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Community practice: the top 5 sustainable development goals I am working toward

As shown in the picture above, as occupational therapists, we have learnt to create opportunities for people to live a healthy life, in accordance with a person’s own wishes and needs, with relation to requirements from his or her surroundings ("Sustainable Development Occupational Therapy Can Contribute And Make A Difference", 2018). I am therefore uniquely educated to integrate these into practice at an individual and community level to implement the sustainable development goals into my practice.

To understand how to effectively use this therapeutic opportunity provided to us by working within the community, we need to first understand, “What is sustainable development?” As defined by Brundtland (1987), sustainable development is "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." To meet this aim of sustainable development, the United Nations has developed seventeen sustainable development goals to protect the planet and guarantee social well-being (Collins, 2021). For further information regarding these SDGs and the progress of how they are being met, refer to the link below:

In South Africa, specifically in local communities during covid-19, meeting these goals have been increasingly challenging. According to the UN Secretary General,

“Although the novel coronavirus affects every person and community, it does not do so equally. Instead, it has exposed and exacerbated existing inequalities and injustices.” ("Sustainable Development Goals Report 2020 | Multimedia Library - United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs", 2020).

This highlights the intersectionality of how covid 19 has further delayed meeting of the SDGs at a community level. People in the community have been experiencing poverty, unemployment, food insecurity and crime pre-covid but currently, during the pandemic, this has been exacerbated. Furthermore, the annual stocktaking report on progress across the seventeen goals shows that it is the poorest and most vulnerable – including women, children, older persons, persons with disabilities, migrants and refugees- who are being hit the hardest ("Sustainable Development Goals Report 2020 | Multimedia Library - United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs", 2020). During my fieldwork block I therefore aim to work toward some of the SDGs to help bridge the gap in the sustainable development goals within the community.

Firstly, the simplest goal aim to work toward is to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages (goal three). As a result of healthcare workers in the community being in short supply or stretched to their limits due to covid-19, the progress in reproductive, maternal and child heath has been stalled. In the Inanda community, achieving this goal will be implemented through health promotion talks regarding these especially important aspects of reproductive, maternal and child health as well as general subjects on the role of occupational therapy in the public health sector, covid-19 and vaccines. This however mainly uses a health preventative and educative approach. A more hands-on approach that I plan to implement is running groups at Inanda wilderness park to allow mothers to share and acknowledge each other’s experiences. This will promote good health and well-being through acknowledgement of shared experiences and reducing the stigmas surrounding maternal health and maternal mental health within the community.

By reinforcing the above goal regarding good health and well-being for all people I will also work toward goal five, i.e. achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls. Liya Kabede is not only an Ethiopian model, but she has also served as the WHO's Ambassador for Maternal, New-born and Child Health since 2005 ("Liya Kebede | One Young World", n.d.). in the quote below, she refers to the importance of investing in women:

I am inspired to invest in women and girls during this block by providing them with the information and opportunities to advocate for and manage their own health and well-being and education as well as opportunities to learn or build up their skills for independence in their lives. This will also include the education of men within the community, not only women, regarding the male perspective on mental health and maternal health.

Goal sixteen of making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable is of utmost importance especially in terms of the rising levels of crime, especially gender-based violence in local communities. Education and advocacy to reduce stigmas to men and women, young and old, serves as a good start to meeting this goal. However, we can take this further by providing safe spaces in the community where all people, especially women affected by this can access services to provide help regarding their experienced trauma. Like my peers at other venues, I plan to work with people in the community like youth mentors and HIV representatives at the clinic to increase awareness of how occupational therapy can help these people.

In the community we are able to influence inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all (goal 4). We work with people in the community at all levels, babies at the clinic, the creches, primary schools, high schools and young and older adults at the clinic and park. In this way, we are able to provide learning opportunities for men and women equally and advocate for them to have equal access to education. This includes collaborating with leaders at schools and within the community to identify students who are having learning or behavioural difficulties like using the ‘red flags’ program to be able to provide immediate intervention and improve their occupational performance and ensure these children have the same opportunity to learn as their peers.

Addressing zero hunger, goal two, goes hand in hand with goal eight of decent work and economic growth. To attempt to help in eradicating hunger in the community, we have begun rebuilding the garden at the park to not only provide food but also allow people in the community to learn and build up their skills and create their own gardens to sell their crop or provide food for their families. Another way we aid is providing other vocational skill building programs at the park to allow people to build skills, find jobs and be able to buy food for themselves and their families. These vocational workshops can include skills like gardening and simple construction activities like mixing cement and assembling the sensory board at the park. More elaborate vocational programs can include inviting community members who have skills to teach others like manufacturing bricks, or similar projects to KITE at Kenville where people are taught how to make furniture from recycled tyres.

According to Tracy (n.d),

“You begin to fly when you let go of self-limiting beliefs and allow your mind and aspirations to rise to greater heights.”

During my community block, I have become increasingly aware of the large scope of practice of occupational therapy in the community. I aim to stop restricting my own role in community practice and encourage future students to do the same by continuing to address the above SDGs and many more during my block to influence positive change within my community.

References

Sustainable Development OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY CAN CONTRIBUTE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE. Networks.sustainablehealthcare.org.uk. (2018). Retrieved 3 June 2022, from https://networks.sustainablehealthcare.org.uk/sites/default/files/media/Sustainable%20development-webb.pdf.

Collins, P. (2021). Sustainable development: Definition, objectives and examples. Selectra. Retrieved 3 June 2022, from https://climate.selectra.com/en/environment/sustainable-development.

Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. Sustainabledevelopment.un.org. (2022). Retrieved 3 June 2022, from https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/29858SG_SDG_Progress_Report_2022.pdf.

Liya Kebede | One Young World. Oneyoungworld.com. Retrieved 3 June 2022, from https://www.oneyoungworld.com/counsellors/liya-kebede.

Investing in women’s lives is an investment in sustainable development, in human. IdleHearts. Retrieved 3 June 2022, from https://www.idlehearts.com/582915/investing-in-womens-lives-is-an-investment-in-sustainable-development-in-human.

Sustainable Development Goals Report 2020 | Multimedia Library - United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Un.org. (2020). Retrieved 3 June 2022, from https://www.un.org/development/desa/publications/publication/sustainable-development-goals-report-2020. Tracy, B. Brian Tracy Quote: “You begin to fly when you let go of self-limiting beliefs and allow your mind and aspirations to rise to greater heights...”. Quotefancy.com. Retrieved 3 June 2022, from https://quotefancy.com/quote/777984/Brian-Tracy-You-begin-to-fly-when-you-let-go-of-self-limiting-beliefs-and-allow-your-mind

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