduced neonatal deaths and infant mortality. Can you demonstrate this? The public benefit from the training will be measured by direct measurements: • The number of essential skills courses delivered • The number of specialisms covered by courses • Pre and post Essential Skills Course assessments of knowledge and skills • The number of health staff undergoing the training (trainees) • The number of trainees who progress to become in country/region Essential skills facilitators. Indirect measurements • Government, WHO, UN statistics and health and mortality statistics • Reductions in internationally monitored indices of maternal death and morbidity and neonatal deaths within countries or regions • Reduction of general mortality and morbidity from some key indicators e.g. appendicitis etc. Is there any harm or possibility of harm outweighed by the benefit? The purposes of ELSSA could lead to the following harm – Inappropriate or incorrect use or application of the skills acquired. The benefits of the use of these Essential Life Saving skills far outweigh the possible inappropriate application of the skills. The beneficiaries of ELSSA are the mothers and their newborn infants also the health workers, midwives and doctors in Africa and South Sudan who undergo training and so acquire additional skills. Private Benefit An incidental private benefit may arise to the volunteer training facilitators, support and administration staff by improving their professional skills and status and through the requirement to travel and experience other cultures and environments. These benefits are incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to our beneficiaries.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
CHARITABLE PURPOSE 4:- The advancement of health and the saving of lives. The purpose of ELSSA is to promote training in essential medical skills by providing essential life saving skills training courses; if appropriate, training in other facilities; to provide ongoing mentoring: for nurses, midwives, associate clinicians, doctors, specialist
doctors and other relevant health workers. The courses will be provided in Africa and if determined by the trustees in other countries or regions. A secondary purpose is to establish a core group of trained facilitators within a country or region with the aim of establishing sustainability of ongoing training and professional development for health workers (see above). In the future, to establish training facilities to promote training in essential medical skills What benefit flows from this purpose? The direct public benefit will accrue from the additional health care skills obtained by these health workers and skills training which would contribute to improvement in the health services for the general public, reduce mortality and morbidity. The training would also have a specific aim in reducing maternal deaths and morbidity and a reduction in neonatal deaths and infant mortality.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of health or the saving of lives
Who the charity helps
- Adult training
- Carers
- General public
- Men
- Overseas/developing countries
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Education/training
- Medical/health/sickness
- Overseas aid/famine relief
