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ACE Africa (UK) Institutional assessment and strengthening ACE Africa (UK) was registered as a UK Charity in September 2005, following the establishment of local partners ACE Africa (Kenya) in 2003 and later ACE Africa (TZ) in 2007 and exists to provide them with fundraising and technical support aiming to increase organisational autonomy in Africa through institutional strengthening and staff and strategic development. ACE Africa (UK) values effective use of funds keeping UK costs to a minimum, employing one full time Director, an administrator and part time accountant in the UK. ACE Africa (UK) engages two volunteers and employs the Founder (technical support) in Africa. Given its youth and small size in relation to ACE in Africa, ACE Africa (UK) seeks funding for an independent institutional assessment to better enable it to prioritise organisational needs and maximise human and financial resources for the benefit of the entire organisation. Institutional strengthening will support ACE Africa (UK)'s need to increase funding sources for operations in Africa, strengthen governance and staff skills and improve communications, marketing strategies and fundraising opportunities. This in turn will increase opportunities for advocacy and lobbying at the international level supporting the organisational aim of sharing the programming approach with partner organisations in SSA.
Strengthening Leadership and Governance in African Women?s Rights Organisations Across Africa women continue to face discrimination, marginalization and inequalities manifest in forms of gender based violence, high rates of maternal and infant mortality; poor access to healthcare; and women bearing a disproportionate burden of care as a result of chronic poverty. Weak leadership and governance structures have been identified as key factors in the persistence of these challenges. AWDF will introduce an innovative, long-term and participatory approach to strengthening leadership at the individual and organisational levels. This way, women and their organisations can secure and protect their rights, enhance access to services, and have a voice to represent their interests.
Completing the cycle for children on the streets: outreach - engagement - reinte Life on the streets can be very harsh for street children, especially girls, and the risk of violence and abuse is a feature of daily life. This project uses surfing as a way to engage street children in Durban, helping them leave the streets, receive physical and emotional care and learn new skills to prepare them for the future. Wherever possible, street children are supported to return to their families and communities. Work will also be done to, where possible, prevent at-risk children leaving home and making a life on the streets. The project results should be children living in more stable environments, improved confidence and well-being.
Farming Enterprises and Employment for Disabled People (FEED) PWDs typically are the least likely to be able to access employment because they experience multiple disadvantages across sectors. This project aims to create tangible, sustainable agricultural employment and livelihoods for PWDs through the development of commercially viable farming enterprises and a linked out-growers exchange programme in Zambia innovatively managed by and for PWDs. The purpose of this application is to equip and build the capacity of an Agri-Business Unit with ZAFOD to manage and develop the project and provide on-going expertise to develop and grow other agri-business models beyond the life of this project. Results: ? significant increase in the economic activity of over 400 PWDs in FEED enterprises (this number expanding over life of project); ? enhanced livelihoods for over 100 PWDs and their families as FEED out-growers (potentially expanding to 1,000 over life of project); ? heightened public awareness of the capacity of PWDs to engage in economic activity; ? a simple sustainable public private partnership managed locally by PWDs that allows for rapid replication and mainstreaming within Zambia and in other countries; ? enhanced capacity of ZAFOD through the development of an Agri-Business Unit. ? secure funding streams for the two main project promoters – ZAFOD and ZAPD – for re-investment in other disability support programmes
Community based literacy, capacity and livelihoods development  (Somaliland) Unlike the rest of Somalia, Somaliland has enjoyed relative peace and stability for the last 13 years. However, this peace has not produced the level of development expected, and poverty continues to be rife. A key reason is the high rate of illiteracy. This project seeks to address people's educational and economic needs, and the development of sustainable civil society structures. Central to the project will be the provision of basic education classes for orphans and vulnerable children, and literacy classes for marginalised teenage girls and poor illiterate members of women's groups. The establishment of community managed resource centres will sustain this development and contribute towards building a culture of self sufficiency amongst the target communities. As a result, more disadvantaged children will enrol and achieve better results in school, and structures will be in place to sustain this over the long term.
