Botswana Summit Pack Rvdkr 210313

BOTSWANA SADC GENDER PROTOCOL SUMMIT AND AWARDS:

“2015, Yes we Must! The SADC Gender Protocol @ Work”

DAY ONE: TUESDAY 26 MARCH 2013 8.00 – 8.30 Delegates arrival and registration 8.30 – 10.30 PLENARY: Venue: Boipuso Hall, Gaborone OPENING CEREMONY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FORUM – CHAIR – Cllr. Patrick Manthe and Jeannie Peo Olesitse 8.30 - 8.35 Introductions Cllr. Patrick Manthe 8.35 - 8.45 Welcome remarks Cllr. Zubeida Rafael, Coordinator of BALA Women Commission 8.45 – 9.00 Statement by the Gender Affairs Department Mrs. Valencia Mogegeh, Director of the Gender Affairs Department 9.00 – 9.20 SADC & The SADC Gender Protocol Mrs. Magdeline Madibela, Head of SADC Gender Unit 9.20 – 9.40 Scoring progress: SADC Gender Protocol – explanation of the Ms Kubi Rama, Gender Links Chief of Operations Citizen Score Card and key findings of the country barometer 9.40 – 9.50 Statement Gogoktlejang Phaladi, Gender Activist and Founder of GPPHP (Gongentlejang Phaladi Pillar of Hope Project) 9.50 – 10.15 KEY NOTE ADDRESS Rev. Cllr. Mpho Moruakgomo, President of BALA

10.15 -10.30 Overview of process and assignment of parallel sessions Mrs Kubi Rama, Gender Links Chief of Operations 10.30 – 11.00 TEA

PARALLEL GBV AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION MEDIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT SESSIONS ROOM 1 ROOM 2 ROOM 3 CHAIR Hon. Cllr. Rafael Mrs Shonga Women’s Affairs Department RAPPORTEUR GL intern GL intern GL intern JUDGES Dr. Jankey Mrs Alexander Mrs Molokomme Dr. Gilika Patricia Kole Mrs Mothsubi Doreen Mooketsi Charity Kgotlafela Mrs Motlhabane Presentations 11.00 – 13.00 Alliance Centres of Excellence (COE) 1. Jwaneng Town Council 1. Men’s Sector 1. Mmegi/The Monitor 2. Chobe Town Council 2. Women Against Rape 2. Duma FM 3. Lobatse Town Cpuncil 3. Botswana Police Service - Sowa 3. GABZ FM 4. Bobirwa Sub Council 4. Botswana Police Service - Kgalagadi 4. Sunday Standard/The Telegraph 5. Palapye Administrative Authority 5. Women Against Rape – Legal Aid Project 5. The Echo 6. Selebi Phikwe Town Council 6. Botswana Police Service – Community 6. Yarona 7. North East District Council policing 7. Gamodubu Child Care Trust 7. The Voice 8. Francistown City Council Alliance – Faith Based Organisations 1. Botswana Council of Churches 13.00 – 14.00 LUNCH 14.00 – 15.30 Local government Local government COE leadership 1. Palapye Council 1. William Selei 9. North West District Council 2. Kweneng District Council 2. Anna Mogapi 10. Tonota Sub Council SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, Media content - Radio 11. Serowe Administrative Authority HEALTH, HIV AND AIDS 1. Botswana Police Service 1. Daniel Kenosi 2. Ministry of Health – Dept of Public Health 2. RB2 – Tiny Phatshwane 3. Stepping Stones – Men Care Programme 3. DUMA FM – Georgina 4. Bomme Isago 4. Educational broadcasting – Thabita Gombalume 15.30 - 16.00 TEA 16.00 – 17.00 Feedback and learning – Improving case studies, evaluation and learning journey Judges Judges Judges GL officers GL officers GL officers

DAY TWO: WEDNESDAY 27 MARCH 2013 8.00 – 8.30 Delegates arrival and registration 8.30 – 10.30 PLENARY: Venue: Boipuso Hall, Gaborone 8.30 – 9.00 Ice breaker Ms Keabonye Ntsabane, GL Coordinator CHAIR BOCONGO 9.00 – 10.00 Panel - Economic empowerment and ending gender violence I story The role of local government Ludo Matshameko, Programmes Manager BALA Financing women’s economic empowerment Women’s Affairs Department GBV Baseline research presentation Kelly Dambuza, UN Projects Coordinator, Women’s Affairs Department 10.00 – 10.30 Discussion 10.30 – 11.00 TEA

PARALLEL EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC MEDIA LOCAL GVT SESSIONS DEVELOPMENT VENUE ROOM 1 ROOM 2 ROOM 3 CHAIR Hon. Cllr. Nguni Mrs Shonga Women’s Affairs Department RAPPORTEUR GL intern GL intern GL intern JUDGES Dr. Jankey Mrs Alexander Mrs Molokomme Dr. Gilika Patricia Kole Mrs Mothsubi Doreen Mooketsi Charity Kgotlafela Mrs Motlhabane Presentations 11.00 – 13.00 Alliance TV CLIMATE CHANGE 1. Kasane youth project 1. BTV – Mammusi Siska 1. Lobatse Town Council 2. YWCA 2. BTV – Pricillar Matara 2. Chobe District Council Local government Print CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL RIGHTS 1. Selebi Phikwe Town Council 1 1. BOPA/Daily News 1. Re a Nyalana 2. Lobatse Town Council 2. Sunday Standard/Daily Telegraph 3. City of Francistown 3. Mmegi 4. Selebi Phikwe Town Council 2 5. North West District Council 6. Serowe Administrative Authority 13.00 – 14.00 LUNCH

14.00 – 15.00 Feedback and learning – Improving case studies, evaluation and learning journey Judges Judges Judges GL officers GL officers GL officers 15.00 – 15.15 Closing remarks Dr. Molokomme, Attorney General 15.15 – 15.30 Vote of thanks Ms Keabonye Ntsabane, GL Coordinator 15.30 – 16.00 TEA

ALLIANCE GBV

NAME OF INSTUTION: MEN SECTOR

COUNTRY: BOTSWANA

SURNAME: SELWE

NAME: ANDREW THATAYAONE

EMAIL: [email protected]

SEX: MALE

DESIGNATION: POLICE OFFICER

PHONE: 5920222

CELL: 71461812

ADDRESS: PO BOX 2366, MOLEPOLOLE

2.1 SYNOPSIS: BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE GOOD PRACTICE AND MOTIVATION AS TO WHY IT IS A GOOD PRACTICE?

Men Sector works hand in hand with the Kweneng District Gender Committee, Women Affairs Department disseminating positive messages specifically to men, about Gender issues and equality. We work with NGOs such as Tebelopele, BOCAIP and others to assist them in their accomplishing their missions. We work integrally with the Police Department where we develop and disseminate information about Gender inequality and Gender Violence issues.

2.2 HOW DOES THIS ACTIVITY CONTRIBUTE TO ACHIEVING THE 28 TARGETS OF THE SADC PROTOCOL ON GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT? PLEASE NAME THE RELEVANT TARGET.

We help various community organisations to increase the percentage of women involved in decision making and affirmative actions. We help to implement gender sensitive educational policies and programmes addressing gender stereotypes in education and gender based violence. We strive to adopt integrated approaches, including institutional cross sector structures, with the aim of reducing current levels of gender based violence.

2.3 BRIEF BACKGROUND: WHY DID THE ACTIVITY COME ABOUT? WHAT PROBLEM OR CONTEXT IS IT RESPONDING TO?

There is a significant issue of Gender inequality and HIV/AIDS in Botswana.

2.4 OBJECTIVES: WHAT DID THE PROCESS SET OUT TO DO?

Men Sector was created to educate men about Gender issues and issues of HIV/AIDS.

2.5 TARGETS: WHO OR WHAT WAS TARGETED?

The target is mainly focused on men in the Kweneng District.

2.6 PROCESS: WHAT WERE THE DIFFERENT STEPS/ ACTIVITIES IN THE

IMPLEMENTATION?

Men Sector hosts and organises Workshops, Drama Competitions and fun Activities such as Donkey Races, Southern Africa 1000 Desert Race, Ministry of Health sponsored Mobile Community Mobilisation efforts. We also sponsor Pitso Ya Borre (Gathering of Men) to discuss and converse about Gender issues and HIV/AIDS ISSUES.

2.7 WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MAIN OUTPUTS? ATTACH ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTATION.

We have reached many men and women in remote settlements as well as our local urban community with messages about Gender inequality and HIV/AIDS.

Some of the men have been seen to have reformed from violent tendencies to a more civil attitude towards women.(See attached file Main Outputs.pdf)

2.8 WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MAIN OUTCOMES? PLEASE PROVIDE EVIDENCE SUCH AS FEEDBACK FROM BENEFICIARIES, TESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE, QUOTES FROM EVALUATIONS.

Men Sector works with the Molepolole Police Department and the Office of the District Commissioner to create Evaluation Reports that show trends related to the number of reported incidences of gender violence.

2.9 CHALLENGES: WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS YOU HAVE HAD IN IMPLEMENTING THE PROJECT AND HOW HAVE YOU ADDRESSED THEM?

1. Attendance -It is difficult to get expected audience to participate. Men Sector uses Public Address Systems. Media and strategic meeting locations to help facilitate better attendance.

2. Remote Areas - Many remote villages do not have electricity or easy communication access. This make it difficult to advise them of upcoming meetings and to keep them informed. Men Sector utilises many vehicles to reach outlying areas. We utilise the existing local Village Development Committees and the local Village Chiefs to disseminate information.

2.10 LESSONS LEARNT: WHAT LESSONS DID YOU LEARN IN THIS PROCESS AND HOW WILL YOU APPLY THEM? We have learned that there are many people who are not aware that gender issues are important and they are willing to change their behaviour once we can educate them about these issues.

2.11 REPLICATION AND SUSTAINABILITY. CAN THIS PROCESS BE REPLICATED BY OTHERS, IN YOUR COUNTRY AND IN THE REGION? HOW WILL THE PROJECT CONTINUE BEYOND ITS CURRENT LIFESPAN? WHAT NEXT STEPS ARE REQUIRED? Men Sector has been around and active since 2008. Our organisation involves the Botswana Defence Force, the Police and many local NGOs making up thousands of participants. We anticipate this organisation is self-sustaining.

NAME OF INSTITUTION: Women against rape

COUNTRY: Botswana

SURNAME: Nguvauva

NAME: Getrude

E-MAIL: [email protected]

SEX: Female

DESIGNATION: Community Mobiliser

PHONE – WORK: 6860865

ADDRESS: P o Box 799 Maun

North West District

WHICH ALLIANCE THEMATIC CLUSTER ARE YOU AFFILIATED TO?

Gender based violence

"WHICH ALLIANCE CROSS CUTTING INTEREST GROUP

ARE YOU AFFILIATED TO?"

Not applicable

NAME OF GOOD PRACTICE

Study of defilement in the North West Region

2.1 SYNOPSIS: BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE GOOD PRACTICE AND MOTIVATION AS TO WHY IT IS A GOOD PRACTICE? (150 words)

In 2012 WAR did a survey about defilement, but the study showed that there are more issues of defilement in the North West district and also the statistics from the police, News papers, clinics and schools emphasis that there is defilement which leads to WAR to do a Rapid assessment in June 2012 in 23 villages trying to check whether people know what is defilement and to increase the understanding of the difference between common and customary law specifically with reference to defilement. The main goal was to contribute the understanding, protection, promotion and respect for the rule of law with reference to defilement."

2.2 HOW DOES THIS ACTIVITY CONTRIBUTE TO ACHIEVING THE 28 TARGETS OF THE SADC PROTOCOL ON GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT? PLEASE NAME THE RELEVANT TARGET. (200 words)

"Target Articles 20 to 25

*Social, economic, cultural and political practices which discourage traditional norms which legitimize and exacerbate the persistence and tolerance of gender based violence.

*sexual harassment: Adopt and implement strategies and programmes which define and prohibit sexual harassment and provide deterrent sanctions for perpetrators.

*Support services: provide accessible, affordable and specialized legal services, incuding legal aid to survivors for gender based violence.

*Training of service providers: Training for all service providers to enable them to offer services to people and the special needs.

2.3 BRIEF BACKGROUND: WHY DID THE ACTIVITY COME ABOUT? WHAT PROBLEM OR CONTEXT IS IT RESPONDING TO?

"WAR did a defilement study on June 2012 to check whether people understand what is defilement, did there report this cases and did people understand the difference between common and customary law.

Activity 1:WAR conducted a rapid assessment on the implications of customary and common law in the North West Region on gender based violence.

2)Material development:The designing of the leaflet,factsheet to explain the legal aid initiative to the wider population and the materials has been distributed to major villages that is Maun ,Shakawe,Seronga,Gumare and Sehithwa.

3)Kgotla meetings were conducted at Gumare,Sehithwa,Shakawe,Seronga,Maun to share the findings of defilement and ensure that the legal aid project is clearly understood."

2.4 OBJECTIVES: WHAT DID THE PROCESS SET OUT TO DO? (250 words)

"1)To increase the understanding of the difference between common and customary law speifically with reference to defilement.

2)To raise awareness on the legal aid pilot project that the government of Botswana has initiated with WAR and Metlhaetsile are partners

3)To provide support to individuals accessing law"

2.5 TARGETS: WHO OR WHAT WAS TARGETED? (100 words)

We targeted different stakeholders in the community like:dikgosi,police officers,nurses,teachers,councillors and village development communittee(VDC) representatives.

2.6 PROCESS: WHAT WERE THE DIFFERENT STEPS/ ACTIVITIES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION? (300 words)

"Different steps we used are:

1)Rapid assessment:WAR did a mini survey in the North West district in 23 villages on the implications of customary and common law on gender based violence.

2)Material development:We designed the leaflet,broucher and factsheet which contains information about defilement.The material was disributed to the stakeholders in the major villages that is Shakawe,Seronga,Sehithwa,Maun and Gumare.

3)Kgotla meetings:Kgotla meetings was held in the main major villages and in the peredetermined wards to share the rapid assessment findingswith the community and ensure that the legal aid pilot project is clearly understood.

4)Focus group discussion:To allow in depth discussion to take place and for knowledge to be owned,each focal group consist of 15 people and every participatory is encouraged to debate and discuss issues.

5)Refer cases which we come across during our kgotla meetings and focus group to Legal aid."

2.7 WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MAIN OUTPUTS? ATTACH ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTATION. (200 words)

"During the kgotla meetings we managed to reach about 200 people in major villages like Sehithwa,Shakawe,Maun and Gumare in each kgotla which is a big number,in small settlements we reached about 100 attendecees which also is a good number.

The distribution of materials that we produced,we produced 1500 leaflet,1500 brouchers and 1500 factsheet,we distibuted 1000 materials for each major villages and 500 for each settlement like Shorobe,Chanoga,Komana and Somelo."

2.8 WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MAIN OUTCOMES? PLEASE PROVIDE EVIDENCE SUCH AS FEEDBACK FROM BENEFICIARIES, TESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE, QUOTES FROM EVALUATIONS. (300 words)

"The main outcomes are:

*The community welcomed the freedom House projcet in the North West district and there were very happy about the material produced (IEC material) saying that we use simple and understandable language as we were using setswana and english for illiterate people.

*Women are suggested that there should be educated and caution thier children about dangers of transactional sexual relations.

*Men are urged to be responsible and stop sexually abusing young girls and blame the women for failing to control their children.

*Workshops must be conducted to educate men,women and children about issues of defilement and how important should be repoted as soon as possible."

2.9 CHALLENGES: WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS YOU HAVE HAD IN IMPLEMENTING THE PROJECT AND HOW HAVE YOU ADDRESSED THEM? (200 words)

"Our main challenges are:

*The issue of defilement in the North West district is common because some cultural practices like peeletso perpetuate defilement so it was hard when addressing such issues.

* Most people lack knowledge of what defilement means,even those who knew they choose to ignore and dwell on substance abuse.So parents need to be facilited on these issues because there lack of knowledge is a major sit back in resolving cases.

*The other challenge is that parents were blaming the Children's Act and alcohol abuse are the major contributing factors to defilement but not cultural practice,as children are given more powers to control their parents."

2.10 LESSONS LEARNT: WHAT LESSONS DID YOU LEARN IN THIS PROCESS AND HOW WILL YOU APPLY THEM? (300 words)

"*Lesson learnt is that cases of defilement are not reported hence parents are deciding to solve the problems within the family as there afraid to tarnish the family name.

*Parents are contributing in the defilement of their children because if the child drops out of school due to pregnancy,then parents pretend that,that child is possessed by some spiritual sickness.

*Parents do not take these cases seriously as they put their interest first and turn a blind eye on this abuse,and some felt that weak network from social workers,police and teachers play a major role."

"*Yes the process can be replicated by others in the North West district because we educate people through kgotla meetings,focus group discussion and distribution of materials.

*It can be replicated as we are using structures which are already there in the community like we are using dikgosi,police officers,teachers,councillors,nurse and VDC representatives."

NAME OF INSTITUTION: Botswana Police Service

COUNTRY: Botswana

SURNAME: KULA

NAME: Kedibonye Emily

DESIGNATION: Public Prosecutor

State / Province / Region: Northern

WHICH ALLIANCE THEMATIC CLUSTER ARE YOU AFFILIATED TO?

Gender based violence

NAME OF GOOD PRACTICE

One way to safer communities

2.1 SYNOPSIS: BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE GOOD PRACTICE AND MOTIVATION AS TO WHY IT IS A GOOD PRACTICE? (150 words)

"As a trained woman peacekeeper i facilitated on gender based violence topics locally and regionally. The course i facilitated on was intended to cover generally what is meant by gender based violence, the implications, factors contributing to it, perpetrators of gender based violence, how to investigate gender issues and others. Police officers who were to be deployed in conflict areas were trained in the aspect because that is where gender based violence is at rife. I facilitated in our region, specifically in Malawi, Namibia, aiming at preparing the contingent who were to be deployed in African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), United Nations Intergrated Mission in Timor- Leste (UNMIT) and other missions. Its a good practice because the contigent were to be deployed in areas where GBV is prevalent, hence the need to know best ways to deal with gender based violence and also trained in order for them to consult with both men and women in post conflict countries in decisions that affect them.

I aslo facilitated the Train the Trainer course whereby Police participants from SADC region were trained to be trainers in issues of Gender based violence in the context of Peacekeeping. The training attracted Police officers from Botswana, Lesotho, Mauritius, Malawi, South Africa, Swaziland and others. Its a best practice in terms of disseminating the information on how to deal with gender based violence."

2.2 HOW DOES THIS ACTIVITY CONTRIBUTE TO ACHIEVING THE 28 TARGETS OF THE SADC PROTOCOL ON GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT? PLEASE NAME THE RELEVANT TARGET.

"This activity contributed because the officers who attended the training were equipped with issues of gender equality,protection and empowering women. The training also contributed to the elimination of gender discrimination, sexual harassment, in the Police sector. The trainees also appreciated that there is a need to have more women in the Police sector so that they deal with cases of gender based violence, because most of the victims feel

comfortable when they assisted by women. Most of women in conflict areas are abuse and vulnerable to GBV because legal structures and law enforcement would have collapsed, therefore perpetrators take advantage of that situation. Some women end up in marriages of convenience just because they are in poverty, need security, they don't have anything to give to their kids. Such situations come because of the conflict. In a nut shell i would say the training contributed a lot because the officers were then deployed to missions in countries like Sudan where gender based violence is used as a weapon of war. The officers are still in Sudan and are in better position to handle/ investigate and testify against perpetrators with much diligence because of the training that they received."

2.3 BRIEF BACKGROUND: WHY DID THE ACTIVITY COME ABOUT? WHAT PROBLEM OR CONTEXT IS IT RESPONDING TO? (300 words)

"The United Nations Security Resolution 1325 of 2000 (UNSCR 1325, 2000) and The United Nations Security Resolution 1820 of 2008 (UNSCR 1820, 2008) intends to address issues of gender based violence, peace and security. The activity came as a way of responding to these resolutions and other declarations that addresses gender issues, gender equality, security of women and girls.The resolution reaffirm the important role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts and in peace -building and also stresses the importance of their equal participation and full involvement in all efforts for the acquaintance and promotion of peace and security and the need to increase their role in decision-making with regard to conflict prevention and resolution. The activity also came about responding to the prevalent rates of gender based crimes. The training prepared the contingent for investigating the crimes associated with gender based violence and subsequent prosecution of perpetrators. Resolution 1325 calls all parties to armed conflicts to take special measures to protect women and girls from gender based crimes, particularly rape and other forms of sexual abuse and other violence found in situations of armed conflict. The training also aimed at emphasizing responsibility of all trainees from different countries to put an end to impunity and to prosecute those responsible for crimes.

The other concern was that civilians particularly women and children, account for the vast majority of those adversely affected by armed conflict, including as refugees and internally displaced persons, and increasingly are targeted by combatants and armed elements, and recognizing the consequent impact this has on durable peace and reconciliation. Since I was part of the facilitating team as a woman, and at the same time training other women though there were men also, it was a response to the Security Council Resolution. Some participants were motivated to see a woman facilitating in Context of Peacekeeping because they though that situations of wars and conflicts in countries needs men to address them."

2.4 OBJECTIVES: WHAT DID THE PROCESS SET OUT TO DO?

"The training of the contingents from the region intended to achieve the following locally and at regional level;

-To define gender and understand the relationship between gender and culture in war torn areas.

- It was also set out to equip the contingents with information on how gender relationships are transformed by violent conflicts

- Another objective of the process was to see how police officer's effectiveness is improved by respect for human rights.

-The other area was to help the contingents by improving their ability to integrate gender awareness in to all their Police activities.

-Another objective was to discuss impacts of conflict in women and men and also discusses implications of gender based violence.

- The other objective was to assist the participants to be aware of Policy framework in dealing with gender based violence and sexual exploitations

-And also for the participants to be aware of conflict resolutions since they were to be deployed in areas where there are some wars or conflicts going on.

- The idea also aims to discuss implications of gender based violence - and also to enhance the officer's knowledge on promotion of gender equality, and protection of women from gender based violence in conflict areas."

2.5 TARGETS: WHO OR WHAT WAS TARGETED? (100 words)

"The training that i facilitated on was targeting police officers who were to be deployed to Sudan North, Sudan South and Timor- Leste where there are some on going conflicts. The region, Southern African Regional Police Chiefs Council Organization through the Coordination of Institute for Security Studies (ISS), at Training for Peace Programme was responsible for all the logistics around the training. Six one Police officers from Malawi were targeted and 40 from Namibia whereby they had to go and offer services at conflict areas where women , children, elderly people, disabled are vulnerable to gender based violence. The aim was to sensitize them on ways of handling such cases, investigation and others."

2.6 PROCESS: WHAT WERE THE DIFFERENT STEPS/ ACTIVITIES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION? (300 words)

"Firstly I was selected to attend Train the Trainer course in Peacekeeping whereby i was more in to Gender issues. The training was held in Botswana Police College, i was then selected to proceed to Mozambique to another level because i was one of the participants who did exceptionally well.

In Mozambique i satisfied all the requirements needed in order to become a regional facilitator. That's where i was certified by SARPCCO to through Institute for Security Studies to become a regional facilitator in Peace operations after several presentations, role plays, exercises."

