Community Interest. The parties acknowledge the interest of the general community in the medical care offered by the Hospital and its employees and declare their intent that this humanitarian service shall not be interrupted by reason of any dispute or disagreement among the Union, the Hospital or its employees. The purpose of this Agreement is to establish and maintain harmony and cooperation between the Hospital and the employees by setting forth the complete understanding between the County and Union with respect to wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment of such employees, and to provide an orderly procedure for the prompt and fair disposition of any grievances that might arise, thereby assuring patients at the Hospital that, with the flexibility in the use of Hospital personnel provided herein, they will receive efficient and uninterrupted care at all time.
Community Interest. Any right or interest of a spouse of a Shareholder in Shares, whether such right or interest is created by law (including community property laws) or otherwise, shall for all purposes hereof be included in, deemed a part of and bound by the same terms hereof as the Shares to which such right or interest relates or appertains, and any action taken, offer made or option exercisable hereunder with reference to Shares owned by a Shareholder shall be applicable to any right or interest which the spouse of such Shareholder may have or be entitled to have therein. In the event of a termination of the marital relationship, the Shareholder shall have the right to buy the Spouse’s Interest (herein defined) at a price equal to its Fair Market Value.
Community Interest. It is clear from field visits there is high community interest in the project. This can be inferred from several points of view. First, attendance at bi-weekly community meetings in the seven VHBs visited during the field travel was 76 of 107 not including excused absences, over three-quarters attendance. Additionally, the contrast between member self-presentations—where serious faces, subservience, and timidity reflect rural women’s traditional carriage—and when health talk began was dramatic—wide smiles, energetic participation, forthright opinions, and singing and dancing to the session’s slogan becoming the norm. This juxtaposition between the two behaviors was striking. Questions from the evaluator to selected post-event interviewees reinforced this perception: VHB members are enjoying the meetings a great deal. Another characteristic of village banks is that a forum has been created whereby women can discuss issues and exchanges experiences that has likely never existed before. This was seen to be true in a non-controversial module on water and sanitation, and also in the more challenging and difficult sessions on HIV/AIDS and sexual mores. In the project, women are talking to one another as they have never done before, and sharing experiences on topics that are seldom discussed in public in the Malawi society. Constant client movement One characteristic of the VHBs that almost every bank suffers from is a constant departure of old clients and influx of new ones. Data to be presented in the micro-finance chapter show that virtually half of the current clients in Mulanje are new to the project. Similar trends are beginning to appear in Blantyre at an earlier stage of the project. During the Mid-term evaluation, the HQ Program Director commented that this drop-out rate is not unusual in the micro-finance sector. Observed during the travel were the departure of the first few women at the end of the first or second loan cycle, the departure of one or two more in many subsequent loan cycles, the entering of new members from the second cycle on, and (even) the entry of new members up to the eighth cycle. Implications for Adult Education are serious since even if the project were delivering the most vibrant and impact-filled Adult Education in health (AE-h) topics in the world, new entrants wouldn’t have heard them. Also, with an attrition rate of up to 50% by the end of the fourth cycle, half the members who received one or another health module will no lo...
