RWHP - History

About the RWHP

The Fotonovela

The History of the RWHP

2009-10	National AIDS Fund with Ford Foundation support funding the RWHP's Entre Nosotras HIV Prevention in Hispanic Community's program in Central Florida.
	National AIDS Fund supports Voices de Inmigrantes en Acción - the RWHP's new Hispanic HIV Initiative for the Southeastern States. Partners with Family Medical and Dental to initiate the Mensajeros de Salud program to bridge Hispanics to health services.
2009	The Florida Council Against Domestic Violence contracts the RWHP to produce three fotonovelas for Hispanic women in rural Florida about assistance for victims of domestic violence. Project Claridad launches "Sin Humo" (Without Smoke) its smoking cessation program with Putnam County Migrant Education.
2007	Consultants to Lake County's (FL) new Community Health Worker Program, coordinating their initial CHW education, Hispanic Health Assessment and Spanish-language health resource guide.
2006	Partnering with Alianza de Mujeres Activas [AMA] (FL) on early detection of breast cancer. Funded Florida Breast Cancer Coalition Research Foundation and the American Cancer Society to develop breast cancer novelas and educate promotores in outreach techniques. Partnership with the Southeastern National Tuberculosis Center extends to address the education and cultural competency issues around tuberculosis in the African American Community. Workshop venues include churches.
2005	A multi-year partnership begins with the Southeastern National Tuberculosis Center for Vivir a todo Pulmon, a project to educate foreign-born, Spanish-speakers about tuberculosis and to partner with clinicians to strengthen community education and patient compliance.
2004	Documented the experiences of the participants at the Bi-national Health Promotores Conference on HIV, McAllen, TX. Funded by Farmworker Justice.
2003	Launched Project Claridad - an HIV prevention project developing farmworker youth peer educators. Three-year funding from the Pfizer Foundation (HIV Southern HIV/AIDS Prevention Initiative.) Pizcando Sueños exhibited at the Universidad De Historia y Antropología and the cultural arts center FRISAC in Mexico City. In Guanajuato Mexico, the exhibit also coincided with RWHP workshops with the health brigadistas of the Rancho of Cantera Uno and fotonovela development with mothers in Chamacuaro, Guanajuato.
2002	Worked in Arequipa, Peru with the Acociación de Organizaciones de Mujeres de Arequipa (ASOMA) to document their organization's 13 year history in fotonovela format. Created ASOMA-Proyecto de Vida. Collaborated with Redlands Christian Migrant Association on parenting novela series.
2001	Bi-nationally funded Pizcando Sueños [Harvesting Dreams] combines community-based research and storytelling to give voice to Mexican farmworker women in Florida.
2000	Contracted to develop KidCare campaign for Hispanics, including traditional music, radio and fotonovelas.
1992	RWHP begins work on HIV projects with funding from North Central Florida and National March of Dimes.