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Pepea Youth-Friendly Project Pepea is a #QualityRights compliant user-led youth initiative that seeks to increase access to and uptake of evidence-based youth-friendly services in Nakuru. Services are delivered in a stepped-care approach by trained peers (supervised by specialists) who also lead efforts to challenge mental health stigma and discrimination in their community.
Combatting Violence against Women in South Africa Women's equal rights are asserted in the Constitution but violence against women (VAW) is endemic & even increasing in SA and frequently goes unchallenged. While perpetrators act with impunity, women & girls affected by or at risk of being affected by VAW, often they are not aware of their rights, or of how to assert or access them. Ultimately,the overall aim of this project is to combat VAW & strengthen women & girls' rights to be safe through addressing the immediate needs of women & girls affected by VAW, raising awareness of the issues around VAW and women's rights to be safe, and tackling root causes through attitudinal, institutional, policy, judicial and legislative change. With Comic Relief support the project will combine disseminating information, including to men & boys, on the rights of women & girls on VAW, providing advice & legal assistance to women & girls claiming their rights, using advocacy & social mobilisation to ensure communities assert these rights inside & outside the legal environment and take test cases to court to establish precedents to achieve a widespread and lasting impact. As a result individuals affected by VAW will have safer lives and in the long-term. VAW will start to reduce both in terms of its incidence and also its effects
Modelling Inclusive Pre-Primary Education (MIPE) This proposal aims to provide an opportunity for very young children with disabilities to access quality and appropriate pre primary education across four districts in Tanzania. The call is for these children 'to achieve their potential' by being school ready and begin to develop key life/social skills. With the child at the centre of this work teachers, senior district staff, community members and parents will all receive training or support to understand key issues, barriers and ways to support children with disabilities. Education experts will support curricula/resource development as the current pre primary curriculum does not address inclusive education.
Enabling effective community-based approaches to early childhood development The programme proposed will enable effective community based approaches to early childhood development for children from birth to six years old in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia. The Firelight Foundation, along with three Lead Partners (one in each country), will strengthen the organisational and technical capacity of community-based organisations (CBOs) to develop, refine and share their approaches to Early Childhood Development (ECD). The ECD interventions delivered by the CBOs vary but all respond to at least one of the following: early school readiness, early infant child health and development interventions, the development of parental knowledge and skills, the development of learning through play in a variety of community based settings.
Empowering vulnerable young women In Kigali, Rwanda, many children have been left highly vulnerable as a result of the 1994 Genocide and poverty in the country. RYico and its partner in Rwanda, Centre Marembo, work with orphaned and vulnerable children who fall through the cracks and do not receive the available support from the government and NGOs. These are children either born to sex workers, young sex workers, children who may have one or both parents in jail accused of participating in the genocide, and girls who take up informal domestic work rather than begging on the streets. The partners will work to ensure that these girls have good support systems and improved confidence and knowledge about how to protect themselves. They will offer short-term residential places for girls at high risk, and training and support to help girls gain the skills to better protect themselves. Through the project, the partners will also strengthen their skills and knowledge to engage with the community and policy makers to ensure that they act to protect these girls. As a result of the project, up to 2,720 girls will be in less risky positions and a safe space will exist for many more girls to access services and support.
Childhood Regained: empowering communities to uphold children?s rights (GHANA) It is estimated that at least 7 out of 10 people in Northern Ghana live on less than US$2 dollars a day and are unable to meet basic needs including education and health. Chronic poverty has brought with it increasing evidence of hazardous child labour, including agricultural labour amongst boys and forced migration of girls to towns as porters and domestic workers, as well as sexual exploitation in their home communities.     Building on the experience of previous Comic Relief funded work, this project aims to reduce hazardous child labour in four rural communities by helping children, through self-help clubs, to access education and to stay in school. Through women’s groups, parents and other community adults will be assisted to access credit and skills. This will reduce dependence on their children’s labour, as well as building their knowledge and understanding to protect their children better. Community-led advocacy with local leaders (such as teachers) will foster improvements in the governance and management of local schools. Longer term, the project aims to build a model of community driven child labour prevention which can be replicated in other rural communities.
