Archives for May 2009

As part of the rehabilitation and prevention of abuses, particularly for women, awareness and trainings on human rights will be organised. Awareness activities include street shows, village theatres, dissemination of IEC material and video shows. These will touch upon issues of gender violence, … [Read more...] about (9) Human Rights Awareness , Training and Peace Building

As part of social rehabilitation to conflict-affected communities, the proposed action will set up rehabilitation centres in the districts to provide psycho-social and legal counselling to victims and survivors of trafficking and other abuses. The project staff under the guidance of a counsellor … [Read more...] about (8) Setting up Rehabilitation Centres

A series of market studies and value chain analysis will be undertaken with the support of external consultants to identify the marketing potential of agriculture and non-agriculture produce in the local and outside markets around the project area and the role of women in the value chains. … [Read more...] about (7) Market Studies and Value Chain Analysis

Improved micro-irrigation systems, agriculture and agro-forestry techniques and cash-cropping techniques will be introduced. Community based organizations will receive financial and technical support for implementing these techniques. Financial support will be based upon proposals and action plans … [Read more...] about (6) Introduction of New Agricultural Techniques

(a) On Livelihood Development and Enterprise Management: A series of trainings and exposure visits on the identified livelihood sectors will be organized for the community members. These sectors could include kitchen gardening, intensive cash cropping, lake/pond fish farming; livestock raising, … [Read more...] about (5) Community-based Trainings and Exposure Visits

The project team will form the core group of trainers within the project and will be transferring knowledge and information to the community after receiving training from external resource persons and Proponent Organization. A series of training of trainers programme will be organised on leadership, … [Read more...] about (4) Training of Trainers

The project team will employ participatory research methods to identify potential livelihood sectors in the six districts of the project area. The identification will involve community inputs in building appropriate strategies in production and marketing. PRA (Participatory Rural Appraisal) … [Read more...] about (3) Identification of Potential Livelihood Sectors

With the participation of partner NGOs, baseline data pertinent to the project will be collected, collated and analysed as a primary intervention activity. Relevant data collection instruments will be designed and tested, and used for the collation and analysis of information and the preparation of … [Read more...] about (2) Baseline Research and Documentation

(1) Project Set-up, Recruitment and Orientation Training of Project StaffThe first part of the project will involve setting-up the project, recruitment of local and international staff and orientation of the project staff. Project set-up and recruitment will include announcing vacancies, reviewing … [Read more...] about Description of Activities

(1) Women and Girls: Women and girls constitute the most vulnerable sections of the conflict-affected communities. Even during the conflict, they have suffered at the hands of insurgents, traffickers and others. In the post-conflict period, they continue to remain socially and economically … [Read more...] about Justification