PROJECTS: HIV AIDS & CARE WORK

365 DAYS OF LOCAL ACTION TO END VIOLENCE AND

NAMIBIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND GENDER JUSTICE SUMMIT AND AWARDS APRIL 2012 Windhoek

EMPOWER WOMEN

ILENI TULIKWAFENI CENTRE

HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT IDENTIFYING THIS PROBLEM?

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Community is reluctant about the seriousness and the damage that HIV/Aids can cause to the nation as whole. Want to educate them for future knowledge, we want especially the youth to see the reality on this issue because they are the leaders of the tomorrow.
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IS THIS ISSUE IMPORTANT?

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Yes, because its a silent killer and we want people to open up their eyes and hearts might go through this stages not knowing the seriousness if they start to notice what we are teaching, they might change their behaviour and lifestyle

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HOW ARE YOU GOING ABOUT ADDRESSING THI S PROBLEM?

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By having meetings, small talks, councelling sessions do motivational speeches especially at schools, communities and women gatherings. In church this topic is ignored, but they buried people that passed on from this disease.
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WHAT IS THE TIME-FRAME FOR THE PROJECT?

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We want to reach all the targeted groups from now on until at least June 2012 By then the community at large should get a crystal clear message and will kick out the ignorance that is with them since centuries.

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WHO IS THE KEY TARGET? WHO IS INVOLVED? ARE WOMEN AND MEN EQUALLY INVOLVED?
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The vulnerable children and orphans The community at large Yes , decisions are taken 50-50

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PARTNERSHIPS FORMED THROUGH THE PROJECT

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We are partners with

CAFO, NANASO, TUSANO, Ministry of Gender, Ministry of Health, etc

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RESOURCEFULNESS: WHAT FINANCIAL, HUMAN AND OTHER RESOURCES WERE MOBILISED?

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Food for work programme, The community that struggles with their daily meals is also catered for in this programme, not only those that are vulnerable. They get meals every single day, two times a day.

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CREATIVITY: ARE YOU USING ARTS, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA TO POPULARISE THE ISSUES?

Attract peoples attention, through having traditional dances, performing dramas, singing, showing DVDs and posters.

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MONITORING AND EVALUATION

board of directors plan of action, t ime tables, whereby we sit quarterly and report on success and evaluate shortcomings on this institution. Monitoring system in place whereby childrens weights and heights are being checked and they dont have the needed weight then they are being referred to the hospital for medical attention.
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WHAT RESULTS HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED?

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We buy school uniforms, toiletries and they take every meal to school. Have a green vegetable garden for fresh foods every day for the soup kitchen and to add nutrients to their bodies

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IMPACT (BASED ON THE SADC PROTOCOL TARGETS)

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GBV, women are infected and beaten up when they want to come out in public. Now they know their rights.

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SUSTAINABILITY AND REPLICATION

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Yes, by networking its a well-known organisation that every ethnic group is involved with

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LESSONS LEARNED
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Women will know their rights Will start practising what they have been taught Will value their lives

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ANY QUESTIONS?
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