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Child Protection, Rehabilitation and Community Reintegration of Child Ex-Combatants ·	To provide interim care and shelter for children released and affected by fighting forces (approximately 1,200 over 12 months) ; Each of the three ICCs will cater for up to 100 children, with an estimated turn around time per child of three months.
·	To increase the number of children released into civil society by fighting forces;
·	To prepare the children for recipient communities;
·	To prepare communities to receive the children either through re-unification with families or re-integration through fostering;
·	To identify and prepare foster families for children who cannot be re-unified with their families.
·	To engage with children in the Interim Care Centres (ICCs) with opportunities in skills training, education, counselling and support.
GROW (Greater Resilience through Opportunities for Work) project The GROW (Greater Resilience through Opportunities for Work) initiative aims to build on the successes of the SEED youth projects by investing in and strengthening the business and financial capacities of marginalized youth and providing new opportunities for work through enterprise development to enhance their economic empowerment and resilience. This will be accomplished through engagement and mentorship, strengthening of the Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) while building linkages to formal financial institutions, and the introduction of new business equipment combined with trainings and mentorship in business development and management. Specifically, the project will invest in new income-generating opportunities for youth by providing each qualifying VSLA with a Multi-Business Cart through the Innovative and Sustainable Entrepreneurship for Youths in Africa (ISE-YA) project through Ideas in Fusion           (https://ise-ya.ng/). Multi-Business Carts are solar-powered and include several small businesses in one, including a charging point, juice bar or grill, barber shop and cash point for mobile banking. The cart may also act as a retail shop for the supply of products and goods.
Preparatory project for the Energy Facilitated Marketplace in West Africa The Energy Facilitated Marketplace (EFMP) has been designed to address the twin problems of energy deficient centres of local agri-business and poor supply chain infrastructures prevalent in African marketplaces. The initiative will remodel the Municipal Marketplace in Sub-Saharan Africa, testing the hypothesis that combining smart green mini grid and aquaponics farming techniques, powered by green technologies, reduces post-harvest waste and loss by up to 50%. This innovation has been thought through to stimulate investment into output markets and support market incentives for value addition, while encouraging third-party investment into modernizing marketplaces and value chain infrastructures.
The design of this initiative which has already been undertaken is expected to transform the local economy and contribute to wider social impacts. This includes creating local jobs, raising incomes of small-scale food producers and stall holders, increasing food production, improving public health and educational opportunities and realizing the productive use of energy for rural development. 
CAFOD in partnership with NCJPC are hiring the services of professional expertise of Community Development Specialist & Coordinator, Chief Technical Adviser and Mzuzu University in Malawi to undertake rigorous research to unearth current situational context and community dynamics in Sierra Leone & Liberia for appropriate adaptation of the EFMP in West Africa. The findings from the research will help to facilitate the development of the proposal with informed information and data evidence. The    entire contract period to undertake the said research will span from the 1st - 31st March, 2021. The hired professional expertise will contract the services of 8 Enumerators to roll out the structured questionnaires for 800 respondents in the two programme's countries. Data will be collected via KoboCollect and analysed through SPSS to generate both quantitative and qualitative data.
Central Liberia Rice and Vegetable Value Chain Proposal Since the end of Liberia’s violent civil war in 2003, the government of Liberia (GoL) has adopted policy reforms and taken steps toward securing economic growth and rebuilding institutions and infrastructure.  However, Liberia remains one of the world’s poorest countries with a GDP per capita of $362 and a ranking of 169 on the 2009 Human Development Index. The food security situation in Liberia is a chronic one rooted in pervasive poverty with lots of constraints, i.e physical, human and capital.
Increase access to safe drinking water & improve hygiene  in Buu-Yao district, Nimba Counnty This project aims to assist in improving WASH facilities and access to members of society in Nimba County, Liberia.
Liberia is still recovering from decades of civil conflict that claimed 200,000 lives and disrupted basic services like clean water and sanitation. Today, 32 percent of Liberian households are headed by women and 70 percent of them are widows. 
The government’s “National Gender Policy” a framework for gender equality, faces powerful socio-cultural norms and traditions that continue to encourage gender discrimination and abuse; as well as this, the government’s Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRSP 2008), detailing the nation's course to development with access to clean water and sanitation has a very low budget allocation. 
Therefore, Ivorian refugees affected by that country’s post-election crisis, are still residing in the targeted communities in Nimba County and have an increasing demand for WASH facilities. Therefore this project will construct water points and double pit latrines targeting the most vulnerable and marginalized members of society – especially girls and women involved in fetching water.
Partner Capacity Building- Organisational Strategic plan. In 2014, CAFOD Mano River team conducted an organizational assessment for all its partners and developed capacity building plan to run through a couple of years. The assessment averred that most Local NGOs are grappling with several structural issues including lack of strategic development plan and other work place policies. Therefore, these organisations struggle to present their visions and programme directions when meeting donors for programme interventions. Furthermore the assessment report shows that the issues are inherent with faith-based institutions because of the linkage with the overall development agenda of the parent organization. It is based on the afore-mentioned challenges and desire to support partner organisations in Liberia and Sierra Leone that CAFOD Mano River office decided to recruit a consultant to support the partners to develop clear strategic direction/plan for two (2) organisations in Liberia
Driving social accountability to accelerate implementation of the SDGs in Liberia As a way of engaging and promoting CAFOD’s commitment to Pope Francis, Laudato Si’ that calls for an integrated approach to combating poverty, restoring the dignity to the excluded and to hear the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor, this work fulfils part of the blueprints to realising this vision and lays the foundation for CAFOD’s development priorities. While international agreements such as Agenda 2030 and the Paris climate agreement deal with a wide range of issues and implementation challenges, CAFODs Agenda T-2020 Action is endearing to look at ways these broad but all highly important goals are incorporated within national frameworks and how the embolden hope that promises  to “leave no one behind” can be universally achieved.  This project will focus on supporting CAFOD partner  - National Commission of Justice, Peace and Caritas (NCJPC) to engage with CSOs at national level  to influence government for the effective implementation and monitoring of Agenda 2030. NCJPC will benefit the following: Understand Agenda 2030, ensure meaningful participation and  measure real progress of CSOs involved.
Capacity Strengthening In 201x CAFOD provided Caritas Gbarnga support for organisational development due to the level of results from its organisational and financial assessments. This intervention is meant to further strengthen Caritas Gbarnga, making it viable enough to manage future CAFOD funding and the strategic partnership. The project will address institutional strengthening and staff capacity development in the aspects of developing aligned organisational policies and financial/procurement procedures, provide training to staff in order to promote accountability during projects implementation and management of the organisation’s operations. The target beneficiaries of this project are 12 staff members working in programs, finance and administration of Caritas Gbarnga and the organisation as a whole. Activities will include hiring well verse consultants to work with Caritas Gbarnga in developing sets of needed policies and training in humanitarian accountability practices.
Access to Sustainable Livelihoods for poor and vulnerable rural women and youth This project will focus on utilizing gains made by the CAFOD-funded LLS Land Rights for Vulnerable Rural Women and Youths, which aims to contribute to secure land tenure for poor and vulnerable rural women and youths, empower them and create more awareness on land legalization in rural communities across 20 project communities including new communities in Margibi and Bong counties. This will be accomplished by providing them with the necessary knowledge, skills, resources, and support to overcome barriers and improve their livelihoods. 

