Matumela Maqokela, Lesotho, Response - Summit 2012

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THIRD ANNUAL SOUTHERN AFRICA LOCALGOVERNMENT AND GENDER JUSTICE

SUMMIT AND AWARDSKOPANONG HOTEL, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTHAFRICA

365 DAYS OF LOCAL ACTION TO END GENDER

VIOLENCE: HALVE GENDER VIOLENCE BY 2015

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HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT IDENTIFYINGTHIS PROBLEM?

The escalating rates of reported cases of abuse onradio, through community members (such asvillagers, school teachers and community chief).

We saw a need to stand and act as we realized thelong term effects of abuse, which propelled us as anorganization to bring change.

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IS THIS ISSUE IMPORTANT?

The issue of abuse cuts across gender,culture, age, religion, health, includingeconomic status.

It affects human development (physically,emotionally, mentally and spiritually).

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HOW ARE YOU GOING ABOUT ADDRESSINGTHI S PROBLEM?

We have three programmes:

Institutionalisation: including basic needs such as food andclothing to the affected survivors (children).

Prevention: We create awareness of the problem through

community outreach programmes (campaigns, trainingworkshops, debates at the schools, child welfare forums(group of community members trained in addressing issues ofGBV), child focused groups ( children in the communitiestrained to identify and help other children who experience

abuse), we have a children's news paper (The children'svoice) which is the only newspaper in Lesotho addressingissues of children. We trained a group of young journalist whowill documents stories of children.

Treatment: psychological treatment through child friendly

therapies for the survivors, family and community.

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WHAT IS THE TIME-FRAME FOR THEPROJECT?

Abuse is an on-going problem which we startedaddressing since 2001, our target is to at least lowerthe rates of abuse through educationalprogrammes.

A District Child Protection Team that consists of(CGPU, DSW, World vision community Councillors,chiefs ,LCCU, magistrate e.t.c) work together in the

districts involved in prevention programmes to fightGBV. Through this team we believe that at least by2015 we would have halved the current levels ofGBV

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WHO IS THE KEY TARGET? WHO ISINVOLVED? ARE WOMEN AND MEN EQUALLY

INVOLVED? Key targets is children and their families.

The community members are involved highly ( e.g footballclub, school children etc). In some of the activities that we dosuch as educational awareness on human and child

trafficking, the community also takes its stand to fighttogether with us.

The community is also involved through voluntary services(cleaning campaigns and engaging children in traditionalactivities)

Men and women are equally involved in the engagement ofthe project. In our board of directors, 50% of decision makingis done by women . However, theres still need for womenempowerment with regard to decision making in the family.

If the men is economically advantaged, he makes prominent

decisions in the family.

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PARTNERSHIPS FORMED THROUGH THEPROJECT

Non-Governmental Organisation Coalition

Justice (magistrate)

Office of the first lady

Probation Unit

National Aids commission

District child protection team

Child and Gender Protection Unit

Department of Social Welfare

Chiefs and community councilor International institutions (Ohio and Boston universities)

Friends of Lesotho ( Norwegian, US Embassy)

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RESOURCEFULNESS: WHAT FINANCIAL,HUMAN AND OTHER RESOURCES WERE

MOBILISED?

Human resources (employed staff, communitymembers and volunteers)

Financial support

Donors: (both local and international) have assisted with

the structure of our premises, equipment andfinancial assistance to create establish incomegenerating projects such as ,office rentals,agricultural activities (planting of mushrooms,piggery and vegetation). This helps to meet basicneeds.

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

ISSUES?

Our organisation has been receiving training onPsychosocial Support through REPSSI. Thistrainings have also been used in a form of art

while popularizing the issue of GBV.

Anti- trafficking clubs


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MONITORING AND EVALUATION

We have a monitoring and evaluation tool that enables us totrack progress of the work we are doing.

Quarterly, all staff and children have a workshop where weevaluate our progress. Then annually we gather together

again to assess progress. We also have what is called LCCU Day where we gather all

the children that received treatment at our centre. So far wemanaged to work with children from 6 districts.