2.7 WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MAIN OUTPUTS? ATTACH ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTATION. (200 words)

"The outcomes of the training was felt and seen by all those who attended the training , even the host countries appreciated my efforts on behalf of my country for actively being involved in the facilitation team.

Women participants were very much impressed and comfortable when topics of gender and sexual exploitations were deliberated by a woman like them for example in Malawi and Namibia i was the only woman facilitator the rest were men. i had to deal with all the topics that deals with gender issues.

The coodinating institute (ISS) Institute for Security Studies send an appreciation letter to the Commissioner of Police appreciating my release to go and facilitate."

2.8 WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MAIN OUTCOMES? PLEASE PROVIDE EVIDENCE SUCH AS FEEDBACK FROM BENEFICIARIES, TESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE, QUOTES FROM EVALUATIONS. (300 words)

"The outcomes of the training was felt and seen by all those who attended the training, even the host countries appreciated my efforts on behalf of my country for actively being involved in the facilitation team.

The coodinating institute (ISS) Institute for Security Studies send an appreciation letter to the Commissioner of Police appreciating my release to go and facilitate."

2.9 CHALLENGES: WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS YOU HAVE HAD IN IMPLEMENTING THE PROJECT AND HOW HAVE YOU ADDRESSED THEM?

"During the process of implementing the project I had some challenges in the use of the Official language. In some countries English is not spoken often so I had a hard time because some learners did not understand English properly. As a remedy i had to use an interpreter who interpreted throughout the lesson. That ended up taking a bit of a time since he had to interpret what i said from English to Porturgese, than interpret their responses from Portugese to English and so on.

- Another challenge that i experienced during the implementation of the project was that the training period was too short.

It was supposed to be a 3 week programme, tests and field exercises inclusive, but it was conjested in a period of only one week.

The issue of short period was resolved by working more hours for example the lessons started at 0700 hours up to 1800 hours including weekends since we had to finish the programme within a stipulated period ( 1 week)

- Time to prepare for a lesson was also a challenge, because as a public prosecutor i had to commute everyday from Sowa

Town to Francistown to prosecute over the Station cases at court, and i had to prepare for the training when i knocked off duty, and at the same time having to carryout household chores. I resolved the issue by being up doing preparations up to 0200 hours.

2.10 LESSONS LEARNT: WHAT LESSONS DID YOU LEARN IN THIS PROCESS AND HOW WILL YOU APPLY THEM? (300 words)

"I have learnt during presentations that some of the Police officers were once been deployed to missions to carry out the Police mandate, such officers had experience when it comes to gender issues, violence and conflict resolution.

They shared experiences of mission area, they shared about the types of cases of cases of gender based violence they came across with and how they dealt with it.

From the experiences that they shared during class i learnt that culture and religion of the host country has to be totally respected by all. I also learnt that officers who engage in gender based violence are deported to their respective countries which is embarrassing."

"The process is of paramount importance and have permanent life span, so the process can be replicated by other stakeholders. This will help them to address gender based violence properly without becoming perpetrators and will also hep them to bench mark from our strategy

- This will lead to eradication of gender based violence as a way of sustaining the process for a long period

- Iam of the view that my country has to replicate the process of deploying trained officers to war torn areas to utilise the knowledge that they received, take part by protecting victims of gender based violence and also preventing gender crimes. That only will raise our flag and have experience, and when situations of war can by chance comes into our country we be in a position to resolve them.

- For the project to continue beyond its life span the country has to contribute towards the deployment of peace officers in areas that are affected, because they will apply the skills they are taught and also to save the communities that are vulnerable to gender based violence. If our country or colleagues takes part the project will be copied or replicated by others for sustainability and it will go a long way because its effects will be seen and recognised globally.

2.1 SYNOPSIS: BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE GOOD PRACTICE AND MOTIVATION AS TO WHY IT IS A GOOD PRACTICE? (150 words) *

This project is a collaboration of the Women's Affairs Department, Botswana Police Service No. 9 District and Peace Corp volunteers with the aim of project was to end gender based violence in the district. However, statistics revealed that the Midddlepits catchment had high gender based violence cases hence the project was piloted at the Middlepits catchment area.

2.2 HOW DOES THIS ACTIVITY CONTRIBUTE TO ACHIEVING THE 28 TARGETS OF THE SADC PROTOCOL ON GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT? PLEASE NAME THE RELEVANT TARGET. (200 words) * Yes - Article 20 . 1 (a) because by 2015, enact and enforce legislations prohibiting all forms of gender based violence.

2.3 BRIEF BACKGROUND: WHY DID THE ACTIVITY COME ABOUT? WHAT PROBLEM OR CONTEXT IS IT RESPONDING TO? (300 words) *

Mobilised the community of the Middlepits catchment area which comprises of 5 villages which are Kolonkwaneng, Bogogobo, Middlepits, Khuis and Gakhibane for the commemoration of 16 days of Activism on Violence against Women and Children. This area was targeted because of the high prevalence of violence in that area.

2.4 OBJECTIVES: WHAT DID THE PROCESS SET OUT TO DO? (250 words) *

To disseminate information on issues pertaining to violence against women and children.

To mobilise the community to be able to come up with strategies that address Gender Based Violence in their area.

2.5 TARGETS: WHO OR WHAT WAS TARGETED? (100 words) * Community leaders were targeted, among them were chiefs, pastors, school heads, local councillors, youth representatives, villagedevelopment committees representatives, parents, teachers association representatives and health education officers from all the five villages. The house to house campaign targeted households where violence is prevalent and the commemoration targeted the community as a whole.

2.6 PROCESS: WHAT WERE THE DIFFERENT STEPS/ ACTIVITIES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION? (300 words) Community leaders workshop on Gender Based Violence was conducted for Middlepits Catchment area (Kolonkwaneng, Bogogobo, Middlepits, Khuis and Gakhibane) on the 13 - 14 November 2012 in Gkhibane. Sixty (60) (25 males and 35 females) community leaders from these 5 villages attended the workshop. Community who attended the workshop made a commitment by selecting a task team to conduct a house campaign.

A house to house campaign was conducted for 29 households in the Middlepits Catchment area on the 15 - 17 November 2012. The purpose of the house to house campaign was to reach community members at grassroots levels with information on domestic violence as well as sensetise them about the commemoration of 16 days of Activism on Violence against Women and Children. The house to house campaign findings revealed that violence prevails within the area and in most cases it is not

reported rather the matter is resolved within the family setting. Therefore the office has planned to use some members of the cfommunity who have shown commitment to ending violence against women and children as agents of change in the community.

White ribbon campaign: white ribbons were sistributed in each household reached and by wearing the ribbon was a personal pledge not to ciommit, condone and keep quite about any acts of violence, 180 ribbons were distributed during the community leaders workshop and in each household reached.

The commemoration of 16 days of Activism on Violence Against women and children was held in Middlepits on the 7 December 2012. Community leaders from the neigh-bouring villages also attended the commemoration. 135 members of the community attended the commemoration. The guest speaker made a commitment to ensure that churches take part in ending violence against women and children. He emphasised the importance of gender focal persons in churches.

2.7 WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MAIN OUTPUTS? ATTACH ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTATION. (200 words) * The Social Workers presentation on Children's Act and the guest speaker speech were covered in the government print medi9a, i.e. Daily News.

2.8 WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MAIN OUTCOMES? PLEASE PROVIDE EVIDENCE SUCH AS FEEDBACK FROM BENEFICIARIES, TESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE, QUOTES FROM EVALUATIONS.

We managed to enearth cases of defilement which involved school going girls which were not reported. We had a buy-in from Minister Fraternal who emphasised the importance of having gender focal persons in churches.

2.9 CHALLENGES: WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS YOU HAVE HAD IN IMPLEMENTING THE PROJECT AND HOW HAVE YOU ADDRESSED THEM? (200 words) * Lack of transport Lack of capacity, i.e. human resource - the social worker because of wide area of coverage was not even part of the house to house campaign. Lack of knowledge on the legal instruments protecting human rights.

2.10 LESSONS LEARNT: WHAT LESSONS DID YOU LEARN IN THIS PROCESS AND HOW WILL YOU APPLY THEM? (300 words) * There is a lot that need to be done in gender and development issues in the Middlepits catchment area. People still believe in keeping secrets when it comes to issues of violence and thus makes it difficult for them to open up easily about gender based violence. Intensify public education on gender based violence and the available legal instruments.

2.11 REPLICATION AND SUSTAINABILITY. CAN THIS PROCESS BE REPLICATED BY OTHERS, IN YOUR COUNTRY AND IN THE REGION? HOW WILL THE PROJECT CONTINUE BEYOND ITS CURRENT LIFESPAN? WHAT NEXT STEPS ARE REQUIRED? (200 words) * Yes it can be replicated. Community members can be used as agents of change in terms of addressing gender based violence.

Institution: WOMEN AGAINST RAPE

COUNTRY: Botswana

SURNAME: JOHN

NAME: TSHEPO

E-MAIL: [email protected]

SEX: Female

DESIGNATION: LEGAL AID SECRETARY

PHONE – WORK: 6860865

ADDRESS: P O BOX 779, MAUN

NGAMILAND DISRICT

WHICH ALLIANCE THEMATIC CLUSTER ARE YOU AFFILIATED TO?

Gender based violence

"WHICH ALLIANCE CROSS CUTTING INTEREST GROUP ARE YOU AFFILIATED TO?"

Not applicable

WEBSITE (IF APPLICABLE) - www.womenagainstrape

NAME OF GOOD PRACTICE

LEGAL AID PROJECT

2.1 SYNOPSIS: BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE GOOD PRACTICE AND MOTIVATION AS TO WHY IT IS A GOOD PRACTICE? (150 words)

"Legal Aid is the provision of legal services to indigent persons who need legal assistance to prosecute or defend their rights or resolve disputes that can be resolved by the application of law. every persons is entitled to equality before the law therefore this legal aid project is good because it is provide legal services on issues of family matters, labour disputes, land rights, to indigent people all over the country at no costs.

2.2 HOW DOES THIS ACTIVITY CONTRIBUTE TO ACHIEVING THE 28 TARGETS OF THE SADC PROTOCOL ON GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT? PLEASE NAME THE RELEVANT TARGET. (200 words)

"All women who are victims of gender based violence will have the access of legal aid EG women who are divorced will have equal share of properties with their husband after divorce is granted all children whose properties are grabbed will get their properties back.

The relevent target is Article 20 -25 of SADC protocol ( Gender Based Violence)"

2.3 BRIEF BACKGROUND: WHY DID THE ACTIVITY COME ABOUT? WHAT PROBLEM OR CONTEXT IS IT RESPONDING TO? (300 words)

All counties have agreed that every person should be given equal rights to justice, which the government of Botswana must budget for justice so that every person should have access to legal services with no cost. In every budget speech there must be a budget for justice.

2.4 OBJECTIVES: WHAT DID THE PROCESS SET OUT TO DO? (250 words)

Every person is entitled to equality before law, LAB therefore endeavors within its means, to balance the scales of justice in an independent and impartial manner, its objective is to make legal aid available to indigent persons as widely as possible

2.5 TARGETS: WHO OR WHAT WAS TARGETED? (100 words)

"Children - boys and girls who are victims of gender based violence - women who are victims of gender based violence, males who are victims of gender based violence"

2.6 PROCESS: WHAT WERE THE DIFFERENT STEPS/ ACTIVITIES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION? (300 words)

"there is a means test which is used to see who qualifies for legal aid services. the joint income and asserts of the applicant are taken in to account and a calculated income is determined. only genuinely indigent people should get full benefits of the legal aid project. Some applications should be considered if the applicant does not qualify in terms of means test but subjectively judged, the person can deserve sympathetic consideration on the grounds of exceptional or other circumstances."

2.7 WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MAIN OUTPUTS? ATTACH ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTATION. (200 words)

"men and women, children who are indigent can easily have an access to legal aid issues with no cost in the Ngamiland district. The community of Ngamiland are educated on issues of criminal laws"

2.8 WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MAIN OUTCOMES? PLEASE PROVIDE EVIDENCE SUCH AS FEEDBACK FROM BENEFICIARIES, TESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE, QUOTES FROM EVALUATIONS. (300 words)

"There are 50 divorce cases covered by legal aid project, almost 50% of this cases were successful, divorce were granted while other cases are still on going.

There were 20 cases of maintenance and all of them were successful at magistrate court, the relevant people were given summons, they are paying maintenance through court.

2.9 CHALLENGES: WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS YOU HAVE HAD IN IMPLEMENTING THE PROJECT AND HOW HAVE YOU ADDRESSED THEM? (200 words)

"Lack of education about civil laws, this was addressed by raising awareness to the public through focus discussions and kgotla meetings. The other challenge was language barrier. This was addressed by involving legal Interns and community mobilizers who resides from targeted villages, because they speak local languages therefore it was easier for them to be understood by the public.

2.10 LESSONS LEARNT: WHAT LESSONS DID YOU LEARN IN THIS PROCESS AND HOW WILL YOU APPLY THEM? (300 words)

"community ownership: it is very important to involve local leaders and the community from beginning to end. To involve other stakeholders in the targeted villages as they can provide other services to the community at large"

Yes this can be replicated as laws are all over the country e.g common and customary law. There are indigent persons all over the country who are victims of gender based violence and cannot afford .

NAME OF INSTITUTION: BOTSWANA POLICE SERVICE COUNTRY: BOTSWANA SURNAME: MOTHOGAESI NAME: MARIA THULAGANYO EMAIL: [email protected] SEX : FEMALE DESIGNATION: Gender Based Focal Point Person PHONE: 267 5932330 CELL: (267) 72556094/ 74158411 782329877 FAX: (267) 5932330

PRESENTATION OF GOOD PRACTICE

WHICH ALLIANCE THEMATIC CLUSTER ARE YOU AFFILIATED TO? Constitutional and Legal Rights.

WHICH ALLIANCE CROSS CUTTING GROUP ARE YOU AFFILIATED TO? Not Applicable

WHICH ALLIANCE COUNTRY CLUSTER ARE YOU AFFILIATED TO? Botswana

WEBSITE (IF APPLICABLE)

NAME OF GOOD PRACTICE : Fighting gender based through community policing.

2. PRESENTATION OF GOOD PRACTICE (PLEASE SEE GUIDELINES ON THE WEBSITE.) 2.1 SYNOPSIS: BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE GOOD PRACTICE AND MOTIVATION AS TO WHY IT IS A GOOD PRACTICE? (150 words) *

Since the Gender mainstreaming programme started in the Botswana Police Service, victims and perpetrators even other members of the public have come to realise that GBV is a social problem that has to be addressed and dealt with. The public appreciates availability of information and assist the police in the detection of GBV related crimes. They learnt a lot during public meetings. They show through respond that is by asking questions or making comments that the meeting is very educative, they benefited something that can change their life styles. Parties of abuse are also provided with counselling. The interesting part of it is that victims and perpetrators, who have been counselled, don’t appear again in the office to lodge cases of the same class. Couples usually appreciate the help provided. As police officers there has been a shift from focusing on incidents of GBV as crime but having a deeper understanding of handling such cases beyond only addressing issues reported at police stations.

2.2 HOW DOES THIS ACTIVITY CONTRIBUTE TO ACHIEVING THE 28 TARGETS OF THE SADC PROTOCOL ON GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT? PLEASE NAME THE RELEVANT TARGET. (200 words) *

In line with article 20 of SADC PROTOCOL on gender and development,

The Police shall, by 2015 , enact and enforce legislation prohibiting all forms of gender based violence and ensure that perpetrators of gender based violence , including domestic violence, rape, sexual harassment and all forms of gender based violence are tried by court of competent jurisdiction.

---ensure justice and fairness are accorded to survivors of gender based violence in a manner that ensures dignity, protection and respect.

--ensure capacity building, awareness raising and sensitisation campaigns on human trafficking in the country. .

---We shall during times of armed and other forms of conflict takes such steps as are necessary to prevent and eliminate incidences of human rights abuses , especially of women and children, and ensure that the perpetrators are brought to justice before court.

2.3 BRIEF BACKGROUND: WHY DID THE ACTIVITY COME ABOUT? WHAT PROBLEM OR CONTEXT IS IT RESPONDING TO? (300 words) *

Gender based violence (GBV) is a global problem which cuts across all sectors of the population. The phenomenon has negative consequences not only on the physical and emotional well-being of survivors but also on developing economies like Botswana. The number of cases of sexual and gender based violence reported to the Botswana Police Service suggest an increasing trend over years. It has to be understood however that not all cases are reported to the police.

The BPS has over the years strived to come up with comprehensive strategies to address the problem and due to financial resources fell way off below societal expectations. It has to be noted that up to date a total of 164 officers have been trained and appointed as Gender Focal Persons at our different police stations. The majority of officers both in management and operational cadres have not been trained due to limited financial resources. Those who have been trained were only taken through basic gender and GBV concepts.

2.4 OBJECTIVES: WHAT DID THE PROCESS SET OUT TO DO? (250 words) *

In 2006, the BPS appointed a workplace Gender Reference Committee with the following objectives:

• Ensuring mainstreaming of gender issues within the Botswana Police Service.

• Promotion of gender equality within the police organization.

• Building capacity on gender and development issues within the police service.

• Developing gender sensitive strategies in the management of gender based violence cases.

Appointment of District and Station Gender Focal Persons:

• A total of 164 officers have been trained to date at both police district and station level. Each police station has two focal persons one of whom is at supervisory level.

• 15 have been appointed as District Gender Focal persons for the police Districts.

In addition to that police officers of ranks ranging from constable to assistant superintendent were trained and appointed as gender focal persons at both station and district level. The station Gender Focal Persons are charged with the responsibility of implementing the gender programme with particular emphasis on responding to and eliminating GBV.

2.5 TARGETS: WHO OR WHAT WAS TARGETED? (100 words) *

The target of undertaking such an initiative has been to fight the gender based violence as both a crime and a social problem. When addressing GBV issues as the police, concentration is not only on victims but also on the perpetrators. All sectors of the community are targeted since GBV knows no boundaries. There are various programmes ranging from dealing with women, men, children as well as community leaders. In a bid to address the problem, victims and survivors who are mostly women are encouraged to report cases to the police. Male perpetrators are also encouraged to seek help particularly when they have misunderstandings which have a potential of culminating into gender based violence.

2.6 PROCESS: WHAT WERE THE DIFFERENT STEPS/ ACTIVITIES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION? (300 words) *

• The organization through its relevant structures attends to issues of gender based violence as the first possible point of contact with the survivors and witness.

• Conducts enquiries and investigations into alleged offences/crimes of gender based violence.

• Interview survivors and witnesses as well as interrogate suspects and alleged offenders.

• Providing psycho-social support services to survivors through the BPS helping professions structures (police social workers, counsellors and psychologists. These services are offered at a minimal scale due to shortage of qualified professional.

The steps that are normally undertaken also include sensitizing communities on crime and in particular GBV through the use of community policing structures such as clusters, schools out reach programmes.

2.7 WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MAIN OUTPUTS? ATTACH ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTATION. (200 words) *

OFFENCES YEAR 2011 YEAR 2012 Malicious damage to property 1 6 Assault common 26 20 Rape 12 14 Unlawful wounding 6 4 Failure to comply 0 1 Common nuisance 3 10 Assault O A B Harm 10 18 Use of insulting language 1 6 Threat to kill 3 2 Affray 4 2 Murder 3 2 Defilement 1 1 Grevious harm 0 1 Arson 1 1

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2.8 WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MAIN OUTCOMES? PLEASE PROVIDE EVIDENCE SUCH AS FEEDBACK FROM BENEFICIARIES, TESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE, QUOTES FROM EVALUATIONS. (300 words) *

See attachment.

2.9 CHALLENGES: WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS YOU HAVE HAD IN IMPLEMENTING THE PROJECT AND HOW HAVE YOU ADDRESSED THEM? (200 words) *

Takatokwane Police Station is situated in a rural village in the Kweneng District 138 kilometres west of Molepolole village. This remote police station with a human resource base of thirty-five police officers. The police station covers a catchment area of six villages of an average radius 60 kilometres. This often makes it difficult for the police to effectively implement all the planned activities thus compromising quality service and increasing the risk of escalation of GBV issues. The BPS deals with victims, survivors and perpetrators of GBV. The public outcry normally centres on inadequate police response to GBV issues. This response can overtime influence the victim or survivors’ participation in all criminal justice processes trying to address their issues.

2.10 LESSONS LEARNT: WHAT LESSONS DID YOU LEARN IN THIS PROCESS AND HOW WILL YOU APPLY THEM? (300 words) * I initially started my career as an average police officer dealing with issues of crime in general irrespective of the different typologies. Being appointed as the station gender focal person has made me to appreciate the complexities associated with cases of this nature. I now feel confident in dealing with such issues.

This project is sustainable and its effectiveness cannot over-emphasize. I will ensure that my station continues to provide quality service when handling issues of GBV. This will include among other issues the provision of public education to all members of the community and involve men as allies and not bystanders in the prevention and elimination of GBV. I will also sensitize other officers on basic of gender and gender based violence so that during my absence they will continue doing the work. -shall provide gender based awareness to other service providers involved in gender based violence such as the judiciary, health and social workers to enable them offer services to people with special needs. Community sensitisation programmes regarding available services and resources for survivors of gender based

NAME OF INSTITUTION: Gamodubu Child Care Trust (GCCT)

COUNTRY: Botswana

SURNAME: Madikwe

NAME: Shirley

DESIGNATION: Coordinator

ADDRESS: Gaborone, Botswana

WHICH ALLIANCE THEMATIC CLUSTER ARE YOU AFFILIATED TO? *

Gender based violence

WHICH ALLIANCE CROSS CUTTING INTEREST GROUP

ARE YOU AFFILIATED TO? *

Faith based organisations

WHICH ALLIANCE COUNTRY CLUSTER ARE YOU AFFILIATED TO?

Botswana

NAME OF GOOD PRACTICE: “Do not turn a blind eye”

- Food from the garden volunteers helping on brick laying to construct kitchen

- Study club to empower children grannies club sawing to educate children on kniting

2.1 SYNOPSIS: BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE GOOD PRACTICE AND MOTIVATION AS TO

WHY IT IS A GOOD PRACTICE?

I as a Coordinator/founder of GCCT set down with community as I have realised that

Gamodubu has a big challenge which has forced us to bring a change, that is there is lot of poverty stricken families, other children being abused which leads to parents deserting thier children. Most of parents in this areas are not educated that they end up being teen age mothers and be responsible at an early stage hence end up being child headed families. The worst scenario was when during the home visits, found that there are lot disable children of teen age mothers.

There is more worst in the Gamodubu village that there is a landfill which causes lot of flies causing diarrhea and other food poisoning illnesses which leaves us in dilemma of who in future will leave a healthy life. Other challenges are children walking a long distance to school ending up being vulnerable in all spheres.

2.2 HOW DOES THIS ACTIVITY CONTRIBUTE TO ACHIEVING THE 28 TARGETS OF THE

SADC PROTOCOL ON GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT? PLEASE NAME THE RELEVANT TARGET.