Household Livelihood Security for the Urban Poor A continuous flow of trucks makes its way to a mountain of rubbish on the outskirts of Nairobi. As they add to it, small children are amongst the thousands who scavenge for value amongst the food, medical and other waste. Improbably, a group who came together through playing football, are now looking for better lives. They raised funds to train single mothers and young people, helping them get jobs while supporting children into local schools. This project will provide small grants for food and housing and provide further training. With proper jobs they can face a future outside the dump. More children will be provided with uniforms, books and support to help them into school.
Deaf children?s education and communication needs in Burundi After a 14 year conflict in Burundi which left more than 300,000 people dead and a further 1.2 million people internally displaced or living as refugees, 68% of its population today live in acute poverty. Despite universal education having been introduced, school-aged deaf children and young adults are left out of education policy. Only two sign language interpreters facilitate deaf communications for the whole country, and the only two schools for deaf children use outmoded and incompatible communication methods. This project will study deaf children’s education and communication needs, their access to and achievements in education and the level of deaf awareness in Burundian society. DDP will do library and field research facilitated by Aurora Deaf Aid Africa, (ADAA) in the UK and their contacts in Burundi. It will consult the Burundi National Deaf Association (BNDA), the Centre for Special Needs education, (CNSE) two deaf schools, teachers, Ministry of Education and Social Affairs officers, academics and deaf children and their parents prior to field research and interviews. DDP will then receive feedback from the same participants in a second workshop before producing an in-depth report and recommendations to improve education and communication skills for deaf children and their families.
Connecting Communities:Learning for Life A quarter of 15-24 year-olds in Zambia have never been to school. Many orphans, especially girls, don’t finish basic education or go to high school.   This project trains committees to identify 14-16 year-olds not in school and those who may drop out. Some of the vulnerable young people work with the committees to set up clubs that provide business skills, homework help, drama and sports activities. Together, they lobby for better government services. The neediest families get help with school fees, materials and are supported to develop initiatives for them to earn money.   As a result and with the support of parents and the wider community more young people finish school. They and their families have more chance of work.
GardenAfrica - Organisational Development Grant GardenAfrica (GA) works with partners to improve awareness of natural resource management issues, providing training to improve education, health and livelihoods through the establishment of safe and sustainable environments. GA’s partnerships have facilitated the sharing of expertise and skills to increase local capacity, and build a wider network to foster trans-disciplinary approaches where such opportunities may not previously have existed.  However, GA has limited capacity and no adequate structure to capture and apply lessons learnt and to use this learning to advocate for change.   In order to do this and better support and strengthen their partners GA need appropriate tools. Furthermore, if GA is to grow strategically with a view to continued innovation, it must consider how best to capture and collate learning, and disseminate findings in order to increase the impact of its work. They have already refreshed their board of trustees and this OD planning grant would enable them to finalise their next five-year strategy and use external expertise to develop a more appropriate M&E framework and advocacy plan.
Teaching the Teachers This project will address the need for locally trained female teachers and teaching assistants in Galgaduud region of Somalia, which until seven years ago had no tradition of education. Iftiin, the applicant, has opened eight schools and runs four literacy campaigns, but the difficulties of recruiting and retaining teachers are immense. They tend to stay for only short periods, and are exclusively male. The five year project will provide teacher training through a two year certificate course given by a local university but school based. This will mean female student teachers can live at home, and are unlikely to leave the region. The impact will be long term and educationally significant.
Feasibility study for the recycling of plastic waste Plastic waste is a major environmental hazard in urban areas of many developing countries, particularly in Nigeria where plastic sachets are widely used for drinking water. The waste clogs drains and causes flash flooding which creates health hazards. However, the waste is also a resource that can through recycling create employment and improve living conditions. The aim of this project is to carry out a feasibility study to inform the establishment of a demonstration recycling plant which can subsequently be replicated in other communities suffering similar challenges. The feasibility study will: investigate the nature and availability of waste plastic; evaluate existing, and generate new, product ideas; understand existing supply chains and potential market niches; assess the economics and logistics of establishing recycling plants; and identify potential business models for the establishment and roll out of recycling plants. This research will lead to a sustainable business model for the safe collection, handling and recycling of waste into affordable building materials, household products and a timber replacement material. This will in turn create employment and improve the environment and well being of poor communities.