Specifically, project activities will target 130 participants of the Land Rights Initiative to improve their livelihood through entrepreneurship and agroecology (65 in year 1, 65 in year 2). It will also focus strategically on capacity strengthening of participants on financial literacy, record keeping and saving. Moreover, this project will bring in technical expertise from NCJPC’s Finance Department and the Cooperative Development Agency’s Agriculture Technician to provide training in agroecological practices and principles. This project will also procure and distribute farming tools, seeds, and goods/services to participants depending on their individual business plans. The project team will work with each participant in developing a simple business plan and budget for either expanding a current business or starting up a new business. Due to participants’ proximity from each other, the project will not facilitate the VSLAs. However, savings, record keeping, marketing, access to loan, etc. are all part of the business management training module. NCJPC will collaborate with Caritas and Development Office Monrovia (CDOM) and CAFOD in exploring the possibility to link participants of this project to relevant markets through the Market System Development (MSD) Approach.
Ivorian Refugee Emergency Response Programme in Liberia. Liberia is one of Africa's oldest republics, but it became better known in the 1990s for its long-running, ruinous civil war and its role in a rebellion in neighbouring Sierra Leone. Around 250,000 people were killed in Liberia's civil war and thousands more fled the fighting. The conflict left the country in economic ruin and overrun with weapons. The transitional period with the election of the first female president in the country and indeed for Africa, saw intensive international engagement with the reconstruction of the country through the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), deployed in September 2003. There have since been some positive developments but more efforts are required in key recovery areas such as the security system reform. Local elections are expected in October 2011; however, peace and stability remain dependent on a significant UN peacekeeping force and the commitment of the international community. 