Looking into the SADC protocol article 20-25 on Gender Based Violence, it has shown that (GCCT) has dearly dealt with prevention, treatment and care of survivors of sexual assault. The impact of the programme during the last 5 years has been beneficial to the communities. It is too early yet to quantify the impact on the long-term objective of improving attitudes, practices and behaviour among the vulnerable population groups in programme areas. However given the data obtained from the monitoring reports and also from the activities of the Orphans and Vulnerable Children and Home Based Care Givers there are indications that many communities members are being reached with the interventions. This is expected to lead to behaviour change among beneficiaries.

2.3 BRIEF BACKGROUND: WHY DID THE ACTIVITY COME ABOUT? WHAT PROBLEM OR

CONTEXT IS IT RESPONDING TO?

The government of Botswana provides HIV and AIDS services ranging from ART, treatment of opportunistic infections, social support to OVC, clinical home based support to home based patients testing and counselling. Despite these efforts, a relative gap and need remains. An example of this is the fact the government is not able to meet the psychological needs of OVC mainly because of shortage of personnel. Significant numbers of people enrolled on ART abscond leading to more sickness, deaths and increased infections. There is need to continue educating and counselling on adherence. Gamodubu comes in to meet the needs of the communities where the government and Non governmental organizations cannot. Gamodubu has the high rates of death in the community, therefore this has inspired the organization (GCCT) to come up with programs to care and support the children who are orphaned and vulnerable. The data was collected through netwoking with revelant stakeholders and this include, chief, VDC, care givers and children including community service providers.

2.4 OBJECTIVES: WHAT DID THE PROCESS SET OUT TO DO?

1. Prevention of further HIV infection

2. Expanding care, treatment and support

3. Reducing stigma and discrimination and

4. Capacity Building to deliver and sustain scaled up programmes

The Trust conducts the following activities in order to fulfill the above mentioned objectives and goal:

. Education for prevention of HIV and AIDS,STI and other communicable diseases

. Anti-Retro Viral Therapy Counseling for Adherence

. Support for orphans and other children made vulnerable by HIV and AIDS (OVC)

. Advocacy for access to services and for the rights of PLWHA, OVC and vulnerable people affected and infected by HIV and AIDS.

2.6 PROCESS: WHAT WERE THE DIFFERENT STEPS/ ACTIVITIES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION?

Output 1: Prevention of further HIV infection

. Conduct peer education activities in targeted communities to targeted groups

. Conducting trainings for community leaders and recruited volunteers on HIV prevention.

. Mobilizing and sensitizing communities on HIV, STIs, TB, common illnesses, and the use of

VCT, PPTCT, and ART services

. Distribution of condoms to communities

. Information, Education and communication for vulnerable groups

. Developing and supporting drama, radio, television programmes and educational materials informing people about HIV and AIDS, VCT, PPTCT, ART, OVC, women, stigma and discrimination, PLHIV and other related services

. Supporting targeted drama groups

. Promoting the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT)

. Training volunteers on PMTCT

. Conducting households visits and community sensitization to support the uptake of PMTCT services

Output 2: Expanding treatment and Care

. Set up and support kids club

. Formation of child care committees

. Formation of grannies clubs

. Conduct home visits for OVC

. Making a film on Gamodubu OVC project

. Conduct vulnerability assessment/selection of beneficiaries,

. Matching mentors and mentees, monthly mentor/mentees meetings,

. Official opening of the kids club,

. Picnic for OVC, mentors and guardians.

. Christmas parties for OVC

Output 3: Reducing stigma and discrimination

. Supporting HBC clients, families and OVCs to disclose stigma and discrimination practices and support them to refer such cases to legal and paralegal organizations

. Providing counselling to PLWHIV and CHBC clients on adherence to ART and preventing further HIV infection

2.7 What have been the main outputs?

2.8 WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MAIN OUTCOMES? PLEASE PROVIDE EVIDENCE SUCH AS

FEEDBACK FROM BENEFICIARIES, TESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE, QUOTES FROM

EVALUATIONS. (300 words) *

The program made significant progress in the year 2010 in terms of formation of the long pending forums for meeting for guardians; the grannies clubs. The centre has projects like gardening and poultry and 200 members respectively. The group have met on several occassions for group counseling including the issue of livelihoods income generating activities.

Through the year, Volunteers including mentors conducted home visits at least once a month to the beneficiaries and their families. Mentors have also been in touch with the centre to recommend referral of OVC cases to the Social and Community Development department. Kids Clubs activities are a strength to Gamodubu. Volunteers and Officials meet with Children during weekends for group counseling activities, play and learning. Of most important to note is that our Clubs service far more numbers than the target and the registered numbers. Children are attracted by the play equipment, games and the food. It is difficult to turn down these interested children especially at the village where they do not have anywhere else to go.

2.9 CHALLENGES: WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS YOU HAVE HAD IN

IMPLEMENTING THE PROJECT AND HOW HAVE YOU ADDRESSED THEM? (200 words) *

- Currently Botswana have activities in hero work, memory work, PSS activities like

Journey of Life, Body Maps and Tree of Life. This is mainly because none of the staff in the Program is trained on these.

- Lack of funding for Gamodubu. This area occasionally depends on funding from the business people.

- Regular drop out mentors and Volunteers in general constitutes a draw back as the whole process of getting children mentors has to be repeated (recruitment, screening, training and matching, monitoring until there if confidence).

2.10 LESSONS LEARNT: WHAT LESSONS DID YOU LEARN IN THIS PROCESS AND HOW

WILL YOU APPLY THEM? i. Financial management issues and lessons learnt. ii. PMER related activities and lessons learnt

iii. Volunteer management related issues.

One of the issues that came up during the meetings conducted in the beginning of February is the need to come up with Volunteer motivation strategies that would translate to retention strategies. Gamodubu is losing trained Volunteers to other Volunteer termed organizations that offer sizeable stipends. iv. 2010 planning process and lessons learnt

Planning was done with participation from the surrounding areas giving them chance to own up. With the objectives and activities of the Program clearly set, the experience is different as the feeling sometimes is the desire to plan on something different that program areas feel is of priority or at least should be put differently. v. Approaches taken to share lessons learned best practices and quality standards in the programme with the target beneficiaries, the team, and other organizations working in related fields, and to foster replication of successful elements of the programme.

Best practices are shared both within and outside the Gamodubu centre. An example of replication is the OVC mentorship program which was replicated to smaller areas around after having been a best practice in Gamodubu.

2.11 REPLICATION AND SUSTAINABILITY. CAN THIS PROCESS BE REPLICATED BY

OTHERS, IN YOUR COUNTRY AND IN THE REGION? HOW WILL THE PROJECT

CONTINUE BEYOND ITS CURRENT LIFESPAN? WHAT NEXT STEPS ARE REQUIRED?

Oh yes since it has brought a lot of light to this children and now are able to voice out their problems also they can make their own decisions in a positive way. The project will initially support 207 children and their guardians through a family centered approach. Community sensitization and mobilization have been on going since an volunteers are placed in the area. The vulnerability assessment will determine which children will be in the programme that is how many orphans and those with special needs.

Steps to be taken

. Data collection during situation analysis

. Analysis of data and writing report

. OVC project plan (according to the analysed data and the HIV operational plan)

. Community sensitization and mobilization

. Discussion with important local stakeholders about the planned project e.g. Chiefs, and Social Worker, Gamodubu and volunteers, children.

. Selection of volunteers – important to interview volunteers to find out their

knowledge and skills on working with children, discuss child protection with them and ensure they are suitable to work with the children. If possible it should be half male and half female volunteers and a mixed age group. Background checks will need to be made on all potential volunteers working with children.

. Agreement on selection criteria – child headed households should be top of the list

. Formation of the project child care committee. Members might include a teacher, nurse, social worker, Gamodubu member, local business person, volunteer supervisor, local leader, and at least 2 children – one male and one female. (The children might be chosen later by the children in the kids club, to be their representatives). The committee will decide on their terms of references but responsibilities might include – identifying the most vulnerable children and children most at risk in their communities, advocating for child rights, advocating for child protection and dealing with (or referring) cases of exploitation and child abuse, local fund raising, assistance in monitoring the project. This committee will also have a responsibility in ensuring the implementation of the Child Protection Strategy.

. Selection of children after discussions with S&CD, local leaders (headmen etc), schools, and child care committee according to selection criteria and ensuring that the children are the most vulnerable in the community

. Training of volunteers and child care committee members on the basic S &CD OVC module

. Home visits to discuss with the chosen children and their guardians – inform them about the project, ensure both children and guardians understand the project and want to be involved

. Purchase of equipment for kids club

. Opening of the kids club – invite children, their parents/guardians, local stakeholders

. Discussions with grannies/guardians on whether they wish to join a “Grannies club” and what activities they would like to do

. Setting up of grannies/guardians club

Collaborations with stakeholders

The support for OVC can be done successfully in collaboration with other key players in the village. The government departments, Community Based Organisations and community leaders in surrounding areas expressed interest in collaborating with Gamodubu to provide support to selected OVC in the village.

It is important for the Gamodubu to work closely with the S&CD social worker as they mostly provide support to orphans and those children whose parents are registered as destitute persons.

The police are also an essential part because they are the ones who are responsible for handling cases of abuse against children and general child protection. They can be used to bring perpetrators to book. On the part of OVC volunteers they are helpful when background checks are done.

The school personnel are also relevant in that some if not most of the children to be involved in the project are school going and therefore the Red Cross will need to work closely with teachers. This helps in the monitoring the performance of children at school.

Doctors, nurses and hospital social workers are also important stakeholders in that there are children who are ailing who will be involved in the project for example those with disabilities and those on ARV therapy.

The chief plays a crucial role as he is the overseer in the village and needs to be updated on all activities being carried out with children.

VDC: They are the village parliament and will be used when it comes to identification of some of the children to be enrolled in the project.

Publicity/ Visibility of the project

Gamodubu will ensure that the project is well known in the village firstly through consultative meetings with relevant stakeholders. It will also make sure that the entire community is aware of the project through community gatherings (kgotla meetings). At the end of the term a DVD (short film) will be produced for publicity purposes.

Monitoring and Reporting

Reporting will be done monthly basis and at the end of each quarter a report will be produced from the headquarters to the donor or as the donor see fit. Regular monitoring visits will be done by the Gamodubu team. A review of the project will be done.

EXIT STRATEGY

Support for OVCs is integrated and harmonized with other Gamodubu programmes. Vulnerability assessment for children to be part of the project will include those children already enrolled at the centre. Children with disability are largely vulnerable through disadvantage, child abuse, neglect and discrimination. government of Botswana through the Botswana Council of the Disabled.

The initial stages of establishment of the Program are the costly ones but as the year proceeds the project is bound to cost less. As mentioned earlier, the centre has been running for years through support and ownership of the branch and community. With integration, the OVC program should be sustained the same way. Through partnership and collaboration with the government, the program could benefit from support from the Department of Social Services through the NGO/CBO support fund. In general Gamodubu has ongoing discussions on sustainability through income generating activities in order to prevent dependence of partners and government for funding in the future.

ALLIANCE – FAITH BASED ORGANISATIONS

NAME OF INSTITUTION: BOTSWANA COUNCIL OF CHURCHES

COUNTRY: BOTSWANA

SURNAME: MOTUBI

NAME: MALEBOGO

SEX : FEMALE

PHONE: 267 5916013

EMAIL ADRESS : [email protected]

2.1 SYNOPSIS: BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE GOOD PRACTICE AND MOTIVATION AS TO

WHY IT IS A GOOD PRACTICE? (150 words) *

- Advocacy for non to gender violence march - reaches out to many people and those who are passing by- sensitization strategy- education.

2.2 HOW DOES THIS ACTIVITY CONTRIBUTE TO ACHIEVING THE 28 TARGETS OF THE SADC PROTOCOL ON GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT?

Yes the Tarmar campaign based on gender violence, it encompasses article 20-25 of

SADC Protocol: Constitution, Health, Education and human rights.

2.3 BRIEF BACKGROUND: WHY DID THE ACTIVITY COME ABOUT? WHAT PROBLEM OR CONTEXT IS IT RESPONDING TO?

The Council has over the years noted that it has not fully utilized its comparative advantage of working with grassroots communities, therefore intends to use the Tarmar Campaign to reach out its membership that stretches across all levels of the society, urban, rural and even the remote places in the country.

2.4 OBJECTIVES: WHAT DID THE PROCESS SET OUT TO DO?

- To create awareness on Gender Based Violence (GVB) among the faith based organisations or religious communities in Botswana.

- To encourage pastors/priests and their churches to use their gathering and platforms to speak out against rape and challenge all forms of abuse or anything that dehumanises the other person.

2.5 TARGETS: WHO OR WHAT WAS TARGETED?

Community mobilisation (Faith Based organisations/church/general public during the commemorations).

2.6 PROCESS: WHAT WERE THE DIFFERENT STEPS/ ACTIVITIES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION?

- Consultation Meetings- Launch of the Tamar Campaign on the 24th November 2012- Commemoration of 16 days of Activism in 3 villagers- Training of church leaders in 3 villages to support the Tamar Campaign during the 16 days of Activism.

2.7 WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MAIN OUTPUTS? ATTACH ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTATION.

- Mobilization of members- Meetings facilitated by Women's Affairs Department- Sermons delivered by pastors- Sensitization meetings conducted by Pastors- Media coverage (like conference, which was attended by 5 media houses) and the Daily News.

2.8 WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MAIN OUTCOMES? PLEASE PROVIDE EVIDENCE SUCH AS FEEDBACK FROM BENEFICIARIES, TESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE, QUOTES FROM

EVALUATIONS.

- The use of the Tamar Story during the 16 days of Activism made the GBV Campaign easy and appealing to churches. The churches found it easy to relate with such a story in their sacred books. This has therefore created a conducive and friendly environment to continue with GBV Campaign during the year.

- Most of the rural communities visited have expressed interest to host local campaign activities if support is provided to them.

2.9 CHALLENGES: WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS YOU HAVE HAD IN

IMPLEMENTING THE PROJECT AND HOW HAVE YOU ADDRESSED THEM?

- The Campaign did not fully utilize the established partnership between BCC and the other two main national faith based umbrella bodies namely, Evangelical Fellowship of Botswana and Organisation of African Independence Churches. These two participated in our workshops in the villages even though they were unable to organise their own due to limited resources.

- Lack of resources

2.10 LESSONS LEARNT: WHAT LESSONS DID YOU LEARN IN THIS PROCESS AND HOW WILL YOU APPLY THEM?

- As we move forward, BCC will ensure that these partners are brought on board.

- Resource mobilization in advance- Planning well in advance- Do the main launch on rotational basis so that we can reach far communities

2.11 REPLICATION AND SUSTAINABILITY. CAN THIS PROCESS BE REPLICATED BY

OTHERS, IN YOUR COUNTRY AND IN THE REGION? HOW WILL THE PROJECT

CONTINUE BEYOND ITS CURRENT LIFESPAN? WHAT NEXT STEPS ARE REQUIRED?

- Mobilization of many people coming up with various activities- Mobilization of resources, e.g. Dikgosi to talk to their people, Baruti to talk to their members and your groups- Reaching out the grassroots- Derive packages to sensitize the youth on life skills.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT – GBV

PALAPYE ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY

PRESENTATION ON: LG. GENDER VIOLENCE AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION

SADC GENDER PROTOCOL SUMMIT AND AWARDS GABORONE 26 – 27 MARCH 2013

COMPILED BY: PALAPYE ADMINISTRATIVE GENDER COMMITTEE

SYNOPSIS

Palapye Administrative Authority (PAA) is a Sub District that falls under Central District Council and covers a total of 27 villages of Tswapong. The Council staff was taken through the inception workshop in August 2012. PAA Council has a Gender Committee comprising of three women and two men which reports to Management meeting monthly on progresses made. At the moment it is working with the Local NGO’s in Gender Based Violence Campaigns through mobilization of communities on the SADC Protocol; sensitization on the Gender Based Violence issues and participation in the 16 days of Activism. The Council is on the verge of adopting the GBV action plan which is under review by the Council Management for adoption by the Sub Council. Although there is no specific budget for the implementation of the Gender Based Violence activities/campaigns, they are implemented in collaboration with other stakeholders such as Women’s Affairs, Botswana Association of Local Authorities (BALA), Gender Links and other Gender Based Organizations.

PAA, Council and Central Government departments e.g District AIDS Coordinating office, Women’s Affairs, National AIDS Coordinating Agency hosted the World AIDS Day Commemoration on 1 st December 2011. The committee is often invited to workshops on gender issues as facilitator and at times as an observer. PAA Council is embarking on a lot of rehabilitation & economic empowerment project, fifteen (15) in number of which the population of women is higher than that of men. The projects include among others, bakeries, leather works, dressmaking, tents hire. These projected are sponsored by government with the aim of alleviating beneficiaries from poverty. Mostly women benefit of these as they are victims of violence and thus it leads them to poverty. The Council has installed street lights in targeted areas where there are a lot of movement at night and serviced frequently. Schools are being paved to cater for those children with wheel chairs and currently the special class for mentally retarded children is being upgraded to go cater for their disabilities.

2.2 TARGET

Palapye Administrative Authority has Gender Based Action Plan though not yet adopted. The plan addresses some of the areas of GBV that are incorporated in our day to day activities under the Council departments. The Council has a committee that sets out to sensitize the public and raise public awareness about gender issues at different forums and through various activities. There is a poverty eradication program that is implemented through the National Poverty Eradication Plan. Ipelegeng is also a project that aims at alleviating men

and women from poverty. The majority of its beneficiaries are women who are hard hit as victims of GBV. One of the targets that the Council sets out to address is the area of Social, Economic, Cultural and Political empowerment (Article 22).

2.3 BACKGROUND

There was an inception workshop that was conducted for the Palapye Administrative Council Staff and Councilors in which Gender Based Violence issues arised. During the workshop, it was quite significant that less was been done to address issues of GBV especially amongst women and children. In another workshop that was conducted by an NGO called Project Concern International (PCI), the Council Gender Focal Pont was invited and had a chance to disseminate a lot of information to the participants who among others were people living with disabilities who in most of the programs, they are left out. Statistics from the Police also indicated that there was a lot of abuse and assault of women by men and that most it targeted women who are poor and people who are living with disabilities. Most the people living with disabilities were left out during planning. There is a lot of language barrier especially the deaf and facilities were not planned to cater people with some disabilities like those confined to the wheel chairs and those with stunted growth.

PAA has close of ------destitute persons, -male and------female of which most them are victims of Gender Based Violence.

2.4 OBJECTIVES

The Gender Committee together with other stakeholders is working together in consultations and seminars with the community in Palapye to sensitize them about the Gender Based Violence issues. The community is informed about the GBV and its implications with the intent of eradicating if not reducing the rate of GBV. During the workshop that was held in Palapye for the Village leaders and the community, some of the issues that fuel GBV raised were cultural inequality of man and woman when it comes to running of the family; and that a man is head of the family and has all the control over the family. The woman should is not supposed to make any decision about anything in the house. It is the time that the communities divert from the cultural beliefs and practices to understand that a woman has all what it takes to advise a man and be part of the decisions that should be made.

People living with disabilities, especially children are neglected and abused by their caregivers and its time that they play a vital role in the society and be part of decision making. According Botswana statistics, women and children are victims of Gender based Violence as compared to men. PAA statistics indicate that % of destitute is women who are victims of GBV and the Council wants to reduce the number of destitution through the rehabilitation projects.

2.5 TARGETS

Due to the high Gender Based Violence prevalence among women, children in Palapye, there were needed to address the aforementioned Despite the fact that PAA embarked on creating a safe and GBV free environment by putting up street lights in areas where there is much movement during the night, GBV still prevails at homes. As a result, the village leadership was addressed on the indicators and implications of GBV. Victims such as women, children

and the disadvantaged were gathered to discuss the types, root causes of GBV and come up with possible solutions to reduce it. Women, children and disabled perpetrators become victims due to lack of information on guiding legislatures. Currently the Council has a special class for children with disabilities and is working with the community to identify those children and assess and place them in relevant schools so that they can access basic education.

Research has shown that about 2/3 of violence takes place at homes and women and children being victims. GBV among women has proved to Impede women’s ability to live full and productive lives and a barrier to their economic development. The Council has invested much on women empowerment projects to alleviate them from poverty.

2.6 PROCESS

Council through the Bye Law enforcement Department is going round the villages on mission to control the sale of unlicensed liquor that contributes to high rates of women assaults and children abuse. Community leaders like Dikgosi and Village Development Committees (VDC) have been charged with the responsibilities of ensuring that peace prevails in the localities. There was a workshop that was held in Palapye main kgotla that involved Dikgosi, VDC, public (Men and Women) and people living with disabilities which came up with a pledge to end GBV at homes and the community.

During the workshop, women, men and people living with disabilities aired out their concern of how they are being abused. There were then group presentations on their discussions. At the end of the discussions, all present agreed that they will start the fight to end GBV from their homes and neighborhood.

Sixteen Days of Activism on Violence against Women and Children was commemorated in Palapye. All stakeholders were invited to attend. The day was graced with a march across the village. There was a road show at the mall in an open space targeting the larger part of the community where white ribbons where distributed. Pledges were made to end GBV by those who attended. There were later speeches by those who suffered the consequences of GBV and motivational speakers. The Member of Parliament for Palapye Constituency was amongst the speakers who graced the day. There were activities by children’s club and people living with disabilities from House of Hope and Kopano Rehabilitation Centre respectively. Women’s Affairs Department and other NGOs took part in making the day a success.

2.7- OUTPUTS

Twelve (12) out of the 15 beneficiaries who benefited from the rehabilitation projects are women. This shows quite a high number of women participation in empowerment projects. During the Sixteen days of Activism against GBV, 350 people signed pledges to stop Gender Based Violence. Since it was a Saturday, most people had gone for social activities such as funerals and weddings. The village leadership of Palapye attended the seminar on GBV that was conducted in the main Kgotla and participated actively. Ipelegeng Project9Labour Intensive) managed to clear a lot of areas around the Sub district that had grown shrubs to create a safe environment. Street lights that are on the targeted areas are maintained regularly. Women participate actively in Village Development Committees as Chairpersons.

There are market days each, last Friday of the month where the clients/beneficiaries of the rehabilitation & economic empowerment projects are collected to the markets places to market and sell their products. The Village Development Committees are consulted during assessment of beneficiaries of the projects.

2.8 OUTCOMES

Our Council Gender Committee has two men and the Gender Champion is a man. Men in the local community have started advocating for GBV. One project for bakery, Bakgopeng Bakery, comprising of four women has advanced so much that it now trains other beneficiaries sponsored by Council. Women have gone to an extent of venturing into agricultural projects of goats rearing that culturally was believed to be man’s business. Women participate actively in the VDC and other community activities, their voices are heard. Gender activities are mainstreamed into Council activities and celebrated under the Council’s budget. There are officers in the Council who monitor their progress.

There is market days the last Friday of every month in Palapye at targeted areas identified by the Council. The Council collects beneficiaries of the rehabilitation & economic empowerment projects from all the 27 villages around the Sub District to the identified market places for them to market and sell their products. This opens a market for their products as they are exposed to buyers who flow to Palapye month end for their pays and shopping. Parents with siblings who have disabilities have registered their children with different organizations for basic education. Some victims of GBV are now out talking openly about issues of GBV and going public. GBV is no longer something women hide.

