ODIM’s 5 Year Plan

We have big plans for growth and are excited to work steadily towards creating change - with your support! Take a look below to see some of the future dreams and goals we are hoping to accomplish by 2025.

ODIM Board of Directors

March 5, 2020

Five Year Plan

A.      Healthy Mommy & Me / Mamá y Yo Saludable

Ø  Reduce cases of malnutrition in babies 0-2 years in San Pablo and San Juan La Laguna by providing pregnant and lactating mothers with improved knowledge and access to food, nutritional supplements, emotional support and health services

Ø  Contract a specialist/psychologist to provide mothers with mental and emotional support

Ø  Increase the funds for food vouchers

Ø  Increase the involvement of fathers in the program

Ø  Improve education for new mothers with nutritional and emotional support

Ø  Reduce cases of malnutrition in children ages 0-2 in San Pablo y San Juan

Ø  Promote healthy by transmitting information about hygiene and malnutrition

Ø  Improve the retention and attendance of participants in program

B.      Operations

Ø  Find land to construct a larger building in San Juan to accommodate support groups educational programs (especially Healthy Mommy & Me and “Let’s Walk Together”), cooking classes and staff meetings

Ø  Locate a larger space close to the clinic in San Pablo to construct a Clinic annex and expand services and meetings

Ø  Assure that new building in San Juan is handicapped accessible

C.      Diabetes – “Let’s Walk Together” / Caminemos Juntos

Ø  Minimize the impact of the diabetes epidemic in the communities of San Pablo and San Juan La Laguna through education, exercise, accompaniment and empowerment.

Ø  Improve the retention and attendance of participants in program

Ø  Support participants in reaching individual goals and group goals to maintain and improve their quality of life

D.      High Impact Home Improvement Program (HIHI) / Vivienda Saludable

Ø  Improving the health of low-income families in households through in-home interventions including water filters and stoves which improve the air and water quality in homes.

Ø  Find volunteers to provide and continue virtual English lessons for promoters

Ø  Expand program to respond to family’s basic housing needs (installing cement floors, roofs, bathrooms, etc).

Ø  Provide subsidized replacement filters for families every two years

E.       “Reaching Dreams” Scholarship Program / Alcanzando Sueños

Ø  Break the cycle of poverty for young people from San Pablo La Laguna, by providing scholarships, academic tutoring and life-skill training to young people with limited economic resources from San Pablo La Laguna.

Ø  Contract a teacher with a specialized skillset to direct and advance the curriculum for students at high school level

Ø  Build a computer lab to provide students with computer access

Ø  Include career development and vocational training for students at higher grade levels

Ø  Provide internships and job placement for recent program graduates

F.       Clinics

Ø  Modify the clinic in San Pablo to create more office spaces for staff

Ø  Expand dental services to San Pablo

Ø  Certify the laboratory with the Ministry of Health to be able to provide more advanced laboratory testing for patients

Ø  Increase patient access to diagnostics testing

Ø  Recruit medical volunteer teams to train staff and attend patients

Ø  Market and promote clinic services in neighboring communities

G.      Adolescent Health

Ø  Improve gender equality and prevent early pregnancy in adolescents from San Juan and San Pablo La Laguna through Comprehensive Education on Sexuality and Health

Ø  Ensure that adolescents know about CSE issues and practice their sexual and reproductive rights

Ø  Include parent and teacher education on adolescent health

Ø  Produce health education videos to be broadcasted on social media and local cable channels

H.      NEW Programs

Ø  Create a Mental Health program to give staff, participants and clinic patients access to a therapy and other mental health services

Ø  Launch a Women’s Health program in collaboration with U.S. Physicians to provide pap smears, HPV detection and other women’s preventative health services to complement current clinic programming