Reitumetse Scout, Lesotho, Prevention - Summit 2012

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HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT IDENTIFYING THIS

PROBLEM?

As Dynamic Womens Club we noticed

a rise in the number of teenagemothers.

A rise in crimes committed by womenfrom Police Reports

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IS THIS ISSUE IMPORTANT?

This issue is important because these challengesproduce broken women who cannot make logicaldecisions, but become vulnerable to committingcrimes and end up in prison, or involved in earlysexual encounters and become teenage mothers.

We believe every broken woman in our societydeserves a second chance to rebuild her life andbecome a better person. To break the vicious cycle

of poverty, HIV or gender based violence.

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HOW ARE YOU GOING ABOUT ADDRESSING THI SPROBLEM?

We are currently working with women in prison andteenage mothers. We visit these women everymonth to have discussions with them to motivatethem to live better lives. These women choose atopic they would like us to talk about and weprepare to give them the information we have and incases whereby we are not knowledgeable about thetopic at hand we invite an expert in that area (e.g.health education or business topics). This is to

ensure they get proper information on that issue.

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HOW ARE YOU GOING ABOUTADDRESSING THI S PROBLEM? Cont.

We also act as a link between resources and theidentified girls and women; for instance, where adonor or partner wants to donate money forstudies or an income generation project, weconnect the beneficiary to the donor and seetheir lives transformed.

We also support these women by donatingcosmetics (bath soaps, body creams etc.) andclothing we receive from our partners and donorslike individuals and World Vision. We targetwinter and summer seasons to distribute theseitems.

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WHAT IS THE TIME-FRAME FOR THE PROJECT?

As long as we have disadvantaged or vulnerablewomen in our society Dynamic Womens Club plans

to lend a hand and support them. The number isincreasing especially teenage girls that are

vulnerable and with more assistance we aim to domore.

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WHO IS THE KEY TARGET? WHO IS INVOLVED? AREWOMEN AND MEN EQUALLY INVOLVED?

Key target

Vulnerable or disadvantagedwomen (unemployed, inmates and formerinmates, teenage mothers)

Those involved - DWC members, friends andpartners

Men cannot be members but can be involved as

partners.

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PARTNERSHIPS FORMED THROUGH THE PROJECT

Good Shepherd Centre for teenage mothers

The Prison Fellowship

Female Correctional Rehabilitation Centre

Sechaba Morojele (Donor)

BLIA Chinese Computer Sponsorship

BAM Consultancy & Promotions

M. Rakubutu Professional Counselling

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RESOURCEFULNESS: WHAT FINANCIAL, HUMANAND OTHER RESOURCES WERE MOBILISED?

DWC depends on voluntary support and membercontributions. We recently acquired a donor who issponsoring our monthly visits to the Female Prisonand the Good Shepherd Centre for Teenage Mothersand some of these funds will be used to pay fees for

two teenage mothers (who are double orphans) atthe Good Shepherd Centre for Teenage Mothers .

We have an accountant who compiles detailed

financial reports for our supporters on the use offunds.

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CREATIVITY: ARE YOU USING ARTS, CULTURE,MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA TO POPULARISE THE

ISSUES?

Our club joined Facebook as a group and we post motivationalstatements and hold discussions on the network. We also talkabout our upcoming events and whatever we are up to.

We are also partners with one of the media houses in Lesothocalled BAM Group and use their magazine to talk about these

issues. Youth groups identify us through the media and contactus for support.

During the 16 Days of Activism on Gender based Violence on the26th November 2011 we held an event whereby we invited youngwomen and we also invited women from Ifo Lapeng as

motivational speakers of the day, who focused on leading theparticipants in identifying issues in relationships that can makewomen vulnerable to Gender based violence.

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MONITORING AND EVALUATION

Every project is reported on in terms ofnumber of beneficiaries and the itemsreceived and the annual report is the

summation of all initiatives achieved.

During the AGM we evaluate our work andtake corrective measures where necessary.

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WHAT RESULTS HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED?

Through one of our partnership (BLIA Chinese ComputerSponsorship) young ladies were trained on basic computer skillsi.e. Microsoft

Two teenage mothers (who are double orphaned) are beingsponsored with school fees at the Good Shepherd Centre forTeenage Mothers.

We were able to help two former inmates find employment in thepast year.

The warden from the Female Prison and the Principal at the

Good Shepherd Centre for Teenage Mothers do testify to thepositive impact our partnership has on these two groups.

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IMPACT (BASED ON THE SADC PROTOCOLTARGETS)

Article 19 Equal access to employment and benefits:vulnerable women have been disadvantage by their backgroundand other socio-cultural issues that can push some to criminalbehaviour, but they deserve a second chance to access toemployment and making a living so that their lives can turn-

around from negative influences.

Article 23 Support services : In Partnership with CorrectionalRehabilitation facilities, a network of support is build for womennot to engage in criminal behaviour and those that have beenexposed to turn a new leaf.

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SUSTAINABILITY AND REPLICATION

Because of the constant income we receive from ourDonor this project will go on for a long time also from theconstant support from our partners. The partnerships arealso formed with reliable institutions such as Governmentdepartment, churches and devoted individuals.

Our beneficiaries are also devoted to supporting otherdisadvantaged women the way they were supported intheir vulnerable state.

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LESSONS LEARNED

Accountability remains a key lesson to efficiency asDWC is a link from a giver or sponsor to a woman inneed. Integrity to distribute clothes and cosmetics ashave been received needs a continuous check,

especially where a number of volunteers areinvolved.

Prayer has been our pillar of strength as weunderstand that one can never motivate or

encourage someone unless they are motivated andencouraged themselves.

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ANY QUESTIONS?

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Reitumetse Scout, Lesotho, Prevention - Summit 2012