2.9 CHALLENGES

Even though we admit that the Council is empowering women through some projects, there are some challenges that the beneficiaries face with regard to the management of these projects. Most of the women are single parents and illiterate. They have to take care of the siblings and manage projects that some need most f their time. However the Council monitors the running of the projects and trains them on basic management skills on various areas. The projects are also funded in term of material and manpower until they are sustainable. There is a lot of discrimination and stigmatization especially with people living with disabilities and HIV/AIDS. The Council as part of the Sub District Development Committee (SDDC) channel and discuss these issues and public education is disseminated to the communities through Village Multi Sectoral Aids Committees (VMSAC). Clients who are not able to work and are AIDS infected are assisted with monthly food baskets until they up on their feet and can provide for themselves. The Council from time to time inspects and maintains street lights. Plans are in place to include developing areas in plans for electrification.

GBV is a very sensitive subject that most people are not comfortable talking about it in public, some are in denial. There is insecurity of some victims talking about GBV, exposing themselves and their partners. Cultural beliefs amongst parents who have siblings with disabilities perceive it as a curse and it is very difficult for them to accept and abuse them. Their inclusion in workshops to participate creates an environment of acceptance.

Institution: Kweneng District Gender Committee Name: Boitumelo Anna Mogapi Name of good practice: Thursday’s in Black

SYNOPSIS: BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE GOOD PRACTICE AND MOTIVATION AS TO WHY IT IS A GOOD PRACTICE? (150 words) *

This campaign against GBV, which was launched in Kweneng District by the Gender Committee during the 16 Days of Activism Campaign in December 2010, is commemorated annually in the district to raise awareness and trigger action on this pervasive human rights violation as well as to unite the community to end violence against women and show support to all survivors of GBV.

It is also aimed at encouraging local churches to join hands with people around the district by wearing black on Thursdays to indicate that violence against women is religiously and morally wrong and to show that the district is tired of putting up with it hence the desire for a free violence community.

The response from churches has been positive and many people, both women and men, have committed themselves to wearing black on Thursdays. This is an outward sign of mourning and of standing in solidarity with women who have died at the hands of their partners and signifies a desire to make a difference in our district. The committee believes this to be a good practice as it brings all sectors of the community together from individuals to churches.

2.2 HOW DOES THIS ACTIVITY CONTRIBUTE TO ACHIEVING THE 28 TARGETS OF THE SADC PROTOCOL ON GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT? PLEASE NAME THE RELEVANT TARGET. (200 words) *

Target: Article 20-25 (Gender Based Violence) & to achieve a safe and a secure environment with a moral and tolerant community as outlined in the National Vision 2016

The committal of government in addressing GBV alone is not enough , we need the will of the people and all key stakeholders in putting government’s efforts to use for preventing and responding to all forms of violence against women and children. So the committee is bringing in the community to also take part for joint efforts can yield better results.

The intention of this campaign therefore is to draw the public’s attention to the complexity of violence against women and to the necessity of taking serious systematic measures aimed at its reduction.

2.3 BRIEF BACKGROUND: WHY DID THE ACTIVITY COME ABOUT? WHAT PROBLEM OR CONTEXT IS IT RESPONDING TO? (300 words)

Through a Stakeholder Consultative forum that was organized by the committee to deliberate on the trend of social-ills in the district; It became evident that GBV related cases

were unacceptably high hence the comittee decided to approach the problem from a religious perspective as a way of changing approach.

It focuses on ways that individuals can challenge attitudes that cause rape and violence which includes a c ombination of traditional interpretation of the scriptures and some traditional cultural practices that intensify the plight of women.

So there was need to make a call to the religious community to stand by its women and show support and solidarity to the victims of abuse because the ‘Age of Hope’ for young women and children depends on the society making it safe for them.

2.4 OBJECTIVES: WHAT DID THE PROCESS SET OUT TO DO? (250 words) * o This Campaign provides an opportunity to the community to reflect on what society can do to hold each other to account and challenge the structures that allow gender-based violence to continue. o It also intents to highlight the concern that the district cannot progress when part of its community is marginalized, mistreated and subjected to discrimination. o And lastly to encourage the community to stand up to the impunity that too often leaves the most perpetrators unaccountable for their crimes.

2.5 TARGETS: WHO OR WHAT WAS TARGETED? (100 words) * The event was targeting the entire community; for the fight against GBV needs the concerted efforts of all. It offered the community an opportunity to renew its commitment of freeing women from the nightmare of violence,

That is, all members of the community were targeted, both men & women, boys and girls as all members of a society have moral and ethical obligation to report cases of abuse, to assist the police and social workers in their investigation and to be available to act as witnesses in court to increase possibilities of convictions.

The victims and survivors of GBV, to indicate to their that their society will stand by them and ensure that they get help.

2.6 PROCESS: WHAT WERE THE DIFFERENT STEPS/ ACTIVITIES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION? (300 words) * o First the Committee requested for statistics from various Police stations in the district to appreciate the trend of GBV. o Committe drafted a five year plan to address the GBV issues as experienced by the district (the plan entailed activities & programmes/projects to be undertaken) o The Thursday’s in Black project was launched in 2010 during the launch of the 16 days of activism against violence

o In 2011, the district held a Gender Based Violence Pitso (i.e. a consultation forum) for all stakeholders in the district discuss the trend of GBV in Kweneng District in which it was resolved that the Thursday’s in Black be held annually o So every year, staistics are collected for comparism from all Police Stations in the District before a host village is selected (this year being Kopong after Molepolole & Gabane respectively) o After, a consultation meeting is normally held to brief the village leadership about the activity and to solicit their support before addressing the entire community o Working committees would then be formed to prepare for the event (which include finding and organizing the venue, identifying guest speaker and other speakers, invitations to stakeholders & mobilization of the entire community etc.)

2.7 WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MAIN OUTPUTS? ATTACH ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTATION. (200 words) * Strenthened and functional Ministers Fraternal Committees around villages especially where the campaign has been held.

ATTACH ACTION PLANS; POLICIES; POSTERS; PAMPHLETS; PUBLICATIONS; NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS; DVDs (YOU ARE REQUIRED UPLOAD AT LEAST ONE OUTPUT.)

2.8 WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MAIN OUTCOMES? PLEASE PROVIDE EVIDENCE SUCH AS FEEDBACK FROM BENEFICIARIES, TESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE, QUOTES FROM EVALUATIONS. (300 words) * Reduction in terms of statistics of GBV related offences which shows that the message is getting home.

YEAR Offence 2009 2010 2011 2012 (Up to Sept) Rape 102 109 93 62 Indecent Assault 4 7 8 5 on Females Defilement 17 20 20 9

Threats to kill 20 40 36 9

Unlawful 97 117 116 72

Wounding

TOTAL 240 293 273 157

2.9 CHALLENGES: WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS YOU HAVE HAD IN IMPLEMENTING THE PROJECT AND HOW HAVE YOU ADDRESSED THEM? (200 words) * The major challenge that is faced by the KDGC is that of shortage of funding; the committee often request for assistance from Women’s Affairs Department but The department is not able to meet the committee’s budget.

To address this shortage, the committee is often forced to revisit its activities and cut some off or substitute them with those that will not attract any cost.

2.10 LESSONS LEARNT: WHAT LESSONS DID YOU LEARN IN THIS PROCESS AND HOW WILL YOU APPLY THEM? (300 words) * o Through this activity, the committee has noticed that a lot of people are interested in joining in the fight against GBV, only do not know how to go about it. It also became evident that the community was not aware of the existence of the Domestic Violence Act of 2008 which challenges the committee to prop up its awareness campaigns. The committee therefore intends to establish gender policing committees in villages to keep check of GBV occurrences. o There is a lot of by-in from the community and church leaders which motivates the committee to move for declaring every last Thursday of the month a ‘black’ one. In all village where the campaign has been held, the Minister’s fraternal Committees are nopw active therefore the aim is to revive these committees through out the district.

This campaign, which the Gender Committee launched in Kweneng District during the 16 Days of Activism Campaign of December 2010, have its roots in groups such as Mothers of the Disappeared in Argentina, Black Sash in South Africa and the Women in Black movements in Bosnia and Israel as a human rights campaign. The project can therefore easily be replicated by any organization intending to unite the community to end violence against women.

SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, HEALTH AND HIV AND AIDS

NAME OF INSTITUTION PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT (MOH) COUNTRY BOTSWANA SURNAME MOTLHANKA NAME KELEBOPGILE G DESIGNATION Programme officer /Principal health Officer

ADDRESS P.O. BOX 41572, BROADHURST POST OFFICE GABORONE

WHICH ALLIANCE THEMATIC CLUSTER ARE YOU AFFILIATED TO? * Sexual and reproductive health; health; HIV and AIDS

WHICH ALLIANCE CROSS CUTTING INTEREST GROUP ARE YOU AFFILIATED TO? * Not applicable

WHICH ALLIANCE COUNTRY CLUSTER ARE YOU AFFILIATED TO? * Botswana

NAME OF GOOD PRACTICE Male involvement in SRH Prevention and management of GBV, STI.HIV/AIDS BACKGROUND TO THE MALE INVOLVEMENT IN SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAMME The 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held in Cairo, Egypt, highlighted the significance of addressing the sexual and reproductive health needs of all as a core strategy in the population and development discourse. It emphasized gender equality, and within this framework, highlighted the need to engage the male sector of the population into participating and bearing the burden of reproduction as equal partners. It was also at this time that the case of “the missing male” was formally acknowledged, and nations were called upon to actively bring men on board and make them visible, first as beneficiaries in their own right, and as partners and decision makers. Gender empowerment, reproductive health and rights were also key areas of dialogue at the Fourth Conference on Women and became central to the Beijing Platform of Action in 1995.

As part of follow up and implementation of the recommendations of the Cairo conference, and Beijing Platform of Action, Botswana government, developed the National Population Policy in 1997. The policy “addresses critical issues of concern with respect to the growth, structure and characteristics of the population of Botswana, and provides strategies to influence them in a manner conducive to the attainment of sustainable human development”.

Through The National Implementation Plan of Action for the Population policy and Programmes (NIPA) the objectives and strategies of the policy are operationalized into focused intervention programmes and activities with observable and measurable outcomes. Key thematic areas of action are among others Sexual and reproductive health. Male Involvement in Sexual and Reproductive health is an objective under this thematic area.

Botswana Government affirms its commitment to the international and regional declarations and conventions that have addressed gender-based violence such as the 1993 Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).

2.4 OBJECTIVES: WHAT DID THE PROCESS SET OUT TO DO?

The purpose of the programme is to strengthen institutions programmes enhancing Male Involvement in Sexual and Reproductive Health and the prevention & management of STI/ HIV/AIDS and Gender Based Violence and:

• To build the nurse's capacity on the clinical management of GBV • To improve quality of care given by individual health care provider and overall Botswana Health service response to GBV. • Build the capacity of health service providers to integrate MI in SRH, SRH rights, and the prevention and management of GBV, STI/HIV/AIDS into health services. • Build the capacity of health workers to provide male friendly SRH services • Mainstream gender, Male Involvement in SRH, Prevention and management of STI/HIV/AIDS and Gender Based Violence into the Sexual Reproductive Health Services.

2.5 TARGETS: WHO OR WHAT WAS TARGETED? (100 words) *

The target is health care service providers (nurses, doctors, health education educators, health community males, females , community leaders. religious leaders,

2.6 PROCESS: WHAT WERE THE DIFFERENT STEPS/ ACTIVITIES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION?

Consultations

A. Sexual and Reproductive Health, HIV and AIDS – Alliance Category

Gender Links – SADC Gender Protocol Summit and Awards

Date 02/14/2013 Name of Institution: Stepping Stones International Country: Botswana Surname: Lunga Name: Desmond Male Designation: Men Care Coordinator Phone: Work +267 573 9858 Address: Boseja North (Next to Roman Catholic Church) Mochudi, Kgatleng District, Botswana Mailing: Private Bag 00421 Gaborone, Botswana www.steppingstonesintl.org

Name of Good Practice: Men Care: Mochudi Father’s Group

2. Presentation

2.1 Synopsis:

The introduction of Botswana’s first even Men Care Father’s Group in Mochudi, Kgatleng District has been received with an overwhelmingly positive response from the community and the fathers themselves. Stepping Stones International (SSI) recognizes that in order to cultivate sustainable change for gender equality, an approach that focuses too narrowly on women and girls will inevitably fail to take root with the men and boys, who have an equal role to play in establishing new cultural norms. For this reason, SSI has partnered with Sonke Gender Justice in South Africa, to facilitate fathers support groups, which promote active parental engagement of men who are expecting new babies. Participating fathers are excited about the group and research shows that this is a critical time in a man’s life that can lead to long-term behavior change. The experience of the Fathers Group is also being broadcast on public radio, Radio Botswana II.

2.2 Contribution to the 28 targets of the SADC Protocol:

This project is directly contributing to Article 16: Multiple Roles of Women, as the focus on men as caregivers of infants and children is relieving some of the double burdens of working women, and women who typically raise children alone. It is intended at the end of the project, to submit a summative review of the Men Care Fathers groups to the Women’s Affairs Department, including a baseline and post-intervention survey of participants and their partners’ attitudes on gender roles and responsibilities, in order to inform gender equitable policies. This project also contributes to Article 21.2: Social, Economic, Cultural and Political Practices, as the fathers groups provide a forum to introduce and support gender sensitization, and raises public awareness through local promotional activities and a national radio programme. The project’s ultimate aim is promote behavior change and the eradication of gender based violence. The target of Article 26(c): Health is also served, as the programme is designed to support the mental, sexual and reproductive health needs of women and men.

2.3 Brief Background:

As a result of the AIDS pandemic, Mochudi is characterized by high numbers of orphans and vulnerable children; lack of male involvement in child-rearing; and the disintegration of the family unit. SSI has been working in Mochudi community for over six years, and has found that many children have experienced abuse and neglect from their caregivers. Many of our participants have grown up without knowing their biological father, and due to women’s high economic dependence on men, many mothers engage with several males partners as providers or breadwinners to support their family, resulting in confusion and distrust by their children. A recent national study found that 44 percent of adult men admitted to committing some form of gender based violence in their lifetime (Gender Links, 2012). The results align with the experiences of SSI’s participants, and expose an underlying vector in the spread of HIV that is only beginning to be understood at a policy level.

In the context of rapid modernization, migration and the changing roles of men and women, a new kind of family has emerged. There is more cohabitation, more divorce, and single parent households lending to confusion and insecurity for children, which leads them to engage in risky behaviour or seek out attention from unscrupulous sources such as combi (minibus) drivers. When boys and young men enter into relationships with girls and young women, the relationships tend to be based on material desires, over establishing a loving and mutually respectful relationship.

The Men Care fathers groups seek to address the dual relationship between absentee fathers and the perpetuation of gender inequality in youth relationships. By creating support groups for expecting fathers, men are offered a forum to discuss the social pressures placed on men, and the opportunity to develop effective strategies to counter-act these pressures.

2.4: Objectives

The overall objective of the MenCare Fathers groups is to promote gender equality and reduce gender-based violence. The project has five specific objectives, 1: Increase the involvement of men in gender equitable care and parenting in Mochudi, facilitated through attendance of MenCare fathers groups; 2: Increase engagement of broadcast and print media in communication about gender equitable fatherhood, within the implementation site; 4: Improve support for the gender equitable fatherhood programme by stakeholders including clinics, police centres, and social welfare offices; and 5: Improve visibility and membership of country based MenEngage network. Stepping Stones is currently engaged in activities serving each of these objectives, and the six-month programme is being extended for an additional six months.

2.5: Targets

The Men Care programme is intended to target “expecting fathers,” and it has been broadened to include men caring for children under the age of 1. The programme set out to establish four men’s groups, and three have been formed, with membership averaging 9 men per group. In order to generate grassroots support for the project, SSI undertook community mobilisation activities with the District AIDS Coordinator’s (DAC) Office, the District Gender Committee, the Botswana’s Men Sector at both the national and district level, the local police and prisons, as well as the teachers’ union. The project has been promoted nationally, via a radio programme. Initially a target of 8 broadcasts was set, and so far four

interviews promoting the debut of the programme have been aired, and the first of ten scheduled episodes has been broadcasted.

2.6: Process

The first step was to share a presentation of the programme, given by Sonke Gender Justice, on past experiences with fathers groups in Sweden, Russia, Brazil, South Africa and Namibia. The second step was to hold a discussion with stakeholders to get their views on the new fathers programme. From the discussion, a third step, a task team was developed to determine how the sessions would work, where they should take place, and how to select participants. In the forth step, the task team facilitated presentations with key networks, such as the police and clinics. The fifth step was to meet with District Health Team, and convince the district health team leader to partner with the project and refer pregnant ladies’ partners to the project. The sixth step was the design and printing of posters and invitation cards to promote the programme and attract participants. The seventh step was to run radio promotions of the programme. The eighth step was to host fathers’ soccer tournaments, inclusive of a braai, to appeal to men and build their trust. From there, the ninth step was to recruit men interested in participating in the support groups. The tenth step was hosting the support group sessions; to date 3 have been held. The eleventh step is in progress, the coordinators are currently developing new supplementary sessions on domestic violence, gender roles and working to include additional video materials for “what to expect the in delivery room” discussion session. 3 sessions are planned for post delivery.

2.7: Outputs

The SSI MenCare project has produced a multitude of communication materials as the main outputs for this project. These materials include an innovative radio programme with an unprecedented focus on men’s issues related to parenthood. Posters have been developed and put in key locations in clinics, government offices and popular community settings. Together with the posters, small invitation cards have been developed and distributed to clinic staff, to entice new expectant fathers to join the groups.

2.8 Outcomes Although the programme is still very new, outcomes are already beginning to materialize at both individual and community levels. For instance, one father participating in the programme reported that he has quit alcohol to be involved in the raising of the child. Another father reported that he is expecting triplets and his wife is so big now that he has decided that he will go the extra mile and help her with bathing. Participating men are changing their behaviours to be better fathers as well as better partners to their wives or girlfriends. All of the original members selected for the fathers groups continue to participate in sessions and demonstrate their interest and commitment to the programme. The radio programme has managed to reach out to the broader communities where callers make comments about their support for the idea, their desire to join such programmes and wish that Stepping Stones International could bring the programme to their districts. Men are now starting to reach out to search for information regarding custody issues because they want to take more responsibility of children they already have. On a broader scale government offices are keen on the uptake of the project and have been inviting the MenCare team to present at workplace wellness days and schools events. Clinic staff, NGOs and even private doctors in Mochudi are actively referring men to participate in the fathers groups.

2.9: Challenges

Working with men in an area traditionally and culturally viewed as work within the women’s sphere is quite challenging. Men are apprehensive at first and sceptical of what the project will offer them. However, once they attend one session the men have continued to attend additional sessions with commitment. A critical challenge has been the difficulty in identifying male partners. Out of 40 pregnant women identified by the clinics, only 20 of the women still had active relationships with their partners. For the others, the couple had either broken up, the man didn’t want anything to do with the pregnant woman, or the woman was unable to locate the father. From the 20 male partners who were reached by telephone, 10 either cited reasons of geography, as they live outside of Mochudi, lack of time to join the fathers group. From contacting 40 pregnant women, only 10 eligible participants were identified. Working with men also presents a challenge in identifying an appropriate venue, as men were reluctant to meet at a hospital or clinic. For our fathers groups, all sessions were either held at Stepping Stones International, the football pitch or adjacent to a sports bar. Stepping Stones International learned that one way to overcome the aforementioned challenges was to bring on board a trusted and well-known male member from the community to assist with the recruitment efforts.

2.10 Lessons learned

Through the first six months of this pilot project, SSI has learned the importance of community ownership and collaboration with key stakeholders. From the beginning of this project a group of key stakeholders were invited to learn about the project, offer their feedback in to recruitment process and identify the correct protocol to engage the clinics. It was also found that expecting men are the best people to mobilize other men, and to motivate each other for continued participation in the fathers groups. In order to keep male engagement it has also been found that meeting areas need to be comfortable for participants, providing the men with snacks and transport support are important feature that enables continued participation.

2.11 Replication and sustainability

The MenCare fathers groups are easy to replicate and relatively inexpensive to run. The current participants are expected to graduate the programme to become facilitators themselves, and form their own fathers groups.

This pilot phase ends in December, but there will be a review and considerations for scaling up the programme nationally. The next steps are to write more proposals to gain funding to train more fathers group facilitators, and avail funding to procure the necessary meeting supplies. SSI would also recommend establishing stronger project partnerships with sports organisations, Botswana Defence Force, Police, and Silver 7s (nurses, teachers, civil servants), where men can be found in numbers. SSI will also advocate for the involvement of more senior government officials in the project. SSI aims to present the Botswana MenCare project at both local and international conferences.

Name of Institution: Bomme Isago Association Name: Boingotlo Gupta, Executive Director Name of good practice: Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights

2.1 SYNOPSIS: BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE GOOD PRACTICE AND MOTIVATION AS TO WHY IT IS A GOOD PRACTICE? (150 words) *

Bomme Isago was registered as a membership organisation in 2006 to address the sexual and reproductive health and rights challenges faced by women infected and affected by HIV. These challenges included the limited access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services; stigma and discrimination; the women’s limited knowledge of or access to information about their sexual and reproductive health and rights and/or lack of capacity or confidence to demand them; and socio-cultural barriers to women’s capacity to exercise their sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Bomme Isago seeks to contribute primarily through advocacy and community outreach. It sees these strategies as essential to bringing about meaningful, effective and long term impact by facilitating changes in legislation, policy and programming, and building community support. In these interventions, Bomme Isago sees as critical the active involvement of its membership to give human faces, and voices, to the issues. Bomme Isago Association is a Network of infected and affected women by HIV and AIDS therefore the women infected and affected will be directly involved in the design and implementation of the programmes that will help in improving the quality of their lives.

2.2 HOW DOES THIS ACTIVITY CONTRIBUTE TO ACHIEVING THE 28 TARGETS OF THE SADC PROTOCOL ON GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT? PLEASE NAME THE RELEVANT TARGET. (200 words) *

• Advocate for Sexual Reproductive and Health rights

• Eliminate stigma and discrimination of women living with HIV.

• Prevention of transmission of HIV infection and AIDS among women, men, girls and boys

• Prevent new infections of HIV by 2015

• Ensure the provision services

2.3 BRIEF BACKGROUND: WHY DID THE ACTIVITY COME ABOUT? WHAT PROBLEM OR CONTEXT IS IT RESPONDING TO? (300 words) * In Botswana today women continue to struggle to access and enjoy their sexual and reproductive health and rights, irrespective of their HIV status. However women infected with HIV are dealt with additional blows. To say the least, the condition of sexual and reproductive health and rights of women infected and affected by HIV in Botswana is mired by gaps across all levels.

Anecdotal reports by women themselves have shown that in spite of strides taken in HIV service provision, the state has failed considerably to provide comprehensive SRH services which would address the particular sexual and reproductive health and rights needs of women infected and affected by HIV. The state has also failed to provide legislative and policy frameworks with which to safe guard sexual and reproductive health and rights.