AbleChildAfrica - Organisational Development Grant 2012 Originally founded as the Uganda Society for Disabled Children (USDC), ACA have over 25 years' experience working in East Africa.  Since the end of their investment grant, ACA have gone through a number of significant changes, including the departure of their Director. Historically, ACA's partnerships have developed through opportunities rather than identified strategic priorities and their approach to capacity building has been sporadic. They now want to focus on developing a clearer partnership model which will enable their approach to be more formalised and strategic. ACA are committed to ensuring this formalisation of partnerships is not at the expense of their partner-centric approach. Greater clarity about the purpose of partnership and the level of support ACA can offer will allow greater transparency with partners and enable ACA to be more focused in their interventions. ACA developed this grant application based on their recent strategic review process, which reaffirmed their commitment to working in partnership with organisations in Africa. The strategy articulates a new focus on independently contributing to and influencing inclusive development through advocacy and training of other INGOs so that they address disability issues more effectively in their own work. They will to use this OD grant to set in motion their new strategy which was developed through an OD grant from CR last year (cycle 5). In particular, they will develop a partnership model/ process, develop their M&E framework, develop an advocacy strategy and develop a public fundraising strategy. This work will be conducted by external consultants and ACA staff. Training has been incorporated for staff to ensure the appropriate skill level within the organisation to continue this work and provision is made for the Trustees to reflect on the processes through external facilitation.
Empowering Young Women and Girls in Freetown''s Urban Slums Cultural norms within Sierra Leone influence the unequal relationship between women and men. Women are often seen as the property of men, are taught to be submissive from a young age and are economically dependent.  In Freetown's slums Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) including Female Genital Cutting (FGC), sexual exploitation and harassment, rape, unsafe sexual practices and commercial sex work are common occurrences. Discrimination, poverty, cultural norms, stigmatisation, insufficient knowledge and lack of respect for avenues of justice, contribute to the frequency of SGBV and perpetrators are rarely held accountable. There is a high level of tolerance for domestic violence and a recent study found that 63% of girls aged 15 – 19 believe it is acceptable for husbands to beat their wives. The proposed pilot project will be implemented in the eight most populated slums in Freetown and is aimed at addressing the root causes of SGBV. As a result of the project, girls, young women and their communities will have increased knowledge and awareness of their rights and the laws related to SGBV and Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH). There will be improved support services for victims of SGBV, as well as increased savings and wider opportunities for improved livelihoods and local community organisations will be better able to influence policy on issues of SGBV and SRH.
Strengthening TAC to engage with government to deliver quality HIV services in S In South Africa, more than 5 million people live with HIV, and 1,000 people are infected every day. Most of the 1.5 million South Africans in need of antiretroviral therapy (ART) are not receiving it. In the past, South Africa's political leaders were unwilling to address HIV at a level proportionate to the crisis. During these difficult years, Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) fought for, amongst other things, the right to treatment for people with HIV. In 2008, with a change in government, there was a change in policy on access to treatment and the government now fully supports this work.  As a result, TAC has changed its strategy and is now a ‘critical friend' of government, supporting implementation of the National Strategic Plan for the prevention and treatment of HIV.  This investment grant will enable TAC to make four step changes' in its work. This includes getting up to four million more people to test for HIV, making sure 500,000 on ART know how to stay healthy, and getting 200,000 pregnant women to take the necessary drugs to prevent transmission of the virus to their babies.  TAC will also promote safe sex, support women to get treatment and those suffering rape, abuse or domestic violence to get legal, health and counselling services. TAC, as an organisation led by positive people, will scale up their work to tackle stigma and discrimination. They will also invest in their own organisation, particularly in relation to governance, staff development, communications, and monitoring and evaluation, so they become more effective.  As a result, more people (including children) with advanced HIV infection will receive ART, more infections will be prevented and 80% of people with HIV will have access to services that will help them live longer and healthier lives.
Making Oil Work for Poor People in Uganda The emergence of the oil sector in western Uganda has raised hopes of significant local economic upturn and new job creation. However experience in areas such as the Niger Delta shows how in the long-term oil extraction can severely undermine the livelihoods of resident communities, especially the poorest groups. This project aims to build the capacity of micro and small enterprises and local workers to compete for new business opportunities and jobs. The project will also raise awareness among oil companies and the government of the need for purchasing practices which provide incentives for contractors to engage local MSEs and workers.
Securing forest community livelihoods through sustainable smallholder cocoa deve While world cocoa prices are rising cocoa farmers living on the edge of the Gola rainforest in Sierra Leone are leaving their farms and adopting farming practices which drive deforestation to feed their families.  As a result of the civil war farmers can't access the information, training and inputs they need leading to lower yields, a reputation for poor quality and prices significantly below the market rate resulting in reduced incomes.  Using a tried and tested approach this project aims to build the capacity of local partners to provide services which increase productivity and quality; build a strong producer organization; and establish a Gola cocoa brand in the international market.
