Awareness
among women and girls about sexual and gender-based violence in Bukavu(Project funded
by DAI / DFID)
1. Brief
reminder of the context and the problem
In response
to the tragedy of sexual and gender-based affecting women and girls aware of
this decade in the city of Bukavu, PIFEVA just realized thanks to the support
of DAI / Component External Accountability SSAPR a series outreach activities
of women and girls in schools and women's organizations basic common Ibanda,
Kadutu and BAGIRA. This project was to make known to women and girls the
guiding principles of the law n ° 06/018 of 20 July 2006 on sexual violence and
Act No. 09/001 of 10 January 2009 on child protection in the DRC. In addition,
through the activities of this project, women and young girls are targeted
learning process to access the Special Police for the Protection of Women and
Children (PSPFE) and the types and services of care for victims of sexual
violence and gender-based (medical, psychological and social care). So they
change attitudes and behavior, to the risks environments in the city of Bukavu.
2. Project
Objectives
Global
objective
Contribute
to the reduction of sexual and gender based around women's awareness and girls
from grassroots women's organizations (mutual solidarity) and primary and
secondary schools in the city of Bukavu by March 2014.
Specific
Objectives
1.
Disseminate the Guiding Principles of Law No. 06/018 of 20 July 2006 on sexual
violence and Act No. 09/001 of 10 January 2009 on the protection of children in
the DRC near the women and girls from basic women's organizations (mutual
solidarity) and primary and secondary schools (6 to Kadutu 10 to Ibanda and 5
Bagira) of the city of Bukavu;
2. Bring
the girls and women sensitized to master the process of accessing the Special
Police Services for the Protection of Women and Children (PSPFE), including the
police emergency call numbers to know the characteristics of services (police
and legal), codes of conduct and penalties for perpetrators of sexual violence,
to know taking care of victims services;
3.
Encourage people sensitized to denounce sexual violence and gender-based (SGBV)
and to know the environment and risk behaviors for a change of mentality in the
city of Bukavu.
3.
Beneficiaries of the project (target):
The direct
beneficiaries are women from grassroots women's organizations (local associations:
Women Solidarity mutuals) and girls in primary and secondary schools in the
city of Bukavu, namely:
Organization
/ Institution targeted by the project No. of organizations / institutions
targeted by the project Number and types of direct beneficiaries
Primary and
secondary schools 21 Schools 2100 girls
Mutual
solidarity of women
60 Women
Solidarity Mutuals
1,200 women
Indirect
beneficiaries: the population of the city of Bukavu.
4. Expected
Results:
Approximately
2,100 girls and 1,200 women have improved their knowledge on the guiding
principles of the law n ° 06/018 and Act No. 09/001 on the procedure for SGBV,
the offenses and penalties relating thereto. They know the support services for
victims of sexual violence and gender-based and are warned against behaviors
and risk environments by April 2014. They denounce with the appropriate
authorities of SGBV cases that occur in their environment life.
5.
Intervention Strategy
Approaches
IEC (Information, Education and Communication) and CCC (Change Communication
behavior) are strategies that have been used in advocacy to improve the
knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of the beneficiaries of the project
SGBV. Thus, we have organized awareness sessions beneficiaries through image
boxes and key messages on SGBV, leaflets, banners, T-shirts, caps and stickers
RE program. Monitoring sheets have helped us in collecting data on ground.
6. Implantation project
6.1.
Planned Activities
1. Train
sensitizers awareness on key themes identified by the project;
2. Organize
meetings / information awareness among women 60 mutual (at 20 by mutual
commune) Solidarity women created and accompanied by PIFEVA and girls from 21
primary and secondary schools;
3. Organize
conferences on combating SGBV in 3 towns of Bukavu;
4. Organize
the production of radio skits on the Guiding Principles of Law n ° 06/018 of 20
July 2006 on sexual violence and Act No. 09/001 of 10 January 2009 on child
protection in Bukavu;
5.
Monitoring and evaluation of project activities.
6.2.