There are also a barrage of social and economic barriers which inhibit the ability of women infected and affected by HIV to access sexual and reproductive health and rights services. Stigma and discrimination by health care workers, family members and the community at large, coupled with underlying cultural beliefs about women and their sexual and reproductive responsibilities continue to stop women from making independent sexual and reproductive health and rights choices.

Women also continue to lack awareness about their sexual and reproductive health and rights with which they would be able to create a critical demand which would be hard to ignore.

While some civil society groups have attempted to respond, a greater effort will be needed considering the sheer extent of these issues.

2.4 OBJECTIVES: WHAT DID THE PROCESS SET OUT TO DO? (250 words) *

• To inform, empower and support women infected and affected by HIV to demand and practice their sexual and reproductive health and rights • To strengthen and mobilise community support for the improvement of sexual and reproductive health and rights of women infected and affected by HIV • To strengthen the protection of sexual and reproductive health and rights through changes in public health policies and practices and through the appropriate provision of law • To build knowledge about sexual and reproductive health and rights of women infected and affected by HIV by stakeholders.

The process was set out to achieve the following

• mobilise HIV Positive women • Raise awareness and sensitize WLWHIV through training; • Mobilise and train facilitators who will be responsible for mobilising women in their areas and empowering them with the appropriate advocacy skills

• Identification & Documentation of cases for advocacy initiatives

• Produce women leaders and pioneers on SRH rights matters

• Raise awareness among major stakeholders e.g. men, family members, society including service providers in order to reduce stigma and discrimination, gender based violence associated with HIV/AIDS

2.5 TARGETS: WHO OR WHAT WAS TARGETED? (100 words) *

Women and girls are the target group. The targets were as follows: • To inform, empower and support women and girls infected by HIV/AIDS to demand and practice their sexual reproductive health and rights • To advocate for women who are HIV positive and Gender base violence • To sensitise and show that there is stigma and discrimination in Botswana and advocate for zero tolerance • Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights; An adolescent is an individual between the legally recognized ages of 10-19 years. This roughly corresponds with physical, socio and psychological development in the transition from childhood to adulthood and requires the protection of the adolescents by the Community Support Organization hence the intervention.

Human Face and Voice

In an attempt to prove that HIV positive women issues are still not attended to, BIA took an approach of putting a face and a voice to the problems by compiling cases that will attest to the fact that SRH issues are still a problem in Botswana. The cases were grouped into categories as follows:

• Lack of access to health facilities and services:

• Stigma and Discrimination:

• Teenage Pregnancy:

• Gender based violence:

• Advocacy and Networking

• Capacity Building

2.6 PROCESS: WHAT WERE THE DIFFERENT STEPS/ ACTIVITIES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION? (300 words) * Its leadership has also worked in partnership with other civil society groups to further the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women infected and affected by HIV.

• It has raised the awareness of Parliamentarians on women’s health issues and built the capacity of many of its members with information on their sexual and reproductive health and rights and advocacy skills. This it has been able to do in partnership with civil society groups including The Botswana Network on Ethics, and HIV (BONELA) and Parliamentarians for Women’s Health Project (PWH) and the International Community of Women Living with HIV (ICW).

• BIA managed to employ competent staff, The Executive Director, Programmes Officer, Finance/Administration Officer and Office Cleaner/Messenger, which has improved on its

organisational development, also in place are policies to govern the running of the organisation such as; Financial Policy, Advocacy Policy, Networking policy and Volunteer Policy.

• BIA has been the nominated the Winner of Botswana Awards for 2012 on the Category of HIV/AIDS and Care work. BIA has also managed to expand her membership where 20 support groups have been affiliated to her. There has been an increase of individual membership of over 200 members. BIA has also expanded the coverage where the furthest group is 1000km from the office.

• There has been significant impact on the ground where BIA members are now actively advocating for their SRH rights, this has been evident by the increase in number of cases profiled and solved (25 cases); ranging from infringement of Health rights, Gender based Violence, socio economic and Stigma and discrimination. BIA members are now recognised at community level which increases on sustainability beyond BIA.

Networking Local

• BIA has formed strong networks with the following; Bonela for legal assistance, Bocongo for mentoring and training, Gender Links to assist with support on Gender based violence, NACA working together towards elimination of stigma and discrimination, Bonepwa assisting each other on issues of HIV/AIDS, Ministry of Health assist with facilitator on SRHR issues and HIV/AIDS, Nkaikela (Sex workers) who are also our members, Mothers Union (HIV + Teenagers) Batlang Jehova (Orphans)

Networking International

• BIA is affiliated to International Community of Women living with HIV/AIDS Southern Africa, where they share funding from Norad with other six countries in SADC region.

• We have networked with UN women where we take part in the monthly tele- conferencing where women of the world discuss issues of stigma and discrimination, ARVs, cervical cancer to mention a few and share experiences.

• We also are members of the GlobalPower Africa Women Network where we are involved with the discussing how to accelerate women empowerment and gender equality and issues of SRHR

2.9 CHALLENGES: WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS YOU HAVE HAD IN IMPLEMENTING THE PROJECT AND HOW HAVE YOU ADDRESSED THEM? (200 words) *

• From talking to HIV women it is very clear that there is lack of programmes that addresses the need of women, more especially HIV positive women. HIV positive women’s Sexual and Reproductive health Rights and services are not met, e.g., more often than not HIV positive women are not allowed to making their own family planning choices.

• There is a lot of stigma and discrimination among service providers more especially when HIV positive women use or want to use prevention of mother to child prevention programme.

There is lack of knowledge among HIV positive women While some civil society groups have attempted to respond, greater efforts are still needed considering the sheer extent of these issues. Due to the following problems: • We are reaching the same community of support groups, same number and failing to reach a wider community (A plan is needed on how to reach 256 000 PLWHIV)

• Empowerment and awareness is only limited to the support group member

• Failure to address and respond to human rights issues and linking them with SRH/HIV/AIDS

• Failure to address GBV and Socio Economic status of PLWHIV emphasis on women and girls

• Strengthening the linkages between CSOs and Government departments with the aim to address HIV/AIDS

• The need for strong Monitoring and Evaluation (Results of Capacity building)

2.10 LESSONS LEARNT: WHAT LESSONS DID YOU LEARN IN THIS PROCESS AND HOW WILL YOU APPLY THEM? (300 words) *

Bomme Isago Association’s growing membership of support groups and increased demand of services from HIV positive women and girls on SRHR, central to all programme areas is the recognition that the protection of human rights remains critical to a successful response to HIV/AIDS and TB. Protection of Human rights to those vulnerable to HIV, new infections, re- infections, cross-infections and Sexual Transmitted Infections (STIs) and those already infected is not only right, but also produces positive public health results against HIV

The denial to of human rights such as the rights to non-discrimination, gender equality, information, education, health, privacy and social assistance increases both vulnerability to infection as well as the impact of epidemic. While some progress has been made in developing legislation to protect women and girls from gender-based violence, there is need to develop adequate legal responses, even where laws do exist, implementation is inadequate and services are not available to support the women and girls infected and affected by HIV

LINKING HIV/AIDS AND SUPPORT TO OTHER SERVICES

Bomme Isago Association and Bonepwa Women’s affairs- To assist women to start up projects using the grant also provision of mentorship and monitoring LIMID- Link Support groups and provide monitoring and mentorship CSO (Referrals) Support structures in place to refer clients Ministry of Health (Assist and plan with CSOs) also providing referral systems between them and CSOs. Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs (Labour and Social Security) Extending their expertise and working closely with CSOs. Good referral systems in place Capacity Building that is evidenced based and addresses issues of human rights Police (Issues of GBV on PLWHIV)

Attorney Generals (Legal Advice, legislature and policies that addresses issues of PLWHIV) Media publishing articles that inform the nations with the HIV/AIDS information

• Bomme Isago Association, BONEPWA and BOFWA to come up with a combined efforts to work together to reach wider community each bring their strengths after the SWOT analysis • Link SRH/HIV/AIDS and other factors ,eg Economic empowerment using the available resources from the government (Women’s Affairs, LIMID) • The need to address Human rights issues that arise from HIV/AIDS (Advocacy) • Produce women leaders who are pioneers of SRHR/HIV/AIDS • Address Gender Based Violence

LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP

Leader: Boitumelo Anna Mogapi Office of the District Commissioner

SUMMARY OF WAYS IN WHICH THE LEADER HAS ENGAGED WITH THE COE PROCESS The leader initiated for the formation of a Gender Committee in the District to mainstream, monitor and deal with issues of gender in general. o TITLE: A CATCHY HEADER, THAT CAPTURES THE ESSENCE OF THE LEADER, NO MORE THAN 10 WORDS.

‘A servant leader’; whose leadership is examplery rather than command’ o ANECDOTE: BEGIN WITH AN ANECDOTE ABOUT THE LEADERS MOST MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE INFLUENCING CHANGE ON GENDER: THIS MAY BE FUNNY, EMOTIONAL, ENGAGING. (300 WORDS ) *

I believe like they say that leadership is about changing people. It is about taking people from where they are now to where they need to be and that the best way to get people to the unknown terrain is to make it desirable by taking them there in their imaginary minds. This is how I got the Minister’s Fraternal to be nvolved in issues of gender equality and violence. o A SHORT HISTORY OF THE LEADER’S LEARNING JOURNEY

Describe the nature of the leader’s work.

The leader is a District Officer who is responsible for assisting the District Comissioner in coordinating development programmes and policies in the district as well as assist the community in mediating on social issues.

Give a brief history of the leaders first and subsequent encounters with coe work: please include any negative experiences.

In mediating on the various social issues brought to our office, I came to realise that most of the social ills that freqent our office could be addressed by dealing with disparities in gender issues especially that the Women’s Affairs Department was located some distance from the district hence refering people there was a great challenge.

A lot of cases were brought in by women, some badly abused and because of culture could not report their cases to Police hence I was compelled to come up with an initiative to address this.

What has changed in this person’s life?

Initially I used to send back clients to report their cases to their elders but has sincce changed my thinking and no longer leave any abuse cases unattended.

Why has it changed?

Because as I came to understand issues of gender equalit and gender based violence more, i came to realise that some need to stand up and make the district realise what these two concepts intails in terms of the district’s development and proggress.

To what extent is the coe work responsible for this change? Please be very specific.

It is with the support (financial and technical) of the Office of the District Commissioner that I have been able to see the Gender Committee has managed to undertake its mandate in the district.

Is there any specific person who has mentored this leader? Please be specific.

My previous supervisor (DC Sumbe Ongadile) who is now retired; actually supported the initiative of establishing the Gender committee and offered his leadership support.

What skills; knowledge; values and attitudes has the leader gained through the COE process?

I have been able to attend trainings on feminism and gender based violence as well as attend consultative forums on gender issues on behalf of the district hence gaining experience and skill.

What other factors have been responsible for this change?

Understanding of the culture of Bakwena has helped me to come up with better strategies of dealing with issues of gender and culture.

o PLEASE CAPTURE ANY LIGHT BULB MOMENTS, THROUGH ANECDOTES AND EXAMPLES. (500 WORDS) *

The day the committee was launched at the main kgotla in July 2007, in my speech as the Chairperson, I called upon the attendents to note that gender based violence is a challenge in kweneng and government efforts alone were not enough to address it hence all need to know that ‘ending violence starts with each and every individual’

I challenged the audience by asking that those who had never been affected (it may not be you but we are all affected) by GBV raise their hands and nobody did so I said that was a good sign that we are all in this fight! So all I needed to work on then was people’s commitment.

I had been able to tackle the issue of gender and culture with the traditional leadership (though a very sensetive issue for anything that the elders feel is a challenge to tradition will not easly go by, Remember the

chiefs are the custodians of tradition). So they were very much against the issue the condemation of having mistresses; as they indicated it something that has been practiced over time and there was nothing wrong about it. I simply said then lets go and encourage our sons to have more partners and see the chaos that will followand closed the discussion! After a break, a good number of them had justifications as to why it cannot work in this era and in clonclusion agreed that it was a practice that should be left in the past.

o WHAT ROLE HAS THE LEADER PLAYED IN MAINSTREAMING GENDER? (200 WORDS) *

Arranged for the orientation and training of the established Gender Committee to empower it to be able to effectively undertake their role as gender champions. I also resourced for funds to run awareness workshops for various sectors in the ditrict amongst them the district leadeship, heads of various government departments and NGOs as well as FBO. The aim was to have the support and understanding of the leadership as we work towards mainstreaming gender in all sectors of the society.

For example, it was easy to make Social Community Development (S & CD) department aware that their food basket was not gender sensetive as it did not include sanitory pads for girls though they are a neccessity (because the head of department was already aware of what gender balance planning entails as he had attended the awareness workshop).

o WHICH PROVISIONS OF THE SADC GENDER PROTOCOL HAS THIS LEADER BEEN CHAMPIONING? (200 WORDS) *

Gender based violence - though when I strarted I was more into mainstreming gender & equality but then realised that the root cause in everything is GBV hence its emphasize. o HOW HAS THIS LEADER INFLUENCED THE LEVEL OF BUY-IN AND INVOLVEMENT OF MANAGEMENT IN THE COE PROCESS? (250 WORDS) *

I have been adament and persuasive when it comes to issues of gender whether funds are availble or not I alwas believe that with commitment the district can make a difference hence I have been able so far to win not only the backing of the management but the district leadership to support GBV initiatives or attempts . o HOW HAS THIS LEADER ENSURED THAT THE GENDER POLICY AND ACTION PLAN ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED? (250 WORDS) *

The Gender Committie had come up with a five year plan to drive the gender policy in COE and every year adopts an anuual plan to implenment which is shared with the management and other key stakeholders such as Women’s Affairs Department. The plan will then be incorporated within the organizations plan so as not to treat it as as separate entity. Sharing the

plan enables us to source funding and technical assistance from our stakeholders. o HOW HAS THIS LEADER INFLUENCED THE BUDGETARY ALLOCATIONS FOR WORK ON GENDER? (250 WORDS) *

Not much, gender initiatives had only been able to have a share from the Multi-sectorial HIV/AIDS Committee funds for initiatives related to gender & HIV/AIDS (simply because the se funds are allocated by the district while the main budget allocation is done by the ministry and have not been able to influence it). o HOW HAS THIS LEADER HELPED TO POPULARISE THE COE PROCESS? (250 WORDS) *

I had ensured that the initiatives of gender based violence (GBV) are spread through out the district to get the whole community to be aware of the works of the organization (COE) in regard to GBV o PROVIDE TESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE FROM PEOPLE IN THE COUNCIL/MEDIA HOUSE OR IN THE COMMUNITY/AUDIENCE THAT REFLECTS THE INDIVIDUAL’S CONTRIBUTION TO GENDER MAINSTREAMING? *

Attached find three references from the COE, the media and women’s Affairs Department.

MEDIA – RADIO

NAME OF INSTITUTION: GABZ FM

COUNTRY: BOTSWANA

SURNAME: KENOSI

NAME: DANIEL

EMAIL: [email protected]

SEX: FEMALE

DESIGNATION: NEWS REPORTER

PHONE

CELL: 00 267 7515 5960

ADDRESS:

2. PRESENTATION OF GOOD PRACTICE (PLEASE SEE GUIDELINES ON THE WEBSITE.)

2.1 SYNOPSIS: BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ITEM SUBMITTED AND A MOTIVATION AS TO WHY IT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF GENDER IN MEDIA CONTENT? *

Its a news content on issue regarding Gender Based Violence. It focuses on reaching the nation and making them aware of the GBV reality.

2.2 HOW DOES THIS ACTIVITY CONTRIBUTE TO ACHIEVING THE 28 TARGETS OF THE SADC PROTOCOL ON GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT? PLEASE NAME THE RELEVANT TARGET. (200 words) *

2.3 BRIEF BACKGROUND: WHY DID YOU PRODUCE THE STORY? WHAT PROBLEM OR

CONTEXT IS IT RESPONDING TO? *

I produced the story in order to make my new listeners aware of the issues regarding gender issues. It focussed on issues on gender inequality.

2.4 OBJECTIVES: WHAT DID YOU HOPE TO ACHIEVE WITH THIS COVERAGE? *

To make authorities and the nation at large aware of the gender inequality reality and come up with a way of getting rid of inequality.

2.5 TARGETS: WHO DID YOU HOPE TO REACH? WHAT EVIDENCE DO YOU HAVE TO

ILLUSTRATE IMPACT? *

I hoped to reach the nation at large. The stories were posted on the GABZ FM Facebook page where we received response.

2.6 PROCESS: HOW DID YOU GATHER THE DATA, HOW MANY SOURCES, FEMALE AND

MALE DID YOU CONSULT? *

I gathered the Data through direct interviews.

2.7 PLEASE PROVIDE ANY EXAMPLES OF FEEDBACK THAT YOU RECEIVED FROM THE

ARTICLES (FROM WEBSITES, LETTERS, ETC.). ATTACH ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTATION. *

2.8 HOW WOULD YOU CONDUCT FOLLOW UP? *

I will go back to the interviewed source and see if there is any change regarding gender inequality reported on the last stories.

MEDIA: CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

INSTITUTION: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING

NAME: THABITHA GOMBALUME

DESIGNATION: PRINCIPAL EDUCATION OFFICER

ADDRESS: BLOCK 8 plot 34616, GABORONE

PHONE: 3653258

COUNTRY: Botswana

TYPE OF SUBMISSION: Radio

2.1 SYNOPSIS: BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ITEM SUBMITTED AND A MOTIVATION AS

TO WHY IT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF GENDER IN MEDIA CONTENT?

This is a radio program on life skills. The target audience is the in and out of school youth.it is about the plight of a woman but the story uses a girl child who loses all family members. As the eldest daughter she has to assume the role of an adult and fed for her younger sisters. She becomes very vulnerable, typical of all the HIV AND AIDS orphans in Botswana. Some social welfare officer uses his office to rape the girl. The girl is afraid of this act, more so that she is a virgin. She does not report or evening share her sorrow with anyone and finally she falls pregnant. The social welfare officer threatens her and orders her not to reveal that he is responsible for the pregnancy otherwise the wife would sue her. This program is excellent as it empowers the girl child especially the orphans who often find themselves in the same situation to say ''no" to such forms of violation and exploitation.

2.3 BRIEF BACKGROUND: WHY DID YOU PRODUCE THE STORY? WHAT PROBLEM OR

CONTEXT IS IT RESPONDING TO? *

A lot of children have lost parents in Botswana. Once this happens some children have to assume the role of parents especially the eldest child. These children have to find opportunities to make money to feed the younger siblings. Some of them are then abused either by government or nongovernmental officers who might abuse their offices for such acts. The program is therefore meat to raise awareness among the population as well as the girl child about the plight of the girl child especially the orphans to guard against such evils and report such cases without fear.

2.4 OBJECTIVES: WHAT DID YOU HOPE TO ACHIEVE WITH THIS COVERAGE? *

To raise awareness among the youth about too much trust of male strangers which normally result in rape, to educate the youth to avoid becoming victims of men and follow the right channels of registering for food basket in case they are orphans. To lobby for public support in fighting exploitation of the girl child

2.5 TARGETS: WHO DID YOU HOPE TO REACH? WHAT EVIDENCE DO YOU HAVE TO

ILLUSTRATE IMPACT? *

I hoped to reach the public in general especially the policy makers who might not be aware of such violation of the girl child and abuse of office. After airing this program, the radio station received a lot of calls from members of the public condemning such acts of violence. I now intend to produce a follow-up program together with local government about the assistance that is available for orphans as well as the procedures of accessing such services.

2.6 PROCESS: HOW DID YOU GATHER THE DATA, HOW MANY SOURCES, FEMALE AND

MALE DID YOU CONSULT? *

This program was based on a true story from my neighbours’ child as well as the experiences i gained having worked with orphaned children in Botswana secondary schools as pastoral head.

2.7 PLEASE PROVIDE ANY EXAMPLES OF FEEDBACK THAT YOU RECEIVED FROM THE

ARTICLES

Feedback is normally telephone call, the listeners are given a number to call and make comments.

2.8 HOW WOULD YOU CONDUCT FOLLOW UP? *

Follow-ups are normally based on the feedback given by the public. For instance this one was followed by another program on HIV AND AIDS to teach the youth about dangers of having unprotected sex or being raped where health experts were invited as well as the police.

ALLIANCE – EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Name of the Best Practice: Out of school Youth training Program Name of presenter: Leanne Britton

Designation: Chobe Fish Eagle, Group Training and Development Manager

2.1 SYNOPSIS: BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE GOOD PRACTICE AND MOTIVATION AS TO WHY IT IS A GOOD PRACTICE?

Out of school youth training program is a project that helps to empower youth on hospitality, tourism and wildlife conservation skills. These skills acquired at the end come with a certificate of completion for the youth that did well and it can be used to seek employment in the hospitality industry anywhere in the country. This project is a good practice because it helps develop and improve the lives of the youth in our community. It helps in the reduction of high unemployment rate as well as help to motivate the fight agains HIV/ AIDS. It also helps close the gap close for the S&CD graduates who do not have an opportunity to go for higher learning because of poor results. Through this project the youth are motivated that they can be anything they want to be in life as long as they set themselves to it. The youth learn through the Mongoose research the human-wildlife interaction and the effects the mongoose have human lifestyle.

2.2 HOW DOES THIS ACTIVITY CONTRIBUTE TO ACHIEVING THE 28 TARGETS OF THE SADC PROTOCOL ON GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT? PLEASE NAME THE RELEVANT TARGET. By educating and empowering the youth, article 14 on Gender equality in education is achived because the project is not biased to any gender and even through the training program, the youth are encouraged to look outside the norm and explore their potential. Article 17 on economic empowerment is also achieved because after the training some of these youth are employed within the Lodge therefore making them economically independent (so far 39.5% has been employed by Chobe Fish Eagle). Article 19 on equal access to employment and benefit is also achieved because the trainees are given equal opportunity to practise in all departments of the hospitality industry allowing all to choose where they mos enjoy and once they are employed they benefit the same way regardless of their gender.

2.3 BRIEF BACKGROUND: WHY DID THE ACTIVITY COME ABOUT? WHAT PROBLEM OR CONTEXT IS IT RESPONDING TO?

The project was respondiing to the high number of youth that are out of school, unskilled and hence unemployed. This issue therefore giving a rise to the number of the needy that are registered with the Council. It also helps combat the issue of Gender Based Violence which may come as a result of over dependence on partners for financial assistance. This project also addresses challenge which we have in Chobe of sex workers because once the youth loose hope they resort to doing anykind of business to support themselves and their families. There was also a gap of the youth who were graduating because of age from the Council programs with which there would not be a record of they are surviving after that.

OBJECTIVES: WHAT DID THE PROCESS SET OUT TO DO? The project is set to educate and economically empower the youth through the attachment training. It also helps to keep the youth from immoral practices such as crime and sexwork which is a challenge in Chobe. The project also helps to monitor how the

Council youth beneficiaries survive when they graduate by recommending them to go to the Youth council and join the programme when their results are not satisfactory. It also assists direct the youth into mature adults who are responsible and this is done by inspiring them through those who have benefited from the programme and had worst cases in their lives.

2.5 TARGETS: WHO OR WHAT WAS TARGETED?

The project was set out to target the out of school youth in the District and the Council beneficiaries who are unskilled and unemployed. The target was to train them so they could become a skilled workforce that any hotel or Lodge that hires them can also see results of their work. The project also target closing the gap that existed between stakeholders that can work together in addressing the Social ills of our community.