A People Centred Finance Facility for Cape Town Roughly one million people live in slums and settlements to the south east of Cape Town.  Their houses and shacks are built on sand dunes with regular flooding and frequent fires.  In most areas water and toilets are few and far between.  It is expensive to reach the city where work may be. Over the next few years a further million people are predicted to be living here. For many years the city authorities have built houses and improved conditions – but only a few have benefited.  This project will engage large numbers of poor people in saving small amounts every day.  This commitment will allow them to access larger sums for local projects and towards improving their basic conditions.  A capital fund largely managed by community members will be created for this purpose. Through these activities a new sense of community ownership and trust will have developed and residents will be supported to plan how best to improve their neighbourhood. Once this is established, the city authorities, in recognition of their engagement, has agreed to fund basic settlement improvements, mainly water, toilets and electricity.
Modelling Inclusive Education in Tanzania Education has the power to transform disabled children's lives. In Tanzania only an estimated 3% - 5% of disabled children go to school and many of these are in special schools. In 2010, the government in Tanzania approved a progressive new national strategy for inclusive education. This application will help the government test implementation of the strategy in one province. By working with children, families, schools and government agencies it will tackle common barriers to disabled children's participation in school - lack of resources, teachers that are not trained or aware of the needs of disabled children, and discrimination from family and community members. As a result, more disabled children will be able to attend mainstream school alongside their non-disabled peers.
Improving education for deaf and hard of hearing children in Ethiopia Very few deaf children in Ethiopia go to school.  Those that do quickly drop out having learnt little.  This project will work in eight schools to show that it is possible for these children to thrive and for their classmates to accept them.  The organisation of deaf people will be supported to work with parents, communities and the government to change attitudes alongside hugely increasing the use of sign language.  This will demonstrate how deaf – and other children who struggle in the system – can learn.  The project will help move to a situation where children can go on to play a full role in society and the government achieve their aim of full inclusion of all children.
Oxfam - Trade Special Initiative Women in Ethiopia do between 50 and 80 per cent of the work in agriculture yet see little of the income from the sales of the produce they grow.  Their participation in formal cooperatives is less than 10% as the rules of membership often discriminate against them, they are not viewed as producers and do not hold title to land. This also prevents them from accessing finance and credit.  Gender-based violence is wide-spread and goes unchecked and unpunished. The Ethiopian government is pushing a strategy of export-led growth to address widespread poverty and transform agriculture. Government extension workers support the formation of farmer cooperatives and technical guidance for improving production.  Government policies introduced to improve women's situation and to access the income they deserve from their work are poorly implemented. This project aims to organise over 28,000 women into self-help groups for savings and credits and for honey production which is an ideal income generating activity for women. The groups will be clustered to form primary cooperatives ensuring women's participation as full members in their own right. The cooperatives will be linked to private investors to access technical support to improve quality and productivity.  Demand for honey outstrips supply both for domestic consumption and export so the scale up will respond to a ready market leading to a significant increase in women's income.   Poor women will be given practical literacy training using innovative techniques. They will be coached to assume leadership positions to find a voice where currently they have none.  For the first time, they will have direct access to credits and loans from financial institutions. The project will work with local universities to strengthen government's ability to provide technical support in beekeeping in the formation of cooperatives, labour-saving technologies and to integrate functional adult literacy training into its package of services. The entire process of cooperative support will be transformed through influencing government to change restrictive laws that favour men over women.  Men and women will be trained to understand the causes of discrimination against women to change attitudes and behaviour at household, community and cooperative level.   All of this change can be achieved through taking a bottom-up approach to enabling women to become organised, to increase their income as producers and realise their social, economic and political rights as women.  Ample evidence exists to show that when women control family income, the whole family benefits as women prioritise sending their children to school and improving household nutrition.
Empowering CBO's to develop sustainable community-based solutions to poverty Over eight million people live a precarious existence in the overcrowded slums of Ethiopia's largest cities. As many as one in three have no access to piped water and decent toilets. Many live in substandard accommodation, with limited opportunities to make a living.  Too many children – especially girls and orphans – can't afford to go to school. The project will work in the slums of five Ethiopian cities.  They will invest in local community organisations that are based in the slums.  These groups will help to improve living conditions in the slums by upgrading housing, installing pit latrines and water kiosks.  They will run community schools for disadvantaged children.  They will promote urban agriculture so families can sell the produce in local markets.  They will invest in vocational and business training for local groups of women and young people who want to set up their own businesses.   The groups will also engage with local government to ensure that slum upgrading programmes are responsive to local people's needs and aspirations. As a result of this work, tens of thousands of slum dwellers will have better living conditions, which will reduce the incidence of preventable diseases. Children will receive a decent basic education and families will have a more secure way of earning a living.  Local governments will be more accountable to local people, and systems will be in place to ensure local people are consulted in slum development programmes.
