Are you involved in the COVID-19 response or affected by it?
We are inviting you to share how you are being affected by COVID-19 – and to understand how to better support each other.
This is not a technical meeting to provide information or guidance, but a moment to come together as a global community to support each other and share observations of the impact COVID is having in our lives and work.
We also need to listen to determine how best to redirect our efforts to support you.
Teach to Reach Global Event 2
A Global Event for all Scholars affected by COVID-19 or involved in the response
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Request your invitation now and receive the Teach to Reach COVID-19 Global Report 1 now
Over 1,500 country and sub-country immunization staff and COVID-19 responders reported on their situation ahead of our First Global Event. In this report, you will learn:
- What are the top 3 critical challenges faced by immunization staff due to COVID-19?
- Is the digital infrastructure being weakened by COVID-19 and, if so, how?
- What is the impact of COVID-19 on learning, training, and supervision for health workers? What training is needed most?
- How are immunization services and vaccination campaigns being affected?
What is the purpose of the Teach to Reach COVID-19 Global Events?
Geneva, 20 April 2020
Re: Invitation to the Teach to Reach Global Event in response to COVID-19
On 18 March, I wrote you to express our thanks to Scholars around the globe who are fighting the coronavirus.
I now write to invite you to the Global Event for Teach to Reach.
- First, this is a moment for us to come together as a global community of immunization staff from 95 countries to support each other and share observations of the impact COVID-19 is having in our lives and work.
- Second, we will ask specific questions to help us determine how to redirect Teach to Reach and other Scholar programmes to better support participants during the pandemic.
In 24 countries, Scholar Alumni are already organized in the Impact Accelerator, with members country-wide, tightly aligned to EPI objectives. Some, like the Scholars in Ghana, have already begun to use their digital skills and Scholar experience to contribute to their countries' efforts to face COVID-19.
This is not a technical meeting to provide information or guidance. The World Health Organization (WHO) is offering resources that we urge everyone to rely on. In fact, during this event, we will impose strict guidelines to clarify that the meeting will not provide information or guidance, referring participants to their Ministries of Health's (MoH) plans and to WHO recommendations.
Together, we believe that we can find new, connected ways to learn from and support each other.
Because we care about how you are doing, I am asking you to complete a short questionnaire specific to our Foundation’s programmes.
WHO, UNICEF, and Gavi, in coordination with Boost, are asking for your help to better understand how COVID-19 is affecting immunization programmmes. If you have not already done so, I encourage you to take the time to help WHO take the pulse of the situation.
Last but not least, the Sabin Vaccine Institute has developed the first Scholar course on adaptive leadership. This course is especially timely, as it is intended to help to tackle "adaptive challenges" without known solutions.
Best regards,
Reda
How the Foundation is adapting to face the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic
We are proud to count many pre-hospital emergency staff and volunteers, immunization staff, and humanitarian first responders in our Scholar programmes. With the greatest sense of urgency, The Geneva Learning Foundation is making every effort to rapidly adapt to the changes wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic. Below, you will find the Letters shared with Scholars who are participating in the Teach to Reach and other Foundation programmes.
Geneva, 18 March 2020
Re: Learning and resilience: A message to immunization Scholars
I write on behalf of the Geneva Learning Foundation to express our thanks to Scholars around the globe who are fighting the coronavirus.
We know that many in the global community of immunization Scholars are involved in the response to the pandemic. Distance does not diminish the admiration and support we feel. It is more obvious than ever that we are deeply connected and depend on each other.
We know that COVID-19 is putting a huge burden on you and your families.
We believe that our resilience as individuals, organizations, and societies is in part measured by our ability to maintain continuity to the greatest extent.
We have observed the determination of more than 4,000 participants in 95 countries who are actively progressing every day in our Teach to Reach programme – even as they continue to do their work, often going above and beyond, as health workers.
This is remarkable. We salute your commitment to learning and resilience that is pushing us to uphold our own.
Warm regards from Geneva,
Reda Sadki
The Geneva Learning Foundation
Geneva, 18 March 2020
Re: Do not cancel or postpone your upcoming events
Many organizations believe that their only option is to cancel or postpone conferences, workshops, and trainings. However, every cancellation sets us back and slows us down, weakening our resilience – especially if it is humanitarian work. In a way, it means capitulating to the crisis or at least losing ground.
There is an alternative: go digital. However, teams may feel it cannot be done, do not know how to do it, or believe that the online experience will be inferior.
As you may know, the Geneva Learning Foundation organizes digital events nearly every day, with hundreds or even thousands of participants from all over the world.
Given the circumstances, we have decided to share our know-how in support of other organizations as well as service providers that are interested in moving their events online.
On our web site, you will find the invitation to our #DigitalConference Special Event titled "Don’t cancel or postpone… Go digital!” and information on how to join the Accelerator we are launching to support organizations that need to pivot to digital quickly.
I hope that this message will be well-received and that you will find this useful – in some small way – to your efforts to maintain business continuity.
Warm regards from Geneva,
Reda Sadki
The Geneva Learning Foundation
