OUR-PROGRAMS
Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Program
This program advances gender equity by equipping women and girls with skills, resources, and protection against gender-based violence (GBV), while enhancing their economic opportunities and advocating for their rights.
Strategic Interventions:
- Women’s Economic Empowerment: Offering skills training for employability and financial support to women’s groups to develop eco-friendly enterprises.
- GBV Prevention and Response: Educating communities on GBV prevention, while providing legal and psychosocial support to survivors.
- Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR): Improving access to family planning, HIV/AIDS services, and sexual health education for women and girls.
Child Protection and Education Program
We are dedicated to protecting children’s rights, preventing child marriage, and improving access to quality education. We strive to create safe, nurturing environments where children can thrive and learn.
Strategic Interventions:
- Schools for Rights: Collaborating with schools to incorporate child rights education into the curriculum and create safe learning spaces.
- Ending Child Marriage: Leading advocacy campaigns and community dialogues to prevent child marriage and keep girls in school.
- Back-to-School Initiative: Providing school supplies and resources to support vulnerable children, especially girls, to stay in school.
Governance and Civic Participation Program
This program strengthens democratic governance, promotes civic engagement, and enhances transparency and accountability in local governments. We empower marginalized communities to actively participate in governance processes, ensuring their voices are heard in planning, budgeting, and decision-making.
Strategic Interventions:
- Local Governance Accountability Initiative: Improving service delivery and reducing corruption in local governments by providing capacity-building workshops, introducing community scorecards, and establishing citizen reporting mechanisms to monitor services like healthcare, education, and infrastructure.
- Youth Civic Engagement and Leadership Project: Empowering youth to engage in governance through leadership training, mentorship programs, and platforms for direct interaction with policymakers. Youth councils at district and national levels ensure their voices shape policy.
- Women’s Political Empowerment and Leadership Program: Increasing women’s participation in politics through capacity-building, leadership training, and advocating for gender-responsive governance. We also work to eliminate barriers, such as cultural biases, preventing women from accessing leadership roles.
Community Education on Environmental Conservation and Climate Change Resilience
We integrate environmental sustainability with community development by working with schools, leaders, and communities to implement eco-friendly solutions that tackle climate change and conserve natural resources.
Strategic Interventions:
- Eco-Schools Program: Engaging students and teachers in environmentally sustainable practices like tree planting, waste management, and producing reusable sanitary pads for girls to combat deforestation and promote conservation.
- Sustainable Livelihoods: Training communities in sustainable agriculture, clean energy technologies, and natural resource management.
- Mitigating Human-Wildlife Conflict: Educating communities on how to address and reduce conflicts between humans and wildlife.
Health and Well-Being Program
This program enhances access to essential health services, with a focus on sexual and reproductive health, HIV/AIDS prevention, and providing healthcare for vulnerable populations.
Strategic Interventions:
- HIV/AIDS Prevention and Support: Partnering with youth and community leaders to reduce HIV stigma and ensure access to healthcare and support services.
- Maternal and Child Health Initiatives: Strengthening healthcare services for mothers and children, particularly in underserved rural areas.
- Mental Health Awareness: Providing trauma counseling and mental health support, especially for survivors of GBV and vulnerable youth.