Investigating and designing solutions to maternal, newborn and child health chal Women and babies in northern Uganda suffer very poor health and many die during pregnancy and childbirth. Oyam district is still recovering from 20 years of conflict and ruined health services. The partner, CUAMM, has worked there since 2007 rebuilding health centres and strengthening service delivery. Although increasing numbers of women are now using health services, many more are left behind. CUAMM has asked WCF for help to reach out into villages using their successful approach of mobilising women's groups.  This grant is for an 11-day consultation with women, men, local leaders, Ministry of Health and health workers. The information collected will be used for a full project proposal.
Early Childhood Development targeting children with disabilities Children with disabilities (CWD) are largely absent from formal education across Malawi. Feed the Children Malawi, will work with 30 Community Based Childcare Centres to ensure CWDs are school ready. Using existing community and district authority structures (across health and education) Feed will work to advocate for 'education for all'.   Working alongside primary schools will provide further support at transition from early years education. This will ensure CWD are school ready, better engaged and motivated in their learning, that schools and staff are better equipped to support CWD and ultimately that aspirations for CWD achievement are raised and their right to education fulfilled.
Skillz Generation: Testing and Scaling Sports-based HIV Prevention The need for evidence-based HIV prevention services has never been more urgent. In 2008, nearly 40 percent of the 2.7 million HIV infections worldwide were among young people aged 15-24, and over one third of these were in southern Africa.   Grassroot Soccer (GRS) seeks to reduce new HIV infections among over 30,000 underprivileged youth in townships and other disadvantaged communities in South Africa and Zimbabwe, using a soccer-themed curriculum called Generation Skillz, which aims to provide youth with the self-efficacy, knowledge and skills needed to protect themselves and others from HIV. GRS also aims to increase the uptake and demand for health services through HIV Counselling and Testing Tournaments, planning to test 4,000 people through the life of the project.   Success in reversing the HIV epidemic depends not only on changing individuals’ attitudes, but also on changing the social norms fuelling the spread of HIV. While sport is perceived as having a great potential in addressing health, there is little rigorous proof that sport-based interventions can genuinely improve HIV and health-related behaviour. The Generation Skillz programme seeks not only to achieve improvements in HIV prevention, but also to prove their achievement through the most rigorous evaluation ever conducted in the field of sport-for-development.
Strengthening Mental Health Care and Forensic Psychological Evidence Collection 47% of women and girls in Kenya have suffered physical or sexual violence, a figure that rises in times of conflict. At least 900 people were sexually violated in the unrest following Kenya’s 2007 national election. Victims faced stigma, a lack of mental health services, and weak police and justice systems. Many crimes were not reported. Cases that made it to court often failed due to lack of robust evidence. PHR Kenya works to improve the collection and use of forensic evidence to better support victims of sexual crimes. This project will extend their work to improve collection of psychological evidence to support legal cases, and help survivors of sexual violence get mental health care.
Working towards sustainability A group of local women in Vihiga Kenya started two libraries in rural areas to help girls study safely after school. Volunteer women staff them, meet with other women and start small businesses. But most of them do not make much money.  This project will explore what can be done to improve the small businesses so the women can support their families and cover the libraries’ costs. It will hire an expert to meet with local groups, government and businesses; assess the market; and help build stronger links with organisations in the UK and Kenya that can help.  The resulting business plan will help the libraries continue and also become small business hubs helping women earn an income.
Pilot supporting young street-connected mothers to improve outcomes through qual A recent census found there are more than 30,000 young girls living and working on the streets of Accra, capital of Ghana. Many have given birth themselves and have small children to support. To survive they carry heavy loads, sell cheap goods, or engage in sex work. These young mothers have limited experience of good parenting, and without support their children will not receive the early years education to prepare them for entrance into primary school.  The focus of this project is to engage with young street connected mothers and improve their skills to support their children's development,  improve their financial literacy, and offer quality early years teaching to their children.