Activities carried out
§ 6 sensitizers (men) trained for 2
days (from 28 to 29 November 2013) on the Guiding Principles of Law n ° 06/018
of 20 July 2006 on sexual violence and Act No. 09/001 of 10 January 2009 on
child protection in the DAI training room in Bukavu;
§ Awareness of girls in targeted
schools and women in mutual solidarity of women created and accompanied by
PIFEVA in public Kadutu, Ibanda and BAGIRA through meetings / information
awareness held on 2, 3, 4, 05.12.2013, the 01/07/2014, 11, 12 and 02.13.2014 in
the town of Kadutu (within the mutual solidarity of Q.Kanfu Avenue Asian
Nyakaliba Q., Q. Karhale Av Bugabo, Q. Buholo 4 as well as in schools. School
Complex green, BCIT (Inst Tech Commercial Bukavu..), ITB (Inst Tech Bugabo.)
and Complexe Scolaire Horizon, Inst ELO Nyamugo, Inst.. Kadutu CS Horizon); 5,
6, 10, 11, 12/12/2013, the 01/08/2014, 24 and 02.25.2014 in the town of Ibanda
(in the solidarity of mutual Q. Panzi, Av. Mulengeza, Kazaroho, Q. Panzi
Av.Bizimana, Q. Ndendere, Av Muhungu méteo, Q. Ndendere, Av Kibombo, Q.
Ndendere, Av Kibombo well as in schools... Inst IMANI Panzi, Inst Nyandja.. ,
School Complex AZMA, School Complex Rogationiste and Inst Makyambi, Inst Ibanda
2 CS bliss)..; 2, 3, 12/10/2013, 14, 01/15/2014, 03/25/2014 and 24 in the town
of Bagira (in the solidarity of mutual Q. A, B and C Av Nyakavogo, Rurhala path
Kabambare and Makoma and in schools.. Christ the King College, Inst Moke and
Inst Ukarimu, Bagira Institute, Cs Maendeleo)
§ 3 conferences on the fight against
SGBV in 3 towns (the 12/02/2014 in the 8th room CPAC / Nyakaliba Kadutu to the
02/22/2014 in the dining RAFIKI Ibanda and March 22, 2014 BAGIRA );
§ 10 20-minute skits produced on SGBV
and 30 radio broadcasts made from 03/02 to 20/03/2014 on the guiding principles
of the law n ° 06/018 of 20 July 2006 on sexual violence and the law n ° 09/001
of 10 January 2009 on child protection in IRIBA FM Bukavu;
§ Monitoring awareness activities on
the ground.
6.3.
Results
A total of 2040 girls, 546 boys, 367 women and
1,062 men awareness in targeted schools and women created mutual solidarity,
accompanied by PIFEVA in public Kadutu, Ibanda and BAGIRA through meetings and
information conferences / awareness on SGBV.
Strengthening the capacity of low-income women in managing income-generating activities in the city of Bukavu
Background:
Male unemployment rising to over 80% in the DRC, they become, in a context of crisis, a new burden to carry for women who are most of the time parents. In the socio-economic sphere, they work mainly in the sectors of health, education, food, agriculture and in virtually all sectors of the informal economy; They are therefore a crucial element in the dynamic development of the country. On the other hand, illiteracy significantly affects more women than men, which makes job search particularly difficult for them. As they are often distinguished by good entrepreneurial skills for small-production activities, it appears appropriate to focus development work on this strength they hold.
Objectives:
The objectives of this project will reflect the desire to provide the women of the town of Bukavu means to ensure food security to them and their families and give them the opportunity to establish themselves as small entrepreneurs. These were (d '):
• improve the socio-economic conditions of women by the revolving credit system;
• improve their nutritional status and that of their children;
• revitalize income generating activities in the areas of agriculture and livestock;
• strengthen their entrepreneurial capacities through training on the management of small initiatives and micro-management.
Achievements:
PIFEVA implemented the project, either through the supply of material resources by monitoring training. PIFEVA did:
• the acquisition of seeds, land and equipment;
• the purchase of small livestock animals and shelter construction;
• the acquisition of small business start-up equipment;
• the acquisition of storage areas, spaces reserved for the local market and a truck to transport the products;
• Training on the job in small business management and small-scale production.
Social Reintegration of children exploited in the work of contruction of houses and other vulnerable children in the city of Bukavu (Project funded by ICCO HOLLAND)
1. Child
Exploitation Problematic in Bukavu
In 2010,
PIFEVA conducted a survey on child exploitation in construction of houses in
Bukavu at the end of which 80 houses under construction investigated, it was
counted a total of 2,293 children exploited as stone carriers , sand, rubble,
gravel and above transformed into dalleurs (those who facilitate the construction
of floor slabs houses) in clear violation of national and international legal
instruments to protect children against the worst forms of labor. The majority
of children exploited in real estate projects do not study, are victims of many
accidents and behave in the same way as those operating in the mining squares
by smoking hemp and other hard drugs impeding the circuit normal education of
these children.