2.6 PROCESS: WHAT WERE THE DIFFERENT STEPS/ ACTIVITIES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION? (300 words) * Botswana National Youth Council (BNYC) came up with a proposal to the local lodges asking them assist provide industrial attachment for the youth that it would provide them with every three months. The five lodges agreed on this deal and set themselves targets to employ a certain number of their graduates when they had job openings depending what the attaches are interested in. Later on the BNYC proposed to Council to make follow-ups of their beneficiaries who were to graduate from the programme. To encourage them to come for counselling prior to their exit from the programme where BNYC would make a presentation on their services. It was from there that the Council took up the assignment to make a follow-up of their beneficiaries. Look into their results; provide them with all the necessary information about BNYC and other opportunities available in the District.

2.7 WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MAIN OUTPUTS? ATTACH ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTATION. At least 39.5% of the youth has so far been employed by Chobe Fish Eagle which amongst them is some who come from less privileged families. One from the less privileged family is put with the group because we believe, he/she can benefit a lot from the attachment and special Attention is given to this individual without their knowledge.

2.8 WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MAIN OUTCOMES? PLEASE PROVIDE EVIDENCE SUCH AS FEEDBACK FROM BENEFICIARIES, TESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE, QUOTES FROM EVALUATIONS.

The attaches have been able to learn not only about hospitality but as well learn about the wildlife and its interaction with the human race. Taking into consideration here the Mongoose research from the Biodiversity Center, there are some trainees who are now working in non-traditional areas as women because of the motivation they got from their Mentor. Some despite the odds being against them are providers to their families and even studying further because they dream big. 2.9 CHALLENGES: WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS YOU HAVE HAD IN IMPLEMENTING THE PROJECT AND HOW HAVE YOU ADDRESSED THEM?

Lack of interest by the youth on the programe. Usually the Mentor will just sit with them to try and understand their point of things and provide advice as to how the program can be beneficial to them. Sometimes it would b lack of interest from their trainers in the departments which still again the Mentor at Chobe Fish Eagle still finds ways to motivate them in their respective departments and sometimes organises a workshop prior to the

attachment to teach them about the benefits of assisting these youngsters. It has also become difficult to keep track of other trainees on whether they do get employed after the attachment, especially the graduates from the Council programs because of communication barriers. This has not yet been resolved because there is also human migration to urban areas. There has been efforts to make home visits but there are cases that even relatives are not aware of what is goin on such an individual's life. There has also been challenges of GBV where some trainees are sent out of their homes and hence leaving them homeless. However the Mentor uses the Human Resource of Chobe Fish Eagle department to assist in such cases just so that the individual may complete their training.

2.10 LESSONS LEARNT: WHAT LESSONS DID YOU LEARN IN THIS PROCESS AND HOW WILL YOU APPLY THEM? In essence it came clear that the 7 pillars of the Nation's vision 2016 were placed strategically to improve the people of this country's future in every way possible. And this project is set out to achieve them one way or the other. And by advocating for the implementation of this project countrywide we are certain to continually improve the livelihoods at all.

The project can surely work anywhere in the world. However it hinges on two factors. An organisation like BNYC needs to be represented regionally with energetic, dedicated and enthusiastic coordinators about the programme. They need to assist both in locating and imparting preparatory skills to the Youth prior to them being selected by the various companies where they will be placed on industrial attachment. Secondly the regional coordinators would need to engage and motivate local companies and government institutions to place and mentor these youth. There would also need to be a protocol drawn up detailing the current system so that the process is adhered to at all times. This will prevent trainees from being used in institutions to merely be an inexpensive way to fill in for the company's workforce. This will free them up to be able to instead spend thier time shadowing existing employees and gaining the skills and knowledge that the programme is designed to give them.

NAME OF INSTITUTION: BOTSWANA YOUNG WOMEN’S CHRISTIOAN ASSOCIATION (YWCA) SURNAME: TEBELE NAME: GAOFENNGWE ADDRESS: Street Address- P. O Box 359, Gaborone Address line 2- Plot 5350/1/2, Church Road, Extention 10 City-Gaborone

WHICH ALLIANCE THEMATIC CLUSTER ARE YOU AFFILIATED TO: Education and Economic Development

WHICH ALLIANCE CROSS CUTTING INTEREST GROUP ARE YOU AFFILIATED TO: Youth Groups

WHICH ALLIANCE COUNTRY CLUSTER ARE YOU AFFILIATED TO: SADC- Southern Region

NAME OF GOOD PRACTICE: Peer Approach to Counseling by Teens (PACT)

2.1 SYNOPSIS: BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE GOOD PRACTICE AND MOTIVATION AS TO WHY IT IS A GOOD PRACTICE? (150 words) The Peer approach to Counseling by Teens (PACT) was established in 1990 by the Botswana YWCA. The main focus of the programme was on empowerment and raising awareness among in-school youth on Adolescents Sexual Reproductive health and Alcohol and Drug Abuse especially with the advent of HIV and AIDS. Trainings were extended to out of school youth in collaboration with other partners.

2.2 HOW DOES THIS ACTIVITY CONTRIBUTE TO ACHIEVING THE 28 TARGETS OF THE SADC PROTOCOL ON GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT? PLEASE NAME THE RELEVANT TARGET. (200 words • Advances gender equality by ensuring accountability by all SADC member states, as well as providing a forum for the sharing of best practices and peer support. • And also ensuring that girl children have equal access to information, education services and facilities on sexual and reproductive health and rights. • Health- HIV and AIDS, Gender based Violence. The YWCA PACT addresses the above mentioned targets by empowering both girl and boy child with the skills and knowledge so they can make the right choices and know where to access the services. Most importantly PACT promotes social interactions and builds positive relationships among boys and girls.

2.3 BRIEF BACKGROUND: WHY DID THE ACTIVITY COME ABOUT? WHAT PROBLEM OR CONTEXT IS IT RESPONDING TO? (300 words) The Peer approach to Counseling by Teens (PACT) was established in 1990 by the Botswana YWCA. PACT was first established in Gaborone, however to date there are PACT in schools across the country such as in Kanye, Mahalapye and Francistown. PACT has been established in most secondary schools in Gaborone and most secondary schools in Kanye, Mahalapye and Francistown. The Head Office of PACT is based at the Gaborone YWCA Headquarters. Since the beginning of society, mankind has recognized the need to assist young people prepare for adulthood. In African Traditional societies there are systems of initiation such as puberty rites and “traditional schools” for boys and girls. However, because of urbanization

and the western school system, those traditional initiation programmes are no longer available to all young people. The advent of HIV and AIDS creates greater need for peer to peer education especially among the youth to promote Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health and positive masculinity. Botswana is not an exemption to what has happened in most African countries. It is in this light that Botswana YWCA Peer Approach to Counseling by Teens (PACT) was developed to fill the gap which has been created because of the break down in the traditional system which trained young people for responsible adulthood. It is a natural phenomenon that young people of the same age group prefer to discuss issues of sexuality and other relevant topics with their peers. In most African countries, including Botswana, tradition does not permit the discussion of such topics between young people and adults. The rationale for the PACT programme is to train young people so that they are able to reach other young people with facts on adolescent sexuality, HIV and AIDS, teenage pregnancy, drug abuse and others. 2.4 OBJECTIVES: WHAT DID THE PROCESS SET OUT TO DO? (250 words) • Promote learning and sharing of experiences on Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health and HIV and AIDS. • To assist and encourage women and girls to participate in projects and programmes aimed at raising their educational, social, health and economic standards to enable them to play a meaningful role in national development, • To increase access to Sexual Reproductive Health including information on HIV and AIDS and other Sexually Transmitted Infections among the youth and women aged 10-24, • To promote equality among women, girls, men and boys aged 10-24 years including positive masculinity behavior, • To promote positive masculinity for social harmony among the young men.

2.5 TARGETS: WHO OR WHAT WAS TARGETED? (100 words) The Peer Approach to Counseling by Teens (PACT) focuses on empowerment of in and out of school Youth on Adolescent Sexual Reproductive health, Alcohol and Substance Abuse, development of life skills especially with the advent of HIV and AIDS. The programme targets young people aged 10-24 across the levels of education. These pupils comprise of primary, junior and secondary and out of school students. The programme mainly focuses on behavior change and education dissemination so that the youth could have the necessary knowledge and skills based on accurate information to face and deal with life challenges such as peer pressure, teenage pregnancy and HIV and AIDS. 2.6 PROCESS: WHAT WERE THE DIFFERENT STEPS/ ACTIVITIES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION? (300 words) After one week training for this task, the trainees are certificated and called Peer Educators. The training which is given to Peer Educators enables them to make informed decisions about their sexual behavior, thereby preventing unwanted pregnancies and HIV and STDs. They are also given skills in effective communication, leadership and evaluation. The peer educators’ guide shall serve as a resource material to facilitate their outreach work. • Phase 1- Orientation- Peer educators are given skills in community diagnosis, development of work plan and how to establish structured groups or clubs. • Phase 2- Capacity Building- Peer Educators are expected to recruit PACT members and form a club, either in the school or in their community. • Phase 3- continuous Refresher Exercises- Once every month 2.7 WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MAIN OUTPUTS? ATTACH ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTATION. (200 words DONATION TO SOS CHILDREN’S VILLAGE

The PACT youth committee organized a community outreach project in SOS Children’s Village in Tlokweng on the 18 th February 2012. The YWCA staff and students were requested to contribute money and clothing so we can give to the less privileged children at the centre. We used the money to buy stationery which included pencils, pens, rulers, erasers and coloring pencils FACILITATION THROUGH THE WORKPLACE WELLNESS PROGRAM 15 th to the 16 th August 2012 in YWCA Hall From 1430 hours until 1645 hours. Through the Botswana YWCA Workplace Wellness Program which was established in 2011, which is coordinated by a Multidisciplinary Committee. We organized a two day capacity building workshop for the YWCA staff and PACT members. The modules that were covered included: Stress Management, Occupational Health and Safety and Team Building.

BLOOD DONATION CAMPAIGN On the 17 th August 2012 The YWCA PACT club collaborated with the Botswana Blood Transfusion Department and hosted a blood donation day to promote Pledge 25. The event gave students the opportunity to know their blood group and HIV status including participation n life saving endeavor. TREE PLANTING DAY Held on the 31 st August 2012 The Department of Forestry and Range Management donated a total of twenty two (22) trees which were planted by the PACT members around YWCA premises as part of Environmental Conservation

MONTH OF YOUTH AGAINST HIV AND AIDS (MYAA) EVENT Since 2011, PACT members commemorate MYAA annually to sensitize YWCA students, staff and the community about HIV and AIDS as well as the importance of living a healthy lifestyle. In 2012, the theme was “HARNESSING TRANSFORMATIVE YOUTH LEADERSHIP” with the aim of empowering and educating the youth with skills that will benefit them in life. Other strategic partners such as the Ministry of Health, Botswana Defense Force and BOFWA set up educational stalls so as to interact and educate the participants on HIV and other non communicable illnesses and also do the health screening.

• ATTACH ACTION PLANS; POLICIES; POSTERS; PAMPHLETS; PUBLICATIONS; NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS; DVDs (YOU ARE REQUIRED UPLOAD AT LEAST ONE OUTPUT.)

2.8 CHALLENGES: WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS YOU HAVE HAD IN IMPLEMENTING THE PROJECT AND HOW HAVE YOU ADDRESSED THEM? (200 words The major challenge we face in undertaking most of the PACT activities is lack of finances. Botswana YWCA as an NGO has recently been experiencing a decline in donor support from international funders due to the fact that Botswana has been classified as an upper middle income country. In response to the decline in donor support, Botswana YWCA established small scale income generating initiatives such as the Cafeteria, Day Care Centre, Hostel and Secondary School Education. However, as a non profit making organization the prices of all services/ products remain below the market market price. Consequently, the organization struggles to meet the operational costs and delivering on its mandate of community empowerment. Nevertheless, PACT training continues to be rolled out to other regions like Francistown and Maun.

2.9 LESSONS LEARNT: WHAT LESSONS DID YOU LEARN IN THIS PROCESS AND HOW WILL YOU APPLY THEM? (300 words The intended beneficiaries of the PACT programme are young men and women who are being addressed on issues to do with Adolescent sexual Reproductive Health and Alcohol and Drug Abuse especially in the era of HIV and AIDs. The YWCA PACT was able to address the above mentioned issues through collective efforts and gender sensitive programming of interventions from both the boy and girl perspective. The youth played an important role in the dissemination of information to their peers and they were role models and exemplary figures to their peers. PACT is a cost effective program that facilitates Youth Adult Partnerships on issues of sexuality and substance abuse amongst the youth. In addition PACT promotes parent- child communication on sexuality and he effects of teenage pregnancy and also reaffirms the importance of family as a unit.

2.10 REPLICATION AND SUSTAINABILITY. CAN THIS PROCESS BE REPLICATED BY OTHERS, IN YOUR COUNTRY AND IN THE REGION? HOW WILL THE PROJECT CONTINUE BEYOND ITS CURRENT LIFESPAN? WHAT NEXT STEPS ARE REQUIRED? (200 words) *

The PACT programme was a brainchild of Botswana YWCA. The programme was adopted by the Ministry of Education and Skills Development and was also established in government mainstream schools in Botswana. PACT facilitators hold training workshops with the students in both private and government schools in order to equip them with the requisite skills for PACT peer educators to ensure that these trained students will in turn establish and facilitate PACT programme in their respective schools. The PACT programme can also be introduced in other SADC countries since the issues which affect the youth are similar regionally. PACT can also be replicated because it is cost effective and it enhances youth public speaking skills and assertiveness.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT – EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

NAME OF INSTITUTION SELEBI PHIKWE TOWN COUNCIL

COUNTRY BOTSWANA

SURNAME RADITLADI

NAME NEO

DESIGNATION COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICER II

ADDRESS P/ BAG 001, SELEBI PHIKWE BOTSWANA

WHICH ALLIANCE THEMATIC CLUSTER ARE YOU AFFILIATED TO? Beauty Therapy Business

WHICH ALLIANCE CROSS CUTTING INTEREST GROUP ARE YOU AFFILIATED TO? Not applicable

WHICH ALLIANCE COUNTRY CLUSTER ARE YOU AFFILIATED TO? Botswana

NAME OF GOOD PRACTICE

PROJECT WAS BASED ON THE SUSTAINABILITY AND UNIQUENESS OF THE PROJECT

2.1 SYNOPSIS

This is a business that deals with the use of a wide range of facial and body treatments to help her clients’ look and feel better. The business offers treatments such as: applying make-up, eyelash and eyebrow shaping, manicures, pedicures and nail extension and body massage.

The beauty Therapy project is a good practice because it has changed the young woman’s life financially and her family now lives a better life. The young woman comes from a single headed family and has four siblings of which all are younger than her and are all centered by her including school fees, clothing and food.

The young woman has created an employment by employing a youth who now earns a salary, she is also planning to train at her employee at beauty school in Francistown to have a qualified staff. Also she is expanding her business to Bobonong area where she will have town qualified staff that will cater for the communities around the Bobirwa area. She young lady lamented that customers appreciate her work and love what she is doing. Even the profits that she is making really show that she is making enough profits for a living.

The beauty therapy project is a project that intents to contribute to the economic and Social empowerment of women and youth. It aims at empowering socially and economically disadvantaged women and youth.

2.2 HOW DOES THIS ACTIVITY CONTRIBUTE TO ACHIEVING THE 28

TARGETS OF THE SADC PROTOCOL ON GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT?THE RELEVANT TARGET.

The SADC Protocol on Gender and Development Article 17 talks about states ensuring that women benefit equally from economic opportunities. This project helps to achieve the article 17 of the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development because through the Alternative Package this young lady was able to be funded so that she starts her project. She is now self-employed and she is financial independent.

2.3 BRIEF BACKGROUND:WHY DID THE ACTIVITY COME ABOUT?WHAT PROBLEM OR CONTEXT IS IT RESPONDING TO?

The Selebi Phikwe Town is a copper mining town. Therefore most of the communities rely on their families or relatives for survival. This lead to poverty as most of the people is unemployed due to closing down of factory firms that had previously employed almost ninety percent women. The high rate of HIV-AIDS in Selebi Phikwe is a serious concern because prostitution contributes to contracting of sexual intercourse diseases as most women are in need of money for them to survive.

If women are given equal opportunities this can curb the unemployment that is high because they would be self sufficient and financially independent and can avoid contracting HIV-AIDS and other harmful diseases.

Looking at the situation here the violence is high it could be of burglary and theft or killings whereby home owners are attacked and killed for their belongings, or lovers kill each other because of cheatings that are caused by lovers in search of money from external affairs.

If more women are financially stable by having their own incomes form their business I hope all bad things would decrease and families would have stable and reliable partners who would respect and cherish one another and live happily ever after

The Government of Botswana is trying by all means to bring projects in Selebi Phikwe to uplift the lives of people living in and around the town looking at the lifespan of the BCL Mine and shortage of employment. Even the parastatals and commercial banks are now growing up in number in town; slowly the situation is now promising that the future promises a brighter one.

The women are now actively participating in projects such as Ipelegeng, alternative packages and other projects that are dished out by the Government. The private businesses are also doing well by employing quite a number of women.

2.4: OBJECTIVES: WHAT DID THE PROCESS SET OUT TO DO?

- To eradicate poverty improve livelihood - To encourage clients to engage in entrepreneurship - To promote the spirit of self-reliance

The objective of the project is set out to curb out the dependency on Government handouts like destitution and being the needy. Young women should work tirelessly to make ends meet by looking for opportunities that can improve livelihoods. When someone is financially independent she/he is in control of her/his life and does not take instructions from anybody. Even the alarming rate of HIV-AIDS that is killing our society will drop down

because most of some relationships are built out of desperation and being poor so they end up giving themselves to “wolves’ that destroys their lives. Poverty is also contributing in large numbers of families most women are single headed with a number of children which they can not provide for and this lead them to practice in unacceptable situations that drags them to illnesses and in that situation result in deaths whereby the children will be left orphaned and vulnerable, and this becomes a burden to the Government as the number of orphans and illnesses increase and the Government is forced to take over in medication and food basket.

Some women end up being violated because of their desperate situations, every one takes advantage of them. Most of the relationships that we have experienced in our town are caused by lack of financial resources. Women should stand up and fight for their rights by showing that they can be independent and feat for themselves. If more women can group themselves and form groups and have societies indeed they can reach their goals.

2.5 TARGETS: WHO OR WHAT WAS TARGETED?

The project’s main purpose was to encourage women and youth’s to identify their talents and use it to up lift their livelihoods by engaging in income generating project men and women who want to reduce aging and massage as a form of relaxation to reduce stress through motivation, encouragement and commitment the youth women and vulnerable people can achieve more in life and their businesses to expand gender violence activities could be decreased or phased out because everyone would be empowered and self- sustained, Selebi Phikwe has got only three beauty parlours of which all are owned by women and the one that is owned by our client is doing exceptionally well compared to her competitors. The hard worker as she is will go an extra mile because she believes in herself.

2.6 PROCESS: WHAT WERE THE DIFFERENT STEPS/ACTIVITIES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION?

During the implementation the community were mobilized through Kgotla meetings, workshops and Seminars and media houses, all this activities influenced most women and youths to seek assistance from Government offices with their desired projects that they developed interest in, the project went all stages by developing a business plan, to show how she was going to operate her business it was then assessed and a team of inspectors visited the location of business and in the end passed

The requirements and was later approved and the project memorandum was done to request funds from local Government Ministry. The materials were (100) bought and the project kick started, upon the realization that more people (customers) were coming up she worked very hard to attract more and more customers that is when the business prospered and bears fruits.

On the other hand the workshops and Seminars and Kgotla meetings that were hold around each ward in town really contributed because they learned a lot and had a chance to acquire more knowledge. The media houses around town played a remarkable role in publishing whereby almost the majority of the Selebi Phikwe community did not miss out information.

The young women was also orientated in partnership with women’s Affairs department in book-keeping Management, how to handle business office procedures, customer care to have a proper management, she really acquired lot of skills .

2.7 WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MAIN OUTPUTS?

Upon realizing that she has interest in beauty therapy, Ms Modikwa came to seek assistance from Social and Community department, the officer went on to assess her at the place she was renting and was later approved to operate in because the landlord has guaranteed her a permit, the client on her operation learned that most of her clients could not reach her since the place was out of town centre she then made a request to relocate to a hair saloon where there was a space to operate on whereby the owner agree with her to move in and pay the rentals on monthly installments. The business attracted more customers even those from the surrounding areas as the young women was busy marketing her business through the media houses around town and advertisement in the town’s magazine that comes every Fridays of the week. The client with the assistance and guidance from the Social and Community Development office in partnership with other stakeholders held workshops and trainings to beef-up on the clients’ knowledge and experience.

The business grow and the young women is now independent and is the eldest of the five children from a female handed family is now taking care of her mother and her four siblings, the support that they got from her has enable d them to attend school and have basic food in the household. The young woman has even managed to maintain her mother traditional houses that she has long built and were not in good condition.

The business is doing well in market as a result the young women has managed to employ a youth from the community whom she is planning to train her in beauty therapy so that she could be qualified and deliver better results. The business has grown tremulously that the young women is on process to open another beauty therapy business at her house village of Bobonong where she is busy marketing.

2.8 FEEDBACK FROM THE BENEFICIARY.

I Gorata Modikwa benefitted from the Selebi Phikwe town Council’s programme after attended a Kgotla Meeting at Ikageleng Kgotla whereby officers from social and community department called the community as a whole to sensitize them about the programs that they offer. I then developed interest and opted for beauty therapy as I felt that is the area of my interest and that I could perform better since I trained in that area.

I then visited their office to ask for assistance which I was given after going all the process that was required. It became much easier for my project because I trained myself in beauty therapy with the little money that I had, since I also have skills in hair dressing I was once employed in a hair saloon which I later lost interest in because my main objective was to have my own business and focus on my dream of beauty therapy project.

My business is doing well in market and I am one of the young women who could stand up and show the world that I have achieved my dreams and also hired another youth in my community, I am also very proud to say that my family is now enjoying the luxury of life that they have long wished for, my siblings are now attending school just like any other children without being sent back home for not having school uniforms not paying their school fees, this has brought dignity to myself and my entire family.

I am looking forward to work hard that my business could grow and also have the opportunity to open a shop and a training centre whereby I would train and sell all the

beauty therapy products since there is n facility of that nature around Selebi Phikwe Town.

I really appreciate the assistance that I got from the Council because they helped me a lot and funded me with the amount of P19 955-00 which was used according to the quotation of the equipments needed.

As the bread winner of the family I am happy to have had the opportunity to benefit from the Government programme which really changed my life.

2.9 CHALLENGES

During the implementation of my project I experienced some problems because the landlord at first was reluctant to allow me to operate a business in her yard because I had to do some renovations in her room like installing a wash basin which I was going to use when I attended customers. After realizing that to operate at home environment was difficult for my customers to reach my area of operation also the community were not supportive as they have once promised during research. After a long process I was offered a place in a hair saloon in town I then approached the Social and Community Development Office which was easily approved. Ever since operating in town centre more customers flocked in and the bussiness prospered.