We also receive CWF and CFG reports quarterly in order to

evaluate progress.

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A ti iti B li B fi i O t t O t I di t I di t t l T t Ti


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Activities Baseline Beneficiar

y

Output Outcome Indicator Indicator tool Target Time

onduct public

therings to raise

areness in all

sues of children e.g.

ild protection,

rticipation, abuse

c.

5 Children

community

Public

gatherings

are

organized

and held

- cases reported,

referred,

followed up and

addressed

# of public

gatherings held

# of cases reported

and addressed

-videos

-reports

-pictures

7 June-D

rganize debate on

ildrens rights in

ighbouring schools

0 Pupils and

schools

School

debates are

organized

and held

Pupils and

schools gain and

increase their

knowledge on

CRC. They

practice to

express their

views as their

right, andmoreover they

increase the level

of speaking in

English.

# of schools

participated in the

debate

Registration/attendance

list

8

Neighbo

uring

schools

June

rganize concert to

blicize the

istence of LCCU

0 concert Children

Community

at large

Concert is

organized

and held

and the

work ofLCCU is

publicized

The community

will be aware of

LCCU activities

and how to

eliminate childabuse

# of musicians

involved

# of tickets sold and

money accumulated

Reports

Video

Pictures

1

concert

October

rmation of CWFs

d CFGs where they

e not existing

11 CWFs

15 CFGs

Children

community

CWFs and

CFGs are

established

and

functioning

CWFs and CFGs

identify

vulnerable

children, care,

support and

report

# of CWFs formed

#of CFGs formed

# of vulnerable

children identified,

cared and reported

-report

-field visit form

- Attendance list

-Video coverage

- pictures

- 20

CWFs

- 20

CFGs

On goin

old sports and

creational activities

0 Children

community

Children

participate

Children share

information with

# of children

participated

- report

-videos

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WHAT RESULTS HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED?

The organization was established in 2001 and we were celebratingour 10 years anniversary.

We have had 1620 cases of abused children.

Two thirds of those cases are reintegrated back into the community,hence, positive results achieved.

It has been our dream to decentralise our services to the districst, wehave managed to do so through our partnership with world vision.

Awards:

South African care and support initiative award (EDCON)

Vodacom hall of fame award.

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IMPACT (BASED ON THE SADC PROTOCOLTARGETS)

Article 15-19 : We created employment for unemployed community members(house mothers). Provided skills to women in the community , engaging themin art work (card making).

Article 20-25: Temporary place of safety, treatment and preventionprogrammes.

Article 27: shelter, psychological treatment and education and adherence tomedication for children who are infected and affected with HIV and AIDS

Article 28: build peace and reconciliation between perpetrator and survivor.

Article 29-31: share information to radio, television and newspaper slots.Produce weekly columns for local newspapers

Article 32-36: members of DCPT. We have collective reports that contribute todevelopment of policies and laws pertaining to children's issues.

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SUSTAINABILITY AND REPLICATION

It is sustainable, it can be replicated by others,considering the fact that violence especially againstwomen and children is a world wide problem thatneeds a multi sectoral approach to address. If the

problem is not tackle, this can affect development ofchildren and humanity as a whole.

As an indication that the work can be replicated,there is another organisation that has recently been

established that provides shelter for survivors ofabuse of women and children and also survivors ofhuman trafficking. We have assisted thatorganisation with systems and policies need.

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LESSONS LEARNED

It is important to enshrine human rights to the entire project.

In 2011 the Child Protection Welfare Act was enacted, this willenable the effectivenss of our work particularly with regard topunishment and sentencing of perpetrators.

Community needs to be more sensitive to gender basedviolence, through educational programmes designed by thecommunity itself.

Children exposed to abuse, directly or indirectly become futureabusers, because they have learned the behaviour, hence,

practice it. Community should be on the for front in reviving old good

practices such asan African child belongs to the entirecommunity.

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