IMARISHA MENTAL HEALTH INTEGRATED INITIATIVE A third of Kenyans under the age of 30 experience mental health problems and most mental illnesses start before the age of 18. There are few services for people with mental health problems, and high levels of stigma. This project will promote mental health and wellbeing in schools and communities, train health workers on quality care for and rights of people with mental health problems, and train and support mental health champions to identify people with mental health problems and refer them to care. The project will press for greater levels of funding for mental health services. The project will take place in Kisumu and Vihiga counties.
Championing the Rights of Street Children in Kenya This is a research proposal to conduct a baseline survey of the number of street children going through the juvenile justice system in Kenya.  It arises from the applicant organisation’s experience of the Kenyan justice system as it impacts on the estimated 250,000 street children in the country. Street children are involved in many different crimes, theft, drug trafficking, assault, trespass and property damage, and can also be criminalised by being arrested for “vagrancy”, itself  a crime.  Harassment by police, sexual and physical assault, and incarceration in adult gaols and remand centres are all commonplace.   The project will focus on two regional cities, where the numbers of homeless children have increased dramatically since the 2007 violence.  The work will be undertaken by the Kenyan sister agency of the applicant, collaborating with other agencies and government departments.  It builds on evidence gained by a CLEAR (Christian Legal Education, Aid and Research) Intern who lived with the street children in 2009, and on its previous work with young people in schools and through the courts. Successful completion of this research is intended to lead to a larger project to support street children appropriately and to improve their treatment by the police and other officials.
Promote Mifumi Project Domestic Violence in Uganda is extremely high, with an estimated 70% of women suffering some form of violence in their lives. More disturbing still is that most women and men believe that domestic violence is a private issue and often a justified reaction to a woman's behaviour. Despite the high prevalence, conviction rates for the crime remain appallingly low, at less than 6%. Due to poor support services and weak community sanctions against abuse, women who experience domestic violence (DV) and their children remain vulnerable and underserved. The MIFUMI Project was founded in 1998 with the goal of supporting change in just one village in Tororo District in eastern Uganda. Today, MIFUMI is one of the most well respected and influential NGOs in the District and in the country, with a programme that has affected the lives of many thousands of women who are victims of violence. Its work is unique and innovative, working at every level to support women and change the policy and attitudinal environment around them. As a result of MIFUMI's work, a bye-law and Ordinance on Bride Price, which MIFUMI had shown was directly linked to violence in marriage, has been passed. MIFUMI has also put forward two Constitutional petitions, one on Bride Price and one on polygamy, both of which are issues their research has shown are linked to high levels of domestic violence. As a result of the last investment grant, MIFUMI has trained 42 counsellors and has 21 community-managed Advice Centres supporting women across Tororo. Through this investment, MIFUMI will support women who have survived violence in their lives. More than 200 trained champions will directly support over 11,000 women to avoid abuse, gain economic empowerment and pursue routes out of violence. Additionally, they will work with over 2,400 men who will be engaged to reach out to their communities to change attitudes and behaviours with respect to violence against women. MIFUMI will also launch the Domestic Violence Watch to monitor domestic violence responses and action in Uganda. Finally, they will step up their national level campaigns to change policy and practice on domestic violence. Nationally and internationally, MIFUMI is championing the reform of bride price and an end to polygamy with the long-term aim being to develop a model that is replicated more widely to eradicate domestic violence.
Leave no child behind: Improving Early Childhood Development in Malawi Children with disability are often hidden away from public life and rarely participate in education. Families face numerous barriers ranging from general misunderstanding, lack of knowledge, lack of teacher capacity, inappropriate school environment leading to very poor access to education.   Sightsavers will work with several local & international partners in Malawi to provide a holistic approach to supporting families to enrol their children in early childhood education by supporting the quality of inclusive education offered, improving links to primary schools and improving retention throughout the education system. By working with schools, communities and government the project will offer an affordable model for future.
Shifting Norms and Empowering Girls to End Sexual Violence (SNEGES) SL is one of the poorest countries globally. 45% of women experience Sexual & Gender Based Violence (SGBV), 39% of girls  are married before 18, 13% are married before 15, 88% of girls & women have undergone FGM. RAINBO will work to address these challenges by working with teachers & young people in primary schools in Freetown & Kenema, providing medical & psycho-social support to survivors, strengthening referral pathways, sensitising families & communities to improve their responses to violence & working to strengthen the policy framework at all levels. They will also conduct research to improve understanding of the attitudes which enable violence & to determine what works to end violence.