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EDUCATING THE CHILDREN AND EMPOWERING WOMEN OF LA VALETTE VILLAGE - BAMBOUS

PRESENTER: MRS ASHWINI RUGHOODASS - BHOOBUN

CATEGORY: EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

INSTITUTION: THE DISTRICT COUNCIL OF BLACK RIVER

GENDER EQUALITY BY 2015, YES WE MUST!

THE DISTRICT COUNCIL OF BLACK RIVER

Administer 13 villages found in the western Coast of the Island

A population of about 53,000

Our Vision: To be a Local authority achieving excellence in whatever it undertakes whilst being a close partner to all stakeholders

Our Mission: Ensure efficiency in our service delivery

Main function • Welfare • Planning • Health Environment • Infrastructure

BRIEF DESCRIPTION


DISTRICT OF BLACK RIVER

La Valette Model Village

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE GOOD PRACTICE


EDUCATING THE CHILDREN AND EMPOWERING WOMEN

OF

LA VALETTE VILLAGE – BAMBOUS

La Valette Model Village was selected and few programmes were

launched for the inhabitants.

Brief on the village: under the Integrated Social Development

Programme (ISDP) the National Empowerment Foundation (NEF)

has been focusing and providing social housing facilities to support

vulnerable families and recently

Some 200 families have benefitted with the setting up of housing

units at La Valette, Bambous which is also part of a rehabilitation

programme for families living in extreme poverty.


ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

EDUCATION

REMEDIAL CLASSES

MUSHROOM PRODUCTION

PROJECT

THE GOOD PRACTICE

WHAT IS THE PROBLEM BEING ADDRESSED? WHY?


• POVERTY - although being finally owners of a house, the

beneficiaries are still striving and struggling to live.

• Many still unemployed

• Not much improvement in their quality of life.

• Still dependent on institutions & other individuals for day to day

living

• Teenage pregnancy on the rise

ABSENTEEISM

LACK OF

HYGIENE


WHAT IS THE PROBLEM BEING ADDRESSED? WHY?


Therefore, the Council wishes these people live in

good environment and have a better standard of living.

HOW IS THE PROJECT CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS ACHIEVING THE

28 TARGETS OF THE SADC PROTOCOL?


PROTOCOL TARGET ACTIONS

ARTICLES 11

la fillette et le garçon

Sculpture class – open to girls of the

community.

HOW IS THE PROJECT CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS ACHIEVING THE 28 TARGETS OF

THE SADC PROTOCOL?



ARTICLE 14

education et formation

training sessions to cater for self development of

boys & girls as well as men & women

(mushroom productions, sculpture classes, IT

classes / Caravanne computer & remedial

class)- capacity building





ARTICLE 15 - 19

resources productives et emploi et

renforcement des capacites

economiques

Creating opportunities for lifelong

employability of these people by running their

own small business. They were empowered for

economic independence.

HOW IS THE PROJECT CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS ACHIEVING THE 28

TARGETS OF THE SADC PROTOCOL?



ARTICLE 20 – 25

Violence basee sur le genre

organising talks, working sessions, sex

education, film projection has been a

means to educating the teenagers and

children, hence allowing them to voice

out or explain a friend or encourage a

friend to talk if is victimized.

HOW IS THE PROJECT CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS ACHIEVING THE 28

TARGETS OF THE SADC PROTOCOL?



ARTICLE 27

VIH / SIDA

campaign & talks organised were also focused on

protection / prevention: making use of condoms, safe

sex, ways and means of getting contaminated - condom

dispenser at their disposal at 1 strategic point





ARTICLE 28

Resolution de conflicts et processus de paix

film projections and talks by Brahma

Kumari Centre – lay much emphasis on

human values, spirituality, peace, respect for

others and living in good environment)

DESCRIBE YOUR TARGET GROUP

The inhabitants:-

men, women & children


OBJECTIVES

Empower men / women so that they can stand on their

own feet & gradually become economically

independent

Stop families from being dependent on institutions to run their household

Having an educated community & raise standard of living

Educate parents & children on human

values, importance of families and

importance of education, hygiene

Promote sex education-Decrease

rate of teenage pregnancy &

domestic violence.