The main problems that I experience is during the beginning of the year and during winter season also the rental payments is costly, the issue of transport and going out of town to purchase stock is a challenge because in Selebi Phikwe we do not have shops that offers beauty therapy products. My intention is to grow my business and open my own shop in town.

2.10 REPLICATION AND SUSTAINABILITY.

This process can be replicated in other areas because it has a broader market, most of the people especially young women and men of today likes to keep up their appearances. There is no how the business could decline in the market.

The project of a beauty therapy can be replicated by others in my country and the surrounding. This is a project which needs a person with passion, enthusiasm and determination about business. Anyone with such quality can do this kind of project and can succeed.

This project will continue beyond its current lifespan as the beneficiary continue do vigours advertising. Advertising will increase the client base and this will mean "big profit". The other the expand the life span of the project is the far studies which gorata has to under go before end, this will improve Goratas skills and thus she will satisfy her customers and as customers areThe beneficiary is look of an operational space in Bobonong.

2.11 LESSONS LEARNT.

When I started my business I was operating at home and it was difficult for my customers to reach me even the community that I was leaving with were not supportive even though I did the market research before. The shortage of funds and land is a major problem especially in town, I have now moved to a town centre where more people know about my business and are coming up in large numbers, to beautify themselves especially during events and birthday parties.

I would like to urge other women to come forward and seek assistance from the Government to have their own business so that they become self reliant and be financially independent and that would give them self respect and dignity from others.

Even the Government officers should keep the good spirit of monitoring beneficiaries and monitoring of projects regularly so that they could help sustain their businesses. Beneficiaries should also market their businesses tirelessly and be fully committed for the expansion of their projects.

Name of Institution: Lobatse Town Council

Name: Kutlo Charity Mophalane Name of best practice: ECONOMIC EMPOWERNMENT DEVELOPMENT TRAINING

2.1 SYNOPSIS: BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE GOOD PRACTICE AND MOTIVATION AS TO WHY IT IS A GOOD PRACTICE? (150 words) *

Lobatse Town Council offers a well-recognized training programme on catering and dress making at a level of Trade Test c (P+T). This initiative was put in place since 2009 to address the high unemployment rate and poverty in the district as these two critical have a major role in encouraging Gender Based Violence issues.

The catering and dress making initiative is indeed of good practice that combats some barriers to participate in Local Economic Development; it continues to create opportunities for education and community development resulting in a more cohesive community that is bound to be economically independent as well as more informed through the unlimited access to education offered.

The program is continually promoting skills development and creates job opportunities at both community and district level. This in turn ensures that apart from the ample life skills gained, the community is engaged in activities that minimise rural urban migration which in turn ensures that the locals add towards their local community developments and the fact that they are now mentally engaged in an activity that adds value to their life, means they are less stressed, more confident and have pride in their selfless activities..

2.2 HOW DOES THIS ACTIVITY CONTRIBUTE TO ACHIEVING THE 28 TARGETS OF THE SADC PROTOCOL ON GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT? PLEASE NAME THE RELEVANT TARGET. (200 words) *

It encourages production and income generation projects through small scale entrepreneurship- Article 17 which states: parties shall by 2015 adopt policies and enact laws which ensure equal access, benefit and opportunity for women and men in trade and entrepreneurship, taking into account the contribution of women in the formal and informal sectors.

It instils self-dignity and promotes self-esteem among beneficiaries- Article 14 which states: parties shall by 2015, adopt and implement gender sensitive educational policies and programmes addressing gender stereotypes in education and gender based violence among others.

2.3 BRIEF BACKGROUND: WHY DID THE ACTIVITY COME ABOUT? WHAT PROBLEM OR CONTEXT IS IT RESPONDING TO? (300 words) *

We conducted a mass & need assessment, regarding the issue of Local Economic Development and realized there was a gap in the area of education, knowledge and skills for group of men and women with lot of potential but had no resources to improve their standard of living which is among others the major factor contributing towards gender Based Violence.

That is when the institution finds it necessary to introduce such programme to cater for identified eligible unemployed men and women as a way of equipping them with knowledge and technical skill that will open job opportunities for them, thus combating poverty.

With this in view, Lobatse Town Council has a structure, culturally designed relevantly to education and local economic empowerment programmes as a motivation to addressing Gender issues:

Annual performance plan 2010/11- OBJECTIVE- PROMOTE LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT and its measure is NO OF JOB OPPORTUNITIES CREATED. Lobatse Town Council Urban Development Plan 2009/10- 15/16- Chapter 11, section 11.4- GENDER & DEVELOPMENT (P109). Lobatse Town Council Framework Gender Action Plan which its strategic objective is to empower women entrepreneurs through business skills and support.

2.4 OBJECTIVES: WHAT DID THE PROCESS SET OUT TO DO? (250 words) *

• To equip fifty (50) identified eligible unemployed men and women with knowledge and technical skill on catering and dressmaking by March 2011/12. • To send a minimum of at least forty (40) beneficiaries for testing at Madirelo Training and Testing Centre at Trade Test C by March 2011/12. • To have empowered and created job opportunities for twenty five (25) beneficiaries into the related field by March 2011/12. • To have solicited funds and facilitate implementation of self help income generation projects for at least five (5) beneficiaries from the programme by end March 2011/12. • To have created a gate pass for at least five (5) beneficiaries to pursue training to the higher level- trade Test B and NCC.2.5 TARGETS: WHO OR WHAT WAS TARGETED? (100 words) *

2.6 PROCESS: WHAT WERE THE DIFFERENT STEPS/ ACTIVITIES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION? (300 words) *

• Office of Social Welfare and Community Development conducted a mass and needs assessment from registered destitute persons, potential destitute persons, and temporary destitute persons, orphans and vulnerable children in the district.

• Enrolment and commencement of training for a period of eleven (11) months.

• Facilitated sending beneficiaries for industrial attachment on to the related field (three months).

• Sending beneficiaries for testing at Madirelo Training and Testing Centre.

• Tracking of job opportunities created.

2.7 WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MAIN OUTPUTS? ATTACH ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTATION. (200 words) * We trained forty two (42) beneficiaries and only thirty five completed training and went for MTTC for testing.

Out of forty two (42) only twenty one (21) have been tracked and have been hired by different establishment into the industry. Seven (7) of beneficiaries have been funded under poverty eradication programme to start their income generation/self-help projects. Four for catering and three (3) for dress making. Two have beneficiaries have pursued to higher level thus Trade test B.

2.8 WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MAIN OUTCOMES? PLEASE PROVIDE EVIDENCE SUCH AS FEEDBACK FROM BENEFICIARIES, TESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE, QUOTES FROM EVALUATIONS. (300 words) * • Improved live hood of individuals, families and groups. • Reduced poverty in the district • Economic independence- the program has produced a number of individuals who are now adopted by the industry working as chefs and tailors in some of the major establishments in Lobatse. Five of the graduated trainees are now self-employed in their own companies which are legally operation and providing services to the community.

2.9 CHALLENGES: WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS YOU HAVE HAD IN IMPLEMENTING THE PROJECT AND HOW HAVE YOU ADDRESSED THEM? (200 words) * • Target was fifty but enrolled up to only forty two (42). • Drop outs during the training programme. • Change of mind-set of some clients- dependency syndrome- resistance to change.

2.10 LESSONS LEARNT: WHAT LESSONS DID YOU LEARN IN THIS PROCESS AND HOW WILL YOU APPLY THEM? (300 words) * Education and economic development training programme offered by Lobatse Town Council, it promotes equal access to retention in primary, secondary, tertiary, vocational and non-formal education, in accordance with the SADC protocol on Education and training and millennium goal- Article 14, section 1 on gender, equality in education. Education and Local Economic Development is the best strategy for poverty eradication which is a critical factor contributing towards gender based violence. Integration of different stakeholders has a positive impact on implementation of Education and Local Economic Development.

2.11 REPLICATION AND SUSTAINABILITY. CAN THIS PROCESS BE REPLICATED BY OTHERS, IN YOUR COUNTRY AND IN THE REGION? HOW WILL THE PROJECT CONTINUE BEYOND ITS CURRENT LIFESPAN? WHAT NEXT STEPS ARE REQUIRED? (200 words) * Yes it can be: it has shown some good results on addressing issue of high rate of unemployed in the district. It is a well-recognised training programme- offers recognised certificates with its registered and accredited instructors. It is budgeted annually during every financial year since its inception. The programme has been gazetted on the Urban Development Plan 3 – 2009/10- 15/16. It is supported by the office of president through poverty eradication programme- funding for income generation projects for some beneficiaries. Inspired by the national Goal- Botswana Millennium Development, Goal 1, eradicate extreme poverty and hunger. It a programme that has been adopted by Botswana Government during the 1995 UN World Conference in Beijing.

NAME OF COE COUNCIL : North West District Council SURNAME: Morris NAME: Violet DESIGNATION : Principal Community Development Officer II STATE/PROVINCE/REGION : North West NAME OF GOOD PRACTICE : Sewing project

1.1 SYNOPSIS:

This project is an effort towards achieving one of the focus areas in SADC protocol on Gender and development and meeting the 28 targets.

1.2 HOW THE ACTIVITY DOES CONTRIBUTES TO ACHIEVING 28 TARGETS OF THE SADC PROTOCOL ON GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT:

Since the project beneficiary is a woman with disability and having been abused and abandoned by men with 3 children to fend for, this project therefore addresses the several needs of the family. The project provides opportunities for the woman to be economically and socially empowered and be able to voice out her grievances without fear of prejudice .

1.3 BACKGROUND: Rehabilitation is a component of the Revised National Policy on destitute persons of 2002. Rehabilitation provides for the restoration of the socio economic status of the client so that the client can move away from dependency on welfare support. The Social and Community Development department is charged with the responsibility of assisting destitute persons to improve their standard of living. There are currently 3137 destitute persons in North West District hence the need for rehabilitation to empower them. Rehabilitation of destitute persons will be done through income generating projects which will be geared towards empowerment and independence from government support. The beneficiary is a registered destitute person on rehabilitation program. She has been assisted with shelter, sewing equipment and materials to start economic empowerment project.

1.4 OBJECTIVES: 1.4.1 To promote self reliance 1.4.2 To create employment

1.5 TARGETS: The Sewing project specializes in school uniform and is undertaken in Maun at the beneficiaries plot. It involved purchasing of sewing equipment, tools, materials and training course in entrepreneurship skills. The project will benefit a family which composes of 4 people who are single female headed destitute person with her children. The producer since she is disabled enrolled with the Thuso Rehabilitation Centre where she acquired basic skills in sewing. She also went for a refresher course last year in December 2012 to upgrade her skills to produce quality uniform therefore ensuring effective running of the business. The son was also training in sewing to assist the mother in the running of the project. The

producer will ensure sustainability of the project by providing uniform to needy students assisted by council as well as other school going children.

1.6 PROCESS:

The beneficiary was identified by Social & Community Development staff and was registered as a destitute person. Seeing her potential to exit from destitution because of the skill she has. It was realized that she needed shelter to be able to embark on any rehabilitation activity. The council found it fit to assist with shelter and sourced support from Local Donor for building materials Council managed to construct and upgrade her 3 room house and connect electricity. The Council provided her with sewing equipment and materials to start the project.

The department of Social & Community Development hence started to monitor the projects closely.

1.7 MAIN OUTPUTS:

The table below outlines schedule of work carried out during implementation of the projects.

PROJECT MILESTONE

PROJECT MILESTONE BY WHEN

Client Identification 2008

Home improvement 2009

Provision of equipment and material 2009/2012

Training in Business Skills done 2009/2012

Production (The production is not only on school 2009-2013 uniforms, she also produces children dresses, cushions, bags and church uniforms)

Sales 2009-2013

DETAILS OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURE

DESCRIPTION QUANTITY UNIT TOTAL VALUE(P) PRICE(P)

Sewing machine 1

Over locking 1 machine

Buttonhole machine

Cutting table 1

Steam iron 1

Sewing tools Assorted

Sewing material Assorted

Patterns Assorted

Chair

Office Assorted consumables

Training 1

Total

2.8 MAIN OUTCOMES: (EVIDENCE) The project comprises of training and income generation element to ensure sustainability of government efforts to improve socio-economic status of the destitute persons. The beneficiary have to some extend moved away from dependency on welfare support, as she no longer get food basket. She is able to support herself and her children from the income generated from the project therefore becoming self-reliant. This will eventually reduce government expenditure on supporting destitute persons. The project has a bank account with a balance of P2002.00 as at January 2013.

2.9 CHALLENGES: • Market – the project is based at the out skirts of the village hence having challenge in selling of the products • Low marketing skills – still assisted by the department to market her products • High transport costs – Due to disability the beneficiary have to hire transport • Accessibility – No signage that shows where the project is located

3. LESSONS LEARNT:

• Disability is not something that could hinder some one to be self reliant as long as one is committed and understands his/her purpose • Rehabilitation programmes are effective

2. REPLICATION AND SUSTAINABILITY: • Sewing project could be replicated since clothing is a basic need and fashion design is in demand • Develop the beneficiary skills and market the project intensively

Name of Institution: Selebi Town Council

Name: Kesego Moseki

Name of good practice: Food Catering Services

FOOD CATERING SERVICES PROJECT

2.1 SYNOPSIS

The Project is a Food Catering Service. It entails catering for workshops, weddings, meetings and parties. It also includes setting up food vending stalls during events like shows, marathons i.e. selling hotdogs, fried chips e.t.c. How did it come about? The beneficiary in this Project is a young man in his twenties, his mother is an unemployed widow, she does not have any property (land) and she stays with him in a rented house.

Food Catering Service is a good practice since it helps to improve lives. People are trained and equipped with skills which they can use to find employment or start their own business. This reduced the number of unemployed youth roaming the streets looking for employment. It also reduces numbers of unemployed women who are vulnerable to abuse and prostitution. The best thing about it is that people eat food everyday, this makes the market readily available and also makes the Project sustainable, looking at the fact that such skills can be passed on to others.

2.2 HOW DOES THIS ACTIVITY CONTRIBUTE TO ACHIEVING THE 28 TARGETS OF THE SADC PROTOCOL ON GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT? NAME THE RELEVANT TARGET

These Projects contribute towards the objectives of Article 17 which focuses on economic empowerment for both women and men economically since they are equipped with skills, skills improve their chances of finding employment, and when they are employed they also earn a salary which leads to financial independence. Also these skills can be transformed into income-generating Enterprises. This further gives women and men (youth, the dignity and recognition, which contributes to them being involved in decision making process that concern the country’s economy.

The other targets that this Projects contributes towards is Article 18 which talks about women’s and youth having access to control and benefit from productive resources, especially with regard to water and property rights, land tenure, equal access and rights to credit capital, mortgages, security and training e.t.c. When women and youth are empowered economically they can afford to acquire property and they have improved access to resources. The beneficiary for this Project has acquire a land which he plans to build a lodge on for expansion of his business. He has also applied for financial assistance from CEDA for the construction of the lodge. He also plans to buy a plot his mother where he will build a house for her. The beneficiary will also afford to pay for any form of training that he feels he needs because he can afford. 2.3 WHY DID THE ACTIVITY COME ABOUT? WHAT PROBLEM OR CONTEXT IS IT RESPONDING TO

Our town, Selebi Phikwe is a small mining town, the economy of the town has been stagnant for a number of years, and thus the small town has been overwhelmed by a number of unfavaourable issues like high unemployment rate especially amongst women and youth.

HIV/AIDS: Statistics have shown that the town is one of the few locations with the highest rate of HIV infections in the country, mostly among women and youth. These rates lead to most AIDS related deaths, leaving behind orphaned children. Our office S&CD experiences an influx of clients who need to be registered in the Destitution Programme because of sickness, mostly these are women and youth.

Gender Based Violence: A number of gender violence related cases have been reported in our Social Welfare Office and with the local Police Station, most of these women are prostitute who are picked up by male clients who then refuse to pay for their services after satisfying themselves, these male clients beat them up, then leave them in the bush after engaging in sexual act with them, some are women from both marriage relationships, cohabitation and all other relationships who are physically, emotionally and financially abused by their spouses and boyfriends.

The above issues are what promoted these Projects. After studying such issues it was discovered that empowering youth and women economically will contribute towards reducing such issues, in the sense that women who are financially independent will have much confidence in themselves and dignity. They wouldn’t have to rely so much on men, who take advantage and abuse them. Young men and women who are financial stable wouldn’t have to rely on crime and prostitution for income, HIV/AIDS infection rates will also be reduced since women will have the strength to negotiate condom use with their partners.

2.4 OBJECTIVES

1. Empower women and youth with skills for them to find employment and for Economic Empowerment Project. 2. Promote self worth and restore dignity amongst women and youth. 3. Reduce gender based violence crime and unemployment.

2.5 TARGETS: - WHO OR WHAT WAS TARGETED

This Project targeted unemployed women in the mining town most women who are married to the men who work in the BCL Mine are housewives who are unemployed and not educated. Looking at cases which we have seen in our offices, these men abuse their wives emotionally financially and physically. The men leave their wives and children at home without providing for food, toiletries and school uniforms while they go and stay with their mistresses in a separate place. Sometimes they even contract sexually transmitted diseases like HIV/AIDS, they then infect their wives with these diseases. These women end up trapped with nowhere to go because they rely on these men for shelter and financial support. Most of them end up learning to live with the behavior of their husbands.

The other target for this Project is the youth, both female and male. But this beneficiary covered for this presentation is a male but his business is just one of the others which came out of the Project. Economic Development in our town is slowly, this increases the rate of unemployment in our town. Most of the young people in our country end up loitering around town they end up being tempted into crime and vandalism of properties, since they have got

too much energy and not have nowhere to exert it. Female ones end up being involved in prostitution and marriage wrecking. This Project keeps youth pre-occupied, so that they exert their energy and time on things that can add value in the lives.

2.6 PROCESS: WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT STEPS/ACTIVITIES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION

The process includes five stages and they are as follows:

1. The first step is to identify the problem. The problem was identified through Kgotla meetings. Kgotla meetings were held whereby there is interaction between officers and the community. During these interaction ideas, we share on problems that affect our community and how they can be addressed. The problem was also identified through observation. Officers observed the trend of cases reported to our office by clients. This they promoted the need to act and curb the problem.

2. The second step was the selection of beneficiaries. During this stage posters were posted in different public places around town to advertise the courses. Adverts were placed in Council Offices, Clinics, Kgotlas and SHHA Offices in all wards. This was done to make sure that the whole community is covered. Clients who registered were then called to the Community Hall in Ikageleng whereby clients were to toss tokens of YES or NO because we had limited spaces. Those who tossed tokens written YES were enrolled into the course.

3. The third step was both theoretical and practical training. This stage entails theory classes and practicals. During this stage, samples of products from practicals are sold to generate income. This stage takes 6 months. This is the stage whereby businesses are registered.

4. The next stage is the attachment internship. During this stage negotiations were done with which trainers were place for internship whereby they are given a chance to practice the skills they have learn in a real life business environment.

5. The last stage is the graduation ceremony. The graduation was done in the form of a Letlhafula Day Lunch. The event was organized using remaining funds from the teaching materials funds. Tickets are sold to the public, the income generated from the event is then given to graduates to help them in starting new businesses.

After businesses are established officers keep on monitoring them and then they are marketed through Market Days and Mini-Shows, also a platform is created for them also to provide their services to other Government Departments monitoring is continuous.

2.7 WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MAIN OUTPUTS? ATTACH ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTATION

This Project has achieved various results, and these results are as follows:

. Firstly, this Project has helped the client to achieve a sense of dignity. The trainees now have a skill which they can use to market themselves for employment. . They can also use the skill for economic empowerment by starting businesses. The beneficiary for this Project was also able to start and lawfully register his own business. . The client also managed to acquire a plot which he will use as he plans to expand the food catering services business into a lodge. This Project also has helped the client to buy a plan for the lodge through funds raised through the business. . The trainees from this Project are also able to help their family members with financial support and they have gained a skill which they can pass on to others. The food catering services beneficiary has also approached potential financiers – CEDA, they have promised to help.

2.8 WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MAIN OUTCOMES

A lot of outcomes have been achieved through this Project, unemployment rate has been reduced when this women and youth find employment and start their own business they no longer run around looking for employment, they can even employ other women and youth.

The Project also contributes towards crime reduction since it takes women and youth from the streets, keeps them busy with something to do, they spend most of the time pre- occupied with training and then starting their own business, when they have their own finances, they do not get pressured to steel from people.

Reduction of HIV/AIDS infections is also another factor which the project contributes towards women and youth who are financially secure do not need to resort to prostitution and offering men sexually favours for money. This helps in reducing spread for HIV and AIDS because it spreads in this manner.

Cases of gender based violence are also reduced. Empowered women can sustain their own livelihoods, they do not need to rely on men for financial support which makes them subject to abusive relationships.

2.9 CHALLENGES

A number of challenges have been experienced during implementation of the Project and we tried to intervene accordingly. They are stated as follows:

. Lack of funds – The funds allocated to the Home Skills Training Course are minimal, this makes it difficult when buying teaching materials. We are forced to work on a tight budget, therefore sometimes we do not cover all the practical we wished to cover.

. Dropping out of the course by trainees – Some trainees fail to be consistent in attending classes and they end u dropping out of the course.

. Beneficiaries businesses facing competition from already big establishments – There are some established food outlets in town, newly established businesses face fierce competition, it makes it difficult for them to secure the market for the business.

. Project materials and equipment not available locally – Some project materials and equipment needed for the businesses were not available in the local shops.

INTERVENTIONS:

. The issue of lack of funds was addressing by using different quotations from different shops then purchasing materials from the cheapest possible. Trainees were also divided into groups for the practicals to minimize quantity of materials used as compared to giving materials to each individual. . The course was designed such that trainees attend lessons only once a week for two hours for theory lessons and four hours for practical lessons such that they do not lose interest because of having to travel everyday to attend the lesson.

. Events like Market days and Mini-shows were designed to give Small Scale Entrepreneurs an opportunity to market their business. Sometimes when services are needed for our institutional events, priority is given to the Small Scale Entrepreneurs for provision of services. . Materials and equipment which were not available locally were purchased from outside the town.

2.10 LESSONS LEARNT

The following were learnt:

. We learned that sometimes passion, hard work and commitment contribute to the success of a business. When beneficiaries love and enjoy the type of business they are able to exert themselves diligently to ensure that the project s established. They don’t easily get discouraged by challenges experienced during implementation.

. It is wise to let beneficiaries choose their own type of businesses as compared to when ideas are reinforced on them.

. We have also learnt that sometimes women end up learning to adopt to the abuse rather than trying to end it because they have nowhere to go since they cannot stand on their own and run their own households without the support of the men. Even the youth who engage in crime they do it because they need money for basic needs like food, clothing, toiletries e.t.c. so empowering women and youth reduces crime.

. Individually run businesses can grow and succeed as compared to when projects are run by groups. Groups tend to break due to conflicts.

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2.11 REPLICATION AND SUSTAINABILITY . This Project is sustainable and it is has potential to grow. The beneficiary already has a plot for a lodge because he plans to expand the Project into a Lodge.

The skills gained from the training courses can be passed on to others. Courses are also provided every year for new trainees who want to enroll.