A political impasse resulting from contested presidential elections in late November 2010, in neighbouring Ivory Coast has since seen the largest and continuous influx of Ivorian refugees in north-eastern Liberia, with a steady influx of between 300 to 600 new arrivals per day, reaching a total of 54,000 Ivoirians officially registered as of 24th February 2011 (Oxfam statistics). However, the total number of refugees has been confirmed to be over 90,000 (UNHCR). The majority of the refugee population is constituted of women and children, representing approximately 55% and 62% respectively of the total refugee population. The local communities have so far absorbed the influx, sharing their homes and resources with the refugees. This has created a major strain on the host communities leading to a rapid depletion of their already limited resources.

A joint field assessment carried out in mid February 2011, by CAFOD and its local partners in Liberia (Caritas Gbarnga, CJPS -Centre for Justice and Peace Studies-, Don Bosco Homes) and in coordination with other stakeholders, UNHCR, LRRRC (Liberia Refugee Repatriation and Resettlement Commission) indicated a strong need to put together a response plan that will form the basis for prompt humanitarian response in addressing the needs expressed by the Ivorian refugees in Liberia. Already, the Liberian government has expressed concerns about the possible exploitation of Ivorian refugees as well as returning Liberian refugees as combatants by the two contending parties in the Ivory Coast political stalemate. The refugees have reluctantly failed to heed the call to move to camps provided by the UN refugee agency, preferring instead to stay with host communities that are close to the border. This proposal therefore aims at protecting Ivorian refugees from exploitation and abuse so that they continue to live peacefully with their host community in Glarlay community, Nimba County through our local partners – Don Bosco Homes (DBH) and Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (CJPS)
Land Rights for Rural Women and Youth The Project seeks to protect the rights of rural women and youth to access land in the project Communities of Margibi and Bong counties. The project aims to contribute to secure land tenure for poor and marginalised rural women and youth, vulnerable women and youth of 20 rural communities in Bong and Margibi counties will be empowered. The project target is to ensure that rural women and youth enjoy and exercise unfettered access to land in their respective communities. 
The project will ensure that rural women and youth acquire knowledge on their right to land as well as their right to inherit real property, specifically land right. This intervention will instill self-confidence amongst Women and youth that will enable them to express their experiences and report cases in which they have been marginalised.
The project will contribute through: 
1. Awareness and outreach on the various categories of lands, including private, government, public and customary land through town hall meetings, LLS will make use of the Community Land Dispute Committee (CLDC) to carry out sustained awareness periodically
2. Collaborate with the Liberia Land Authority (LLA), local authorities, town chiefs and LLA focal points in the counties and districts
3. Support the targeted communities (especially marginalized rural women and youth) to recognize and exercise their statutory and customary rights, knowledge sharing and networking; targeted community leaders (rural women and youth leaders, Elders and chiefs) will receive refresher training in the Land Rights Act and the Inheritance Law through Legal Aid Support Meetings, and 
4. LLS will engage the local bar association in the counties for the purpose of litigation, where land rights issues fail to be resolved using the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) method.
Institutional Strengthening of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Liberia. This project is seeking to strengthen the Catholic Bishops Conference of Liberia by creating awareness and the responsibility for the church to deliver on its mandate. This is the first step to marking clear pathways from which the church can revamp, realign, and reposition itself for more robust socio-pastoral engagement in Liberia.  
It provides the opportunity to develop a framework from which the church will leverage on it influence and take its active and centre stage in promoting inclusive and equitable development, peace, justice, security and reconciliation in Liberia
The Catholic Church actively engaged in actions that promote political stability, transparency and accountability in the management of state resources for the common good and strengthened church structures through institutional reforms.
To increase citizens’ awareness of their rights and responsibilities to participate in and ensure that national elections are free, fair, transparent and credible to guarantee peace and stability and to identify conflict hotspots across the country and institute mechanism to avert or mitigate the emergence of violent conflicts.
Establishment and Capacity Development for National Commmission for Justice, Peace and Caritas The project is meant to support the establishment of NCJPC as the one national body of the Catholic Church responsible to oversees the design, delivery and evaluation of all efforts of the church to deliver charity, development and social justice. The resolution is in line with the call of the Holy Father in his Apostolic letter issued Motu Proprio on Integral Human Development and the need to synergize the Church meagre resources for maximum output.
2nd Phase of Ivorian Refugees Emergency Response Programme in Liberia Ranking 162/169 in the Human Development Index (2010), Liberia is one of the poorest countries in the world. Although the ranking has improved steadily in the last five years, 84 per cent of the population live below $1.25 PPP per day and inequalities are high as evidenced by scores in the Gender Inequality Index (0.766) and uneven access to services such as water and sanitation, healthcare, and education. With a national annual growth rate of 2.7, the population has been rising steadily and reached an estimated 3.8 million in July 2011. A large proportion of the population has less than 15 years of age (42.7%). Within this already precarious situation, a political impasse resulting from contested presidential elections in late November 2010, in neighbouring Ivory Coast has since seen the largest and continuous influx of Ivorian refugees in Liberia, with a steady influx of between 300 to 600 new arrivals per day during the height of the conflict.  

