Programmes

 

Our work falls under four thematic areas:

• Capacity Building
• Community Health
• Community Involvement
• Project Support

The Capacity Building Programme is designed to provide training and opportunities for skills development for community organisations to enable them harness available natural and human resources for their personal and collective social and economic advancement. Our training courses are designed to build the capacity of community organisations to enable them set up and manage community initiatives that address perennial poverty, ill health and gender inequities in rural and urban poor communities.

The Community Health Programme is designed to promote Primary Health Care and provide information, advice, training and a referral service on health issues such as HIV/AIDS and sexual health, maternal and reproductive health, female genital mutilation, malaria, disabilities, nutrition, sanitation, and screening for cancer, diabetes, heart diseases, sickle cell anaemia and mental health.

The Community Involvement Programme is the main thrust of our Africa programme. It is designed to encourage African women, men and youth to harness the natural and human resources in their communities for their collective development. Through support for community initiatives, the programme will draw on the expertise of members of the community to address issues of poverty, health education, the environment, disability, gender inequity, orphans, widowhood, violence, gender violence, community safety, conflict and peace management.

The Project Support Services is designed to provide consultancy services in the areas of information, advice, good governance, conflict management, peace building, training and technical assistance, and ongoing support to statutory and non-statutory organisations, especially those in Africa, to enable them to function effectively and efficiently.