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Building
organizations and capacities of the most marginalized through
creating awareness among community members on the causes of denial
of rights related to gender, shelter, services.
To develop
leadership skills and establish linkages in order to address
issues of the community - women and girls in particular.
To initiate
‘federation of CBOs’ as a support mechanism to undertake actions
on common issues.
Promoting
Gender Equity through raising public opinion and action towards
enrolment and retention of elementary education for girls.
To create and
build human resource base at the community level to deal with
issues of gender equity and justice.
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By combining
community empowerment activities with the demonstration of Primary
Health Care model, we are addressing the issue of health and
development in an urban poor setting. Regular gynecology,
pediatric clinics are being held twice a week At present the focus
is on establishing SHGs (Self help groups) and CBOs
(Community-based organization) in each block in order to
make the programme sustainable and also to bring the community at
one platform to develop cooperation, unity and solidarity to
ensure their full participation in their community development
efforts. To develop community capacities peer educators, women
and youth groups are being trained on the issues of gender,
domestic violence, leadership, formalization and legal entity to
CBOs, rights, legal rights, Govt/ local services etc. education
campaigns are also being organized to promote girls education.
Gynaecology,
paediatric and adolescent clinics (out patient) and antenatal
clinics are being run once every week on the specific identified
days. EDP centre are functional and include imparting trainings to
adolescents in areas such as tailoring, computer, embroidery,
electrical, electronics and refrigeration trades. |