In the
course of our investigations, it has been noticed that the majority of children
behave the same way and run the same risks as those operated in mining squares
because they are exposed to drug use, believing regain more strength to work
with more ardor possible; most of exploited children in the homes of
construction no longer go to school or to the fact that they are dropped by
their parents or be taken with sufficient taste to money from an early age.
They are
more exposed to major accidents that may cause even death. In the commune of
Ibanda in almost every house under construction investigated, the results
showed that at least one child was injured in the course of work and abandoned
to its fate. Starting with the enormity of the work especially regarding the
construction of the slab, the children are operated day and night, forgetting
that as it will cause negative impact on their physical growth.
These
violations of Bukavu child rights have main causes: the severity of the poverty
level for a majority of families, the irresponsibility of some parents face in
their duty, inadequate supervision policies children in Bukavu, the excess of
the number of children per family, the low degree of consideration of the
issues of children by local authorities, the low level of knowledge of national
and international legal instruments on the rights of the child, the low
involvement of structures and protection organizations and defense of
children's rights in Bukavu, the lack of actions and initiatives against violations
of child rights in South Kivu, low consideration of framing problems exploited
children in the city of Bukavu, etc. Moreover, the major reason given by some
parents is that of considering the work of their children as "a
contribution to the costs of households".
Faced with
these problems, the social and professional reintegration of such children and
the organization of awareness and advocacy for these children remains a
priority alternative to a possible increase in the promotion challenge of the
defense and protection of the rights of children in the city of Bukavu.
It is in
this context PIFEVA initiated and submitted to the ICCO project professional
reintegration through employment reintegration Centre (CRSP) for this category
of children in the city of Bukavu.
2. Social
Reintegration of children through the project financed by ICCO in Bukavu
This
project involves the socio-professional reintegration of children exploited in
the construction of houses in the city of Bukavu by facilitating their training
(learning) trades for their self-promotion in the city of Bukavu.
In this
regard, 600 children exploited in the construction of the houses are in the
process of benefit at least each learning craft carpentry, welding and fitting,
computer, cutting and sewing, as well as hairdressing man and woman in Bukavu
for a period six months as well as their social and professional reintegration
kits.
Description
of the beneficiaries
It appears
that 100% of the direct beneficiaries are from extremely poor families whose
daily income is estimated at less than $ 1 per day per household. This
situation has been exacerbated by various wars known as the eastern part of the
DRC.
Criteria
for selection of beneficiaries
The
definition of beneficiary selection criteria take into account specific
criteria identified by child and who voluntarily agreed to at least start an
apprenticeship craft suitable physical abilities following the criteria below:
1. Being
exploited child with an age between 6 and 18;
2.
Demonstrate a willingness to take the training from beginning to end;
3. Being
exploited child with physical and mental fitness approved;
4. Being
exploited child from a poor family.
Steps
reintegration of child beneficiaries
1.
Identification of beneficiaries;
2.
Selection of beneficiaries;
3. Training
/ Learning beneficiaries in carpentry, welding and fitting, computer, cutting
and sewing, as well as hairdressing man and woman;
4.
Provision of social and professional reintegration kits;
5.
Monitoring of post-training reintegrated children.
Beneficiaries
INDICATORS
End of the
project
Exploited
children who learned the trade of carpentry and becoming potentially capable of
doing this job 120
Exploited
children who learned the trade of welding and fitting metal objects and
becoming potentially capable of doing this job 120
Exploited
children who learned computer and potentially becoming capable of doing this
job 80
Exploited
children have learned dressmaking and potentially becoming able to do this job
140
Exploited
children who learned the trade of "hairstyles man and woman" and
become potentially capable of doing this job 140
TOTAL 600
Related
activities in the project
In
addition, 28 radio broadcasts of awareness and dissemination of national and
international legal instruments relating to children's rights (the CRC and the
Law on Child Protection in the DRC) are being organized to arouse involvement
and ongoing mobilization of political and administrative authorities, building
engineers, masons, heads of districts and leaders of religious confessions in
particular and the general public against this form of child exploitation in
the city of Bukavu.
