Political, Economic, and Social Impacts of Health-Related NGO Activities

本文描述了一个非政府组织的日常实践如何在利益相关者之间建立进步的工作关系方面做出了不同的贡献。通过东帝汶健康教育项目，该非政府组织帮助当地社区解决了独立运动长期斗争造成的健康问题。这些活动鼓励了社区领导人、学校教师、保健人员和非政府组织工作人员之间的交流，加强了卫生部(MOH)与社区卫生中心(CHCs)以及教育、文化、青年和体育部(MoE)与教育部(DOE)之间在地区一级的联系，并在国家和地方各级建立了该非政府组织与政府组织之间的可靠关系。反过来，这些关系又使该非政府组织的当地工作人员对他们的工作充满信心。由于通过这些活动建立了可靠的网络，预计该项目将更有效地改善该地区人民的健康状况。

This paper describes how daily practices of an NGO have made differences in constructing progressive working relationships among stakeholders. Through Health Education Project in East Timor, the NGO has helped the local community address their health problems that have been caused by long struggles of the independent movement. The activities encouraged the communication among community leaders, school teachers, health personnel, and NGO staff, strengthened the link between the Ministry of Health (MOH) and community health centers (CHCs) as well as between the Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports (MOE) and the Department of Education (DOE) at district level, and developed reliable relationships between the NGO and government organizations at both national and local level. The relationships, in turn, made the local staff of the NGO gain confident about their work. Thanks to the reliable networks developed through the activities, the project is expected to be more effective in improving the health status of people in the area.