Prevent youth from

falling into the vicious circle


TALKS ON GENDER BASED VIOLENCE

AND

SEXUAL EDUCATION

PROCESS


•Identify most needy /unemployed

person through surveys & door to door

visit

• undergo mushrooms production

training and have started growing

mushrooms.

•On-going training & formal certification

to them

ADULTS

DISTRIBUTION OF CERTIFICATE: SCULPTURE & MUSHROOM TRAINING


PROCESS

Staff of BRDC - as volunteers to the Quartier de Lumiere NGO for the remedial class. Emphasis on creativity rather than academic work (drawing, painting, beads making, greeting card)

Talks: based sexual education were conducted with a view to educate the teenagers the risk they run due to unprotected sex and teenage pregnancy

Creativity day (painting on cloth and sandwich making, drawing and painting)

Film projections- violence @ home, break the silence, emphasis laid on human values, peace N love, respect for others, honesty.

Educate the parents as well as the children on human values, importance of families, importance of education & hygiene.


CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS

PROCESS

Sculpture class - participated in 2 grand exhibition at Caudan & Cascavelle Recreational centre. Mr Dick Lewis & Bleerk as role model

Sculpture - Distribution of certificate

For CPE dropouts - the 2nd chance programme were explained to them and their parents with a view to promoting literacy among youngsters (16-21).



PROCESS

Fun day & sports day

Caravanne computer (children &

adults)

Visit organised at the headquarters

of BRDC, where children were

explained of the different DEPT &

their functions



FUN DAY

&

SPORTS DAY


Visit organised at the headquarters of

BRDC


WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MAIN SUCCESSES?


Mushroom production project is helping families with a meal.

7 enroll for the mushroom processing training

Sculpture class: Participated in 2 grand exhibition at Caudan & Cascavelle.

Learn new skills & making use of their free time wisely

Remedial class- individual attention are given to those who cannot

assimilate. Making progress gradually in school as well as remedial class.

Talks/workshop- help inform and educate the children as well as adults,

allow them to communicate, voice out & report cases since they are aware

of their rights.

KEY OUTPUTS (MATERIALS ETC)

Posters

pamphlets

flyers

meetings

door to door visits

Press cutting


PRESS CUTTING


KEY OUTCOMES (MAIN RESULTS)

Gradually integrating themselves in their new

village, sharing knowledge & ideas

Others who did not undergo training also started

growing mushroom for a trial. Got to know about

this new product - Oyster mushroom but it’s a

healthy vegetarian food.

Sculpture - 2nd batch starting in May and female

participants have doubled. (From 4 to 7)

11 CPE dropout adolescents have join the 2nd

chance programme.


CHANGING LIVES

Mrs Laurence, is now responsible for

regrouping & informing

villagers/inhabitants for activities or

meeting to be organised. Look for &

motivate children/ adults to participate

in.

Act as facilitator

Is now a sort of leader at community

level, self empowered.

ROLE MODEL


L’AURENCE QUOTE:

Mone gagne plis confians

Mone gagne contak ek bane dimoune, nou dialoguer,

mo zoine bane dimoune et ine aprane bane zafair ki

mo pa ti coner....

Mo gagne bocou contak ek bane dimoune dan village

e bane zenfan la oci.

Wai, enfin to coner mo ena plis lamour ek travail ki

mo p ocuper.

Bane zenfan guet mo mem pou guet zot bis pou alle

karater e lentrainement football... Mo mem mo

accompagne zot pou sculpture oci.

Bane jeune la ecoute moi selma... Zot pran plaisir,

badine ek moi. Cozer MADAME LAURENCE


LESSONS LEARNT

Depending upon approach, a trust is built.

Empowerment of women leads to empowerment

of a community.

Persistence of effort endows people with lifelong

skills & aptitudes.

When training courses would start, door to door

visit have to be conducted to explain the

programme and to encourage them.

Responsibilities need to be shared.

Talks and training sessions are always conducted

outside the village


WAY FORWARD

How will the project/process be sustained?

Full monitoring & Holistic help provided

Looking forward that they start producing at large scale

7 persons looking for a vacant house for growing mushroom.

Now want to market their own product. Make it known so that

Mauritian family start consuming it twice a week

Same project will be replicated with another batch from the

Bambous village.


THANK YOU

FOR YOUR

ATTENTION


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