Regional Reports - the European External Action Service

o Recognition by the City Administration: From the interviews and FGD with the
organisation engaged in this field, emerged that recognition by the City Administration is
very high and the local administration supports financially and in other modalities
(facilitation, provision of premises) the organisation at all levels working in this sector
and tries to integrate the efforts since HIV-AIDS is a very critical issue and one of the
cross-cutting priorities of IDP;
o Results: Stigma and discrimination is dramatically reduced, awareness growing within
the youth, there is a city movement against AIDS, grassroots organisations work together,
several school clubs are being created;
o Next Steps: enhanced level of institutionalisation and networking among grassroots
organisations, HAPCO will produce and disseminate knowledge, stimulate creation and
strengthening PLWHAs associations, promote training and support to IGA for people
infected and affected by AIDS.
Agriculture and Urban Agriculture
o Participation of NSA: ECC-SDCOH, JECCDO
o Activities undertaken: diffusion of crop production (provision of seed, tools and
training), a strong agri-business promotion (agricultural marketing) and the support
(training, technical assistance and management accompaniment) for the creation of
cooperatives. These activities have produced also a networking alliance called Marketing
and Agro-Business Stakeholders Learning Alliance Group with other regional, national
and international partners, both from the NSA sector and the research sector (Research
Institutes and Universities).;
o Approach: The support is based on market chain strengthening so as to promote local
producers to produce commodities based on market demand. This approach would
ultimately reduce the risk of falling price on agricultural products and finally increase
income of the rural producer in the long run.
Child Development
o Participation: ECC-SDCOH, JECCDO, PROPRIDE
o Activities undertaken: Support to OVCs organised in an integrated package of activities
based on nutrition, education (provision of education materials, uniforms and tutorial
classes), life skills, legal protection (in this case an interesting practice has been
developed to mobilise the different institutional level in charge for law enforcement to
protect the legal rights of the vulnerable children, and also liaising with local VET
institutions to provide the children with some vocational skills which can ensure an
income generation for their future, provision of health services and nutrition programme.
o Approach: Although the organisations are different and don’t cooperate they use mostly
a multi-tiered approach whose focus is on promoting the fulfilment of the multi-pronged
developmental rights of disadvantaged children and street children by implementing
community-based activities to empower both children and their parents. JECCDO has
created a city Forum for the Street children.
Gender, Women and girls empowerment
o Participation: ECC-SDCOH, EWA
o Activities undertaken: Advocacy and raising awareness on gender, gender violence,
HTP, Social Rehabilitation of former CSW through provision of long term training in
sewing and support for self-employment through provision of premises and equipments
to start the activity. This activity is struggling to become sustainable to generate a source
of stable income for the beneficiaries
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