The mission
of advocacy against the exploitation of children in the construction of houses
to the mayor of the city of Bukavu is planned out for the month of 2013.
The
creation of preparations for a coalition fighting against the exploitation of
children in the construction of the houses are outstanding in Bukavu.
This
project is monitored daily by PIFEVA to verify compliance of the results
achieved compared with the objectives set in the Socio-professional
Reintegration Center (CRSP) for a period of 12 months.
Functional and consciousness-raising literacy of young people on sexual and reproductive health in South Kivu (Project Finace by cordaid)
1. INTRODUCTION
PIFEVA just completed the second quarter of functional literacy project and consciousness-raising of young / SSR Program funded by Cordaid in 2014.
The activities carried out during this second quarter we were able to complete the first semester program of learning reading, writing and calculations youth targeted by this project in literacy centers Mudaka, Kavumu, Katana , Walungu, Mugogo Birava, Iddjwi North and South Idjwi.
2. REVIEW OF CONTEXT, OBJECTIVE AND EXPECTED RESULTS
2.1. Project Background and rationale
In its program of sexual and reproductive health, Cordaid organizes an apprenticeship trades, not only to bring more young people in centers for SSR activities but also their learning different trades to be useful to themselves and their communities.
However, more than one young person in the intervention environment through training unfortunately could not read or write. As CORDAID also aligns the interim education plan "2013-2014 - 2015-2016" strategy of the government in connection with the development of the education sector in the DRC, he planned to support a literacy training for illiterate youth in all centers to enable young people to be able to read and write and follow different information on sexual and reproductive health.
It is in this context that Cordaid had decided to grant funding to PIFEVA for the implementation of the project entitled: Functional Literacy and cnscientisante young people, in order to facilitate the achievement of program objectives.
2.1. Project Objective
Ensuring youth training, functional literacy and consciousness-raising on sexual and reproductive health in order to facilitate their social and educational advancement in the program area.
2.2. Expected Result
225 young people, with 25 per center, enjoy functional literacy training and consciousness-raising on sexual and reproductive health for a period of six months under the supervision of PIFEVA.
3. PRESENTATION OF ACTIVITIES CARRIED
a) distribution and management of educational kits provided by Cordaid to literacy centers
To facilitate the training of young Functional and consciousness-raising literacy, Cordaid partner has distributed additional educational kits to center Mudaka, Kavumu center, Karanda, Walungu, Mugogo Birava, Idjwi north-south and Idjwi. It should be noted that these educational materials were distributed and used by 9 centers.
b) Organization of educational meetings for the finalization of the project activities
A technical meeting was organized dated 10.09.2014 PIFEVA the office, on the definition of acceleration of project activities strategies. During the meeting with literacy, it was also about to remind them to multiply the training sessions in order to complete the literacy program.
c) Organization youth training, functional and consciousness-raising literacy SRH (following the second quarter)
Training of beneficiaries was continued during the second quarter in the nine literacy centers Mudaka, Kavumu center, Karanda, Walungu, Mugogo Birava, Idjwi north-south and Idjwi. Facilitators have increased the learning sessions to recover the delay in waiting for the financing of the first quarter.
d) Organization of monitoring missions / supervision of literacy activities
Three monitoring missions every 9 literacy centers to reasons of a mission by the center per month were held during the months of October, November and December 2014 Mudaka, Kavumu center, Karanda, Walungu, Mugogo Birava, Idjwi north-south and Idjwi.
e) Organization of the evaluation test of literacy activities
An evaluation test of literacy activities took place in all nine centers Mudaka, Kavumu center, Karanda, Walungu, Mugogo Birava, Idjwi north-south and Idjwi.
the evaluation sheet was adapted to the specificities of each center and was overall learning of reading, writing, calculation and use of the telephone and calculator.
In light of the results obtained, it appears that the overall rate of literate youth success is 65, 7% in which 52% of girls against 13.7% of boys Mudaka, Kavumu center, Karanda, Walungu, Mugogo Birava, Idjwi north-south and Idjwi. This result shows how the girls have been increasingly applied during the period of training in relation to young boys.
4. RESULTS OBTAINED
A total of 225 young people including 160 girls and 65 boys with 25 young people per center, enjoy functional literacy training and consciousness-raising for a period of 6 months with an overall success rate of 65.7% of beneficiaries in supervising PIFEVA.
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