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Girl Power in Sierra Leone
The Girl Power programme is a five-year international project on girl’s and young women's rights, that will be implemented in 10 countries. ICDI will work on the reduction of gender violence, the socio-economic and socio-political empowerment of girls and young women in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Nicaragua, through the cooperation with local NGO’s.
In Sierra Leone ICDI will work closely with the local organization One Family People (OFP). One Family People started to work directly with disabled groups and street children in Sierra Leone back in 2008. Up to date it is the only local organisation intervening directly at the grass root level, providing outreach services and in depth social work through social workers and street workers. In Sierra Leone many disabled people live in self styled communities on the streets, often sleeping in ramshackle places from which they are often evicted by the police. Within the Girl Power Programme OFP and ICDI will focus on adolescent girls, and especially those with disabilities in the areas of Freetown and Moyomba. The activities that will take place include:
-Vocational skills training centres for disabled girls (to provide them with skills for the labour market)
-Self help groups for adolescent girls and young women
-Training for Non Government Organizations and Disabled People Organizations, to support them in becoming more efficient and professional
-Lobby activities with relevant government agencies, to support better implementation of policies and laws for protection of women and disabled people
Project Manager Margaret Kernan (back up: Mathijs Euwema)
Van 01/01/2011
Tot 31/12/2016
Partner
One Family People
Donor
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, MFS Programme