After 14 years of civil war and in the eve of the second round of national democratic elections in July 2011, UNHCR registered 162,814 refugees (inclusive of reactivated old caseloads) comprising of 51,873 refugees in Nimba; 74,368 in Grand Gedeh; 32,589 in Maryland and 3,670 in River Gee Counties. The influx of new arrivals into the country continued with about 115 and 700 new arrivals crossing over each week into Grand Gedeh and Maryland Counties respectively. On the other hand, there have been reports of about 100 refugees returning to Ivory Coast citing the end of the conflict as the reason for their decision to return. Up to now, security situation in Liberia along the border with Ivory Coast remained calm. However, UNMIL (United Nations Mission in Liberia) has informed all agencies in Nimba County to keep a watching brief on the security situation along the border and to continuously share security updates as a precautionary measure. 

 The Liberian government recently shared its new refugee strategy policy, which states that all refugees should be relocated to designated camps and relocation villages to ensure their safety and safeguard their rights. Up to now there is no adequate awareness on this new law. Oxfam and CARE recently shared the results from the rapid survey of refugees that they jointly conducted in June 2011. The report revealed that thousands of Ivorian refugees intend to remain in Liberia for at least the next six months and would prefer assistance that would enable them to sustain their living in Liberia.
Developing strategic visioning for the Bishop Conference of Liberia. The Catholic Bishops Conference of Liberia with support from CAFOD and CRS is launching a strategic visioning process that will define the conference’s direction for the next five years. 
It is estimated that 40% of Liberians practice Christianity or Christianity combined with elements of other forms of traditional beliefs whereas 12% practise Islam. Despite a small Catholic minority the church has a significant influence at the national level, but with a weak Bishops Conference and a very weak church development agencies, the challenge of converting this into an opportunity for them to actively engage and influence policies to benefit the marginalized remains a key challenge. Capacities are low and skills are nonexistent. The local Caritas Agencies are functional; but lack key skills and competencies in effective programme management. This provides an opportunity for CAFOD and CRS to increase its investment and work with the Church/CABICOL so that they can play a critical role within the Liberia society.
Improved Livelihoods and Food Security for Coastal Communities in Liberia The proposed initiative intends to improve livelihoods and food security in coastal communities in Montserrado County, Liberia through improved capacity and inputs. Existing fishers will be enabled to sustainably build their commercial fishing businesses through training in best practices in safety, navigation, fishing and fish-handling. A training of trainer approach will be employed to allow local fishers to grasp the most critical elements and continue to strengthen the capacity within their own communities. It is important to note that, for sustainability, stipends will not be provided to the community trainers or trainees. Rather, catches during the trainings will be split between the trainer and participants. In addition, key equipment, such as safety equipment and fish finders, will be provided at subsidized costs to targeted fishers, and Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) will be established to engage fishers in savings and access to finance. The project will also aim to impact other fishing communities, as well as strengthen coordination and networking amongst partners, communities, especially Fishery Community Management Associations (CMAs), and the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA). This will be done through outreach and dissemination of training materials. In addition, NaFAA will be supported to monitor and gather data to feed into an Investor Forum being planned for next year and participate in trainings at-sea.
National Caritas of Liberia - Institutional Support Caritas Liberia National Office is the Coordinating arm of the Relief and Development affairs of the Catholic Church in Liberia.  Caritas Liberia was establishment in October of 2004 by the Catholic Bishops Conference of Liberia to coordinate the affairs of the Development, Health and Education Sectors of the Church in Liberia, liaise with other Local and International Organizations and report to the conference on their activities.

From 2004 to 2008, Caritas Liberia National Office has received Operational Support from CRS, Caritas Austria, Cordaid, and Caritas Germany. The last budget support for three years (2006 – 2008) was exhausted in December 2008 wish was supported by Caritas Germany. Caritas Liberia are presently operating without a budget and are awaiting for the Bishop’s action plan for a clear direction on its activities.  

Caritas Liberia is seeking support from CAFOD to revitalize its operation and its role as the coordinating arm for the activities of the Catholic Church in Liberia.