A pilot Project to Improve the Teaching of Reading in Ugandan Schools Universal Primary Education in Uganda has resulted in a 93% net primary enrolment rate, but its impact has been watered down by increased class sizes (often over 100), a lack of quality teaching, and the lowest primary completion rate in East Africa (30% compared to 80% in Kenya). This lack of attainment is reflected in a 2010 USAID report on early grade reading which found that in 2 areas of Uganda 55%-80% of students in grade 2 could not read a single word. Although there has been no quantitative study in the proposed project area, Masindi, anecdotal evidence points to the challenge being similar. RedEarth and the District Education Authority’s own findings show that the low early literacy rate directly transfers to low attainment across all subjects, and subsequent dropout, in particular amongst girls. This pilot project tests methods of improving early grade literacy in the area, working in 5 schools with District Education Authority involvement, to train teachers in early grade literacy teaching, develop teacher training and classroom resources, and to prepare a costed plan for scale-up to other schools and teacher training institutions. Improvements in early grade literacy are evaluated in pilot schools themselves, and through work with nearby schools that will be covered in the scale up phase.
Improving producer livelihoods in Swaziland Unemployment in Swaziland is around 41% with a high number of women. For every 10 people employed 23 people depend on them. Household finances are getting worse. This project will help socially-oriented micro-enterprises graduate to become formal, profitable businesses selling into the local market. Existing businesses supplying local and export markets will create new jobs paying a living wage and continue with social programmes for staff and workers. The Fair Trade network supporting 50 businesses will become self-funding. Greater awareness of HIV/AIDs in the workplace will help people stay in work. Government policy will provide a supportive environment for growth.
Family learning - improving school enrolments and promoting women's empowerment This proposal is to trial the concept of Family Learning in five schools within Mundri region in South Sudan. Family Learning bridges the gap between school learning for children and the adult literacy offered to their parents, mostly mothers and grandmothers, through REFLECT literacy groups.  Most families in the target communities are illiterate, with no reading matter at home. Primary school completion rates are 12% for boys, 9% for girls.  The project will address this problem through workshops to draw parents, pupils and teachers together to introduce Family Learning, to develop low cost resources, and support their children in school. It will test Family Learning as a new way forward.
Scaling Up Readiness and Retention (SURE) Impact Families living in Northern Uganda have very limited access to pre primary education. LABE found no providers in the districts they identified for this proposal. LABE will offer community based, informal pre primary care through Home Learning Centres, run and managed by community volunteers. Parents are integral to the development of this work receiving joint basic literacy classes alongside their children and in their support of the centres. Work with local schools ensures enrolment. Government staff are extremely interested in and supportive of this work. This proposal will offer the opportunity to build a more rigorous evidence base for scale up and replication by others and influence policy.
Mafura: Market and supply development to bring scale benefits Thousands of small farmers in Mozambique live on less than a dollar a day, work on land with low levels of production and are vulnerable to drought and climate change. Seeds from the wild-growing mafura tree can be freely accessed by women and sold to local processors of mafura oil. This project will support the formation of harvester groups and link them to local oil processors to revive an industry that declined due to competition from cheap palm oil.  Mafura is similar to palm oil and is exciting to European buyers who are looking for an ethical alternative due to the negative social and environmental impacts of palm plantation production. The oil will first be produced for the local market whilst building the capacity of local oil processors to prepare for export. Harvesters will be trained to increase the harvest of seed, quality and storage methods to meet market demands. Research will determine the quantity of mafura fruit and technical information needed to secure the interest of international buyers in an alternative to palm oil for use in products like cosmetics. The increase in demand will bring more harvesters into gathering seeds and generate income for thousands of poor women.
Consultation on Capacity Building for Women?s Rights in Guinea and Sierra Leone MEWC plans to visit Guinea and Sierra Leone with FEMNET to meet with women's rights organisations and activists and consult them about a future project which will aim to empower them with information and training so that they can more effectively challenge governments and other authorities about the political rights of women as enshrined in the Maputo Protocol. Following their visits they will use the information that they have gathered to develop a more comprehensive project plan, budget and proposals for funding.