PIFEVA (Pillar to Vulnerable Women Active in DR Congo)

HISTORY

PIFEVA (Pillar to Vulnerable Women Active in the DRC) is an Association without purpose accompanying Profit and young women about their sexual and reproductive health, poverty and injustice, created June 4, 2004 in Bukavu, in a context characterized by widespread poverty, malnutrition, sexual violence against women and girls following multiple repetitions wars occurred in the eastern part of the DRC in particular and in the DRC in general.

We officially existed since 2004, but in light of recent amendments to our Articles of Association in 2010, the authorization of operation is confirmed by the certificate of deposit No. JUST.112 / SKV / 3081/2010 of the Division of Justice and Keeper of the South Kivu.

Celebration of International Women's Day of March 8, 2014 in Bukavu

VISION

PIFEVA vision is to see women, children, youth and local communities together to become competitive and architects of their own social advancement, sanitary, economic, legal, cultural and political life in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

MISSION

PIFEVA mission is to help women, children, young people and local communities in health promotion and the fight against poverty and injustice in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo.

RADIUS OF ACTION

South Kivu is the current operational range of PIFEVA Democratic Republic of Congo.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

1) Fight against sexual violence against women and girls;

2) HIV, Sexual and Reproductive Health;

3) Peace, Gender and leadership of women and girls;

4) Promotion of formal and non-formal education for vulnerable girls;

5) Early Literacy, adult women and socio-professional reintegration;

6) Food and economic security of low-income women;

7) Advocacy for the rights of women and children.

INTERVENTION STRATEGIES

1) Awareness and accountability of target populations on the principle of self-management at the local level;

2) Capacity building (training of beneficiaries in our areas of intervention);

3) Action Research at the base;

4) The development of the spirit of innovation and women's entrepreneurship;

5) The involvement and active participation of beneficiaries in the fight against all forms of violence towards women and children.

TARGET GROUPS

1) Women and girls victims of violence;

2) Women Living with HIV / AIDS;

3) Lesbians women

4) Illiterate women;

5) Aboriginal women

6) Low-income women;

7) Unschooled and idle girls

8) Professional women and girls from sex;

9) Youth and children in vulnerable situations;

10) Potential women leaders and women leaders;

11) Local communities in times of conflict and post-conflict.

SOME ACHIEVEMENTS 2013 - 2014

FIGHT AGAINST AIDS PROGRAM IN AREAS OF HEALTH KADUTU, IBANDA BAGIRA AND IN THE CITY OF BUKAVU

In the HIV field, the main components addressed by PIFEVA were as follows:

Reduce the risk of HIV transmission from mother to child and increase family planning rate in the health zones supported. In this component, the results achieved have consistes to operate the new PMTCT sites. The desired effect was to increase the participation of pregnant women and their male partners in PMTCT services targeted sites (Kadu, Bagira and Ibanda).

Promote increased use of PMTCT services in health zones (Kadu, Bagira and Ibanda) the impact sought through the implementation of activities under this component was decreased risk of Vertical transmission of HIV from mother to child in the supported health zones. During 2014, the following results were achieved

RESULTS ACHIEVED

15 providers were trained in the organization of PMTCT;

3 PMTCT sites were installed and equipped with necessary inputs;

15 community actors were trained to the awareness training organization;

1373 pregnant women seen at PMTCT sites and recommended for screening,

1245 pregnant women were screened against HIV and withdrew all the results;

46 HIV + women are accompanied against HIV;

256 male partners were counseled for HIV testing;

123 male partners were screened against HIV who have withdrawn 97 results;

1729 couples were counseled on family planning;

312 couples have accepted family planning methods;

1643 women were sensitized community stakeholders;

Awareness among women and girls about sexual and gender-based violence in Bukavu(Projectfunded 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 inthe 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

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;

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;

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.

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:

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.

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.

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.

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.

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)

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.

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

· 120 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 ;

· 80 exploited children who learned computer and potentially becoming capable of doing this job

· 140 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 .

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 Funding by cordaid)

Intruction

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Project to support the capacity building of women, young girls and boys for the use and access to new information technologies and communication in South Kivu province:

Creating a 'School Computing Base '' (EIB-Bukavu) having formed free 476 beneficiaries with 401 women and girls and 75 boys OVC programs on Windows, Word and Excel

Bukavu, January 10, 2015

Coordination Team

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