The business is a life time business because people eat every day. Workshops, weddings and events are always being held and so food catering services are always in demand.

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Project title:

Economic empowerment projects for the low income communities

Project start: April 2010 Project end date: On going

Presentation of good practice:

Pathway between domestic violence and economic freedom

Synopsis:

This project aims to improve the livelihood of families within Serowe Administrative Authority who are living below poverty datum line.

It targets mostly women including those who were directly and or indirectly exposed to domestic violence.

The successful implementation of these projects does not only improve these women’s economic status but contribute to the increase of small business production in Botswana hence aid in attainment of food security.

How does this contribute to the achieving the 28 target of the SADC protocol on gender and development:

By creating opportunities for income generation we intend to achieve economic sustenance among victims of domestic violence and reduce economic effects (direct and indirect) of domestic violence.

Domestic violence statistics of 2011/12 and 2012/13

Twelve (12) cases were handled in 2011/12 compared to forty five (45) cases handled this financial year. These include twenty eight (28) cases of child abuse, three (3) family disputes and fourteen (14) cases of sexual abuse.

The performance appraisal below reflects Council actual current statistics and analysis:

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Brief background:

In order to achieve local empowerment objective, the Council assigned two departments (department of social and Community development and Education) to strategize for achievement of local procurement for supply of bread to schools and school uniform to council beneficiaries. The report was compiled and presented on the 5 th August 2010 at the Community Development and Social Services Committee. The approved recommendations were implemented with immediate in September 2010.

1n 2011, the Council came to a realization that some suppliers were identified without consultation with relevant stakeholders. This arrangement excluded majority of the local manufacturers especially the low income. To improve this, Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) were requested to liaise with the school management for identification of local supplier/s and submit recommendations to the Council in writing. This initiative was also meant to formalize the use of Direct Procurement Method which is in line with LAPAD Act of 2008.

It was during this exercise that the department of Social and Community Development also identified women from poor families as well as survivors of domestic violence hence pathway between domestic violence and economic freedom.

Objectives:

1. To assist women and their families to start bakery projects and school uniform manufacturing projects with assurance of market in schools within their locality

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2. To address economic factors associated with gender based violence (direct and indirect costs) 3. To reduce effects of domestic violence (unemployment and mental illness) 4. To ensure financial support and create economic opportunities to families of domestic violence 5. To reduce poverty and dependency on welfare

Target:

This project targets mostly women from poor families and those who were directly and or indirectly exposed to domestic violence.

Process: 1. The following steps were followed in 2010 to mobilise, identify and register beneficiaries for bread and school uniform supply:

a) Consultation exercise for identification of entrepreneur projects village by village (Ocular survey report) was done in kgotla meetings and meetings with stakeholders. b) Notice to the public for registration of manufacturers c) Consultation with registered manufactures for clustering d) Consultation with PTAs to: - communicate Council decision to prioritize locals and to cover as many suppliers as possible - solicit support - for advise and confirmation of suppliers e) Recommendations for distribution approved by the Council f) Monitoring and evaluation is done on monthly basis. Individual and project issues are attended to as and when they arise. Written reports are submitted on quarterly basis

2. More mobilization and identification was done in 2011 following the following steps:

a) Sensitisation through workshops. b) Project selection (consultation- self-determination exercise) c) Needs assessment for each project and beneficiary d) Tendering (document design, advertising, evaluation, awarding of tenders for delivery in schools) e) Technical training. f) Packaging (supply of materials and equipment) a) Procurement and supply (orders for bread are made by schools and paid by Department of Education under Council while school uniform orders and payments are made by the department of Social and Community Development) b) Monitoring and evaluation

What have been the outputs?

Sixteen (16) of women are currently engaged to supply bread at Tshimoyapula, Sehunou, Malatswai, Dimajwe, and Majwanaadipitse and forty nine (49) to supply school uniform in all schools within Serowe Administrative Authority. Among these 3 % are woman with history of violence. In addition, Forty five women (23 for bakery and 22 for textile) are either in training or waiting for training.

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Engagement in these operating projects has provided at least Three Hundred Pula (P300.00) each per month. With the income they have managed to contribute for ingredients and provide basic needs for their families.

Challenges:

1. Insufficient resources for project supervision and monitoring (Shortage of transport and manpower) 2. Limited skilled personnel on project management 3. Low income due to small profit (limited market base) 4. Political interference (those not trained on bakery were encouraged to join the initiative as a result 15 more beneficiaries were engaged without assessment)

Lessons learnt:

1. Vulnerability as a complex phenomenon 2. Sensitivity issues related to ethnicity 3. The need to form an effective stakeholder team 4. The need to form an effective coordinating team

Replication and sustainability:

Market secured in primary schools for supply of bread and school uniform. Selling is also done to the public.

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ALLIANCE – CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL RIGHTS

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NAME OF INSTITUTION : RE A NYALANA SOCIETY

SURNAME: MORWAAGOLE

NAME: DAVID

1. PRESENTATION OF GOOD PRACTICWHICH ALLIANCETHEMATIC CLUSTER ARE YOU AFFILIATED TO? Constitutional and Legal Rights WHICH ALLIANCE CROSS CUTTING GROUP ARE YOU AFFILIATED TO? Not Applicable WHICH ALLIANCE COUNTRY CLUSTER ARE YOU AFFILIATED TO? Botswana WEBSITE (IF APPLICABLE) re a nyalana @yahoo.com NAME OF GOOD PRACTICE: Community Group Weddings to fight cohabitation 2. SYNOPSIS: BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE GOOD PRACTICE AND MOTIVATION AS TO WHY IT IS A GOOD PRACTICE? (150 words) *

Re a Nyalana Society was started in 2011, with the sole purpose of combating ramapant cohabitation in Botswana.

There are three systems of marriage recognised and practiced in Botswana. These are Customary Marriages, Religious Marriages, and Civil Marriages. Marriages are solemnised through these systems, usually with the blessing of societal arrangements. Customary procedures such as negotiations between parents of the couples are undertaken. Subsequently, agreements are reached to allow couples to proceed with marital procedures. There have been individuals who achieve in negotiating conclusion of all procedures, but fail to settle for the last lap of either paying lobola, or solemnising a marriage relationship to give the couple a full marital status. This is critical in that, communities experience incidents of strife and conflict when a partner of co-habiting couples dies. Issues of right to inheritence of property and assets arise. In a lot of cases, children are on the losing side when their surname differs from that of the deceased. Traditional authorities are concerned that they have to administer the requirements as stipulated by the laws of the country.

3. HOW DOES THIS ACTIVITY CONTRIBUTE TO ACHIEVING THE 28 TARGETS OF THE SADC PROTOCOL ON GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT? PLEASE NAME THE RELEVANT TARGET. (200 words) * Article 4: Constitutional and Legal Rights in accessing justice, marriage and family rights of widows and children. Cohabitation as practice, has taken prominence within our society over the formal marriage relationships. The trend of accepting this as a normal practice, has always brought about challenges when it comes to raising children under legally recognised relationships. When a cohabiting couple settles together, it operates as a legally constituted unit in which major milestones are realised. Property acquisition is the major issue. When one of the spouses dies, the surviving partner is vulnerable to loss of property to parents of the deceased.

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The commonly affected groups are women and children. It is common occurance that males are affected by high mortality as compared to females. This means that women outlive men, only to remain victims within units which are not recognised by the law. Legal battles over ownership of property require evidence supported by lawful procedures having been fulfilled to protect women and children.

4. BRIEF BACKGROUND: WHY DID THE ACTIVITY COME ABOUT? WHAT PROBLEM OR CONTEXT IS IT RESPONDING TO? (300 words) * 1991 Botswana Population and Housing Census Report indicates that; 12% of the people aged 15 years and above, reported themselves to be cohabiting. 2001 Census reports this figure to have risen to 17%. The trend makes us anticipate a rise for 2011 Population and Housing Census results. During briefing sessions with traditional leaders, including the Chairperson of Ntlo ya Dikgosi, and later the assembled Ntlo ya Dikgosi, it became clear that our traditional leaders are inundated with cases involving property inheritence after the death of one of the spouses, particularly males. Statistically, male mortality rate is higher than that of their female counterparts. Traditional leaders report that it saddens them to make judgements based on requirements of the law. One remarked that he is forced to leave his heart in his house and apply the law. Application here means making judgements which denying women and children raised in cohabing relationships, the right to ownership of the property left by the deceased. The feedback obtained from such fora then motivated Re a Nyalana Society to make strides in promoting legalisation of cohabiting relationships. We believe this will reduce incidences of cases which denies women and children what we understand to be constitutional and legal rights of these vulnerable groups.

5. OBJECTIVES: WHAT DID THE PROCESS SET OUT TO DO? (250 words) * • To initiate and facilitate the operation of general awareness programmes at family and community levels regarding the disadvantages of informal cohabitation practices and the serious need for seeking procedural remedies. • To promote and facilitate the sustenance of a state of dignity, confidence and pride among the cohabiting partners who desire to live as married couples. • To encourage and in some instances restore a sense of responsibility, stability and welfare of family members amongst themselves, towards their children and towards the community around them. • To promote healthy and morally appropriate social habits between cohabiting couples with particular regard to presentations against HIV/AIDS and other STI’s • To secure ‘professional support for and guidance to cohabiting parents who need education on parenting skills with a view to restoring youth discipline and appropriate social values. • To provide technical support through counseling and other related services for the couples and other family members including but not limited to issues relating to property ownership, adoption of children and particularly the formalities and procedures necessary for legalizing the cohabitation. • To render support to civic, religions and other institutions in their campaign for appropriate legislation and related amendments of the customary practices.

6. TARGETS: WHO OR WHAT WAS TARGETED? (100 words) *

One out of every four women in Botswana is married. One lives in a stable cohabitation, and two live in visiting cohabitation.

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Unfortunate outcome of cohabitation is that women, esp those of lower income groups, often end up in a precarious relationship when the spouse dies without a will.

Issues of right to inheritence of property arise.

Children lose when their surname does not correspond with the deceased.

Some verdicts may deny children right ot propeerty.

Cohabitation contributes immensely to the spread of HIV&AIDS.

7. PROCESS: WHAT WERE THE DIFFERENT STEPS/ ACTIVITIES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION? (300 words) * Register willing couples who would like to be recognised as husband and wife. Encourage the couples to set up negotiating procedures between their parents as couples, assigning roles of key negotiators as outlined by traditions. Provide counselling services, recognising cultural practices of the communities. Link with legally recognised marriage officials to prepare for the solemnising of marriages in accordance with the laws of the country. Provide wedding rings for couples registered under the project. From the Rea Nyalana Committee, there are steps that must be undertaken internally as the weddings are being prepared for. These are; 1. Request for community meeting at the Kgotla. 2. Sensitization on the community on the benefits and downfalls of cohabiting. 3. Formation of sub committees for the event. 4. Registration and confirmation on the number of couples that wish to undertake the programme. 5. Confirmation on availabilty of resources to conduct group weddings from Re a Nyalana office. 6. Finalization of ; dates, venue, administrative issues, as well as wedding programmes. 7. Activity stage; • participation on the programme i.e. briefing on Re a Nyalana objectives, provision of alternative marriage officers, distribution of fliers, pamphlets and other IEC material, and providing a motivational piece on the day. • Distribution/sharing information by stakeholder government departments officers. • Obtain feedback on the activity by recording it for reflection during evaluation.

7.1 WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MAIN OUTPUTS? ATTACH ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTATION. (200 words) Statistics of conducted weddings; 29th Sep 2011@ Bokaa-11 couples 21st Oct 2011 @ Artesia- 17 couples 22nd Dec 2011@ DC Office Mochudi- 6 couples 10th Aug 2012 @ Bokaa- 10 couples 21st Sep 2012 @ Nata- 16 couples 26 th Oct 2012 @ Rasesa- 17 couples

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Pamphlets and fliers produced and distributed during the weddings. (samples provided) Newspaper articles covering Re a Nyalana events. (samples provided)

7.2 WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MAIN OUTCOMES? PLEASE PROVIDE EVIDENCE SUCH AS FEEDBACK FROM BENEFICIARIES, TESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE, QUOTES FROM EVALUATIONS. (300 words) * Our current brochure bares a testimony from one couple who express delight at the encouragement received from this community wedding project. Motlalepula Moatshe (nee Masaile) from Bokaa hints that it has provided her image with that sense of dignity because she can participate in the traditional counselling provided for newly weds. She also feels relieved that the property accumulate with a partner of more than thirty years, has been secured foe their children. Kgatkeng District Commissioner hints that this programme comes handy for the promotion of social cohesion which is being driven by the ministries of Local Government and Labour and Home Affairs.

7.3 CHALLENGES: WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS YOU HAVE HAD IN IMPLEMENTING THE PROJECT AND HOW HAVE YOU ADDRESSED THEM? (200 words) *

• Office Space – Re a Nyalana Society receives requests from clients who must be attended to from a functional office. There is a need to administer the society from prescribed premises in order to operate smoothly. The society has taken some steps to confront this challenge. These are; a) requested for a special allocation of a plot to erect an office. The Kgatleng Land Board has already received and viewed the proposed plot and currently assessing the recommendation from the District Commissioner and the Sub Land Board. b) Requested for a porta cabin to use as an office. A type has been provided and just awaits the land to be allocated. c) Requested for a temporary office space within the locality. This has been granted.

• Manpower – for the Administrative activities of the society to achieve tghe intended goals. There is need for the following Personnel on full time basis ; a) Co-ordinator whose role will be to oversee the general wellbeing of the society. b) Administration Assistant. c) Receptionist/Secretar.

Proposals for funding have been sent out to different businesses and government departments. They have promised that these can be addressed once we have a functional office. In addition, we have forwarded a request to the Internship programme to be allocated an officer who is trained in matters of office administration and project management. • Activities – which include ; a) Registration of couples willing to be serviced by the society. b) Provision of counselling services for registered couples. c) Site visits to locations identified as venues for beneficiaries. d) Travellings for planned meetings.

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The society has formed sub committees to oversee coordination of these tasks. • Technical – for purposes of fulfilling logistical obligations of the society. This includes Publicity/Information dissemination, providing direction and support for the society to carry out the intended activities. There will also be a need to have evaluation of activities at certain intervals. This may entail engagement of external expertise to provide assistance and guidance. The society has forwarded project proposals to various companies, businesses and government departments to provide support in these areas. • Finances – for sponsoring envisaged trips, purchase of stationery, equipment as well as acquiring and sustaining office space.

Currently, we have secured a sponsorship from EUREKA WHOLESALERS to undertake initiatives. We hope to have more in future before the sponsorship dries up.

7.4 LESSONS LEARNT: WHAT LESSONS DID YOU LEARN IN THIS PROCESS AND HOW WILL YOU APPLY THEM? (300 words) *

Feedback obtained from the conducted weddings indicate that; Cohabitation is a prominent issue in the country. Batswana passionately appreciate marriage relationships. Community leaders; Magosi and politicians needed to be involved to effectively address the problem. Children have a strong sense of desire for identity involving parents. A lot of children are vulnerable to abusive experiences and have been exposed to unhealthy upbringing practices. The Children’s Act needs to be disseminated to all sections of society to ensure that custodians of these right are well informed on their responsibilities towards implementation of such instruments.

Sustainability - We need to organise fundraising ventures to ensure financial stability of the society. Ideas tauted around are; a) Organising a sponsored walk. b) Co-opt a celebrity to preach messages related to the mandate of Re a Nyalana. c) Use cultural artistes to promote Re a Nyalana and raise funds in the same vein.

Media – at the beginning, the project was well covered in the media, but faded in subsequent weddings. We need a media committee to plan and ensure involvement of media to make some impact. Another strategy planned is that of having a correspondent reporter in the print media to always cover the project. Developing that relationship with one of the newpapers will help a great deal. Counselling – we need to clarify the type of counselling services offered, and to what extent. We can not offer counselling full time, but can provide technical support directly or indirectly. We should also develop a graphic manual specifying issues/challenges that cohabiting couples face. We should also outline referral centres for the specified issues, as a way of directing clients.

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Documentation – we need to record everything that we do. A data base must be created to capture information on couples being served by the programme. The information should entail gender, income levels, literacy levels, and any other relevant aspect. Re a nyalana Society is research in action based organisation which should produce reports with empirical evidence regarding pertinent issues for the contemporary society.

7.5 REPLICATION AND SUSTAINABILITY. CAN THIS PROCESS BE REPLICATED BY OTHERS, IN YOUR COUNTRY AND IN THE REGION? HOW WILL THE PROJECT CONTINUE BEYOND ITS CURRENT LIFESPAN? WHAT NEXT STEPS ARE REQUIRED? (200 words) * Processes hinge on traditional African procedures of involving extended family members when asking for a bride, engaging critical stakeholders. This is a system prominent amongst African communities. If any community in the region observes cohabitation as a challenge, the issue of sustainability is secured. This is where replication becomes a practical factor.

The society began with an initiative of buying rings to motivate couples. Financial resources may become a challenge in future, particularly with issues of economic recession affecting global economies. Re a Nyalana Society realises this and concludes that formalisation of relationships for couples to be legally recognised does not require a wedding ring or other expensive tokens.

Societies are dynamic and have evolved cultural practices over the ages. Some practices have included economic requirements. In the same vein, societies can begin processes of interrogating processes that must be undertaken to recognise legally constituted relatioonships to protect vulnerable groups particularly in partriachal societies such as we have in Africa. People were not made for culture, but culture for people. Consequently, all obstacles of social progress in providing constitutional and legal rights of vulnerable groups must be addressed in order to ensure accessibility.

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MEDIA – TV

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NAME OF INSTITUTION: BOTSWANA TELEVISION

SURNAME: MATARA

NAME: PRISCILLA

DESIGNATION: REPORTER

2.1 SYNOPSIS: BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ITEM SUBMITTED AND A MOTIVATION AS TO WHY IT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF GENDER IN MEDIA CONTENT? *

The story is about a 15 year old teenage girl who despite her age is still doing standard 4 in one primary school in one of the rural areas in Botswana. She has a baby by a 29 year old man when she is 14, he gives her HIV and abandons her and the baby. She leaves school to take care of her child, but her case has not been responded to accordingly by the teachers, the police, the parents or the village councillor. She is struggling to accept her HIV status and take care for her child.

I believe the story is a good example of gender in the media, because it addresses the different dynamics of inter-generational sex in an era of HIV/AIDS. Young girls in the rural areas where information is scarce are taken advantage of by older men and are generally forgotten when it comes to protecting them from the effects of HIV/AIDS. The dynamics of their lives differ totally from their counterparts in the cities, they battle poverty, lack of information about safety as well as a weak network in communication between authorities in the different villages.

2.2 HOW DOES THIS ACTIVITY CONTRIBUTE TO ACHIEVING THE 28 TARGETS OF THE SADC PROTOCOL ON GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT? PLEASE NAME THE RELEVANT TARGET. (200 words) *

Article 27 of the SADC gender Protocol calls for ' states to take into account unequal status of women and the particular vulnerability of the girl child as well as the harmful practices and biological practises that result in women constituting the majority of those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.' A story like this particular one, brings awareness to people about the areas in the fight against HIV/AIDS that may reverse the milestones made towards eliminating new infections and ensuring the gender divide is bridged.

2.3 BRIEF BACKGROUND: WHY DID YOU PRODUCE THE STORY? WHAT PROBLEM OR CONTEXT IS IT RESPONDING TO? *

I had heard about the story from a director of a NGO called Bomme Isago and I understood that it is a case that needs to be documented and dropped into the public space to generate discussion and hopefully inspire policy makers to respond urgently. The story depict a side not many know exist, that is of children who go to school late but have developed and aged more than their school peers. There are no special programs that could help them understand that even though they are older they are not yet responsible enough to handle relationships.

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2.4 OBJECTIVES: WHAT DID YOU HOPE TO ACHIEVE WITH THIS COVERAGE? *

I wanted people to introspect and realise that despite all the structures that are in place to combat HIV/AIDS and hopefully secure the future of Botswana, they are those pockets in society who fall off the wagon. I wanted society to help the young girls and others like her but more importantly I wanted to start debate on the structure of our education system which dictates that primary school ends at 17 and that education should not have a limit.

2.5 TARGETS: WHO DID YOU HOPE TO REACH? WHAT EVIDENCE DO YOU HAVE TO ILLUSTRATE IMPACT? *

I hoped to reach policy makers, local authorities such as teachers, police, counsellors and Batswana in general. As for the impact, I had a call from the lady who alerted me of the story about some sponsors willing to help the girl with her education and taking care of the child.

2.6 PROCESS: HOW DID YOU GATHER THE DATA, HOW MANY SOURCES, FEMALE AND MALE DID YOU CONSULT? *

Most information I gathered through interviews. I had four sources, three ladies and one man.

2.7 PLEASE PROVIDE ANY EXAMPLES OF FEEDBACK THAT YOU RECEIVED FROM THE ARTICLES (FROM WEBSITES, LETTERS, ETC.). ATTACH ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTATION. *

I had not received any written article but most feedback has been verbal and I believe it generated the right amount of anger to at least facilitate awareness of such issues.

2.8 HOW WOULD YOU CONDUCT FOLLOW UP? *

The follow-up would be to see how her life has improved since the story in terms of her health, financial support and her quest to acquire an education and hopefully show that lives can improve with a little help.

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MEDIA: SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, HIV AND AIDS BOTSWANA TELEVISION

PRISCILLAR MATARA REPORTER

2.1 SYNOPSIS: BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ITEM SUBMITTED AND A MOTIVATION AS TO WHY IT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF GENDER IN MEDIA CONTENT? *

This is a positive story about a the role of support groups in the villages and the incredible role they play in the fight against HIV/AIDS. In seleka, a group of HIV women are giving support and council to each other and their counterparts in the village. They help remove stigma and encourage support of people living with HIV and AIDS. I believe the story is a good example of gender in the media, because it has taken a different and more positive approach to HIV and AIDS reporting. It proves the value of education and the role communities can play in fighting HIV/AIDS and also brings forth the caretaker role that most women play.

2.2 HOW DOES THIS ACTIVITY CONTRIBUTE TO ACHIEVING THE 28 TARGETS OF THE SADC PROTOCOL ON GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT? PLEASE NAME THE RELEVANT TARGET. (200 words) *

Article 27 of the SADC gender Protocol calls for ' development and implementation of programmes to ensure appropriate recognition of the work carried out by care givers most of whom are women, the allocation of resources and the psychological support for care givers….’ If care givers are given support they could make a more tangible impact where government fails particularly because they are closer to communities and usually the first to detect a need within it. A story like this proves there is hope to fighting stigma and shows the importance of communities supporting each other

2.3 BRIEF BACKGROUND: WHY DID YOU PRODUCE THE STORY? WHAT PROBLEM OR CONTEXT IS IT RESPONDING TO? *

I had heard about the story from a director of a NGO called Bomme Isago and I was so honoured because there are not many stories like that in the media. Most stories are about injustice and the ugly face of HIV and never about the triumph that can be achieved by positive living.

2.4 OBJECTIVES: WHAT DID YOU HOPE TO ACHIEVE WITH THIS COVERAGE? * I wanted Batswana to know they can make a difference in their lives by working together but also for government to take a closer look at NGO’s and engage them in the fight against HIV.

2.5 TARGETS: WHO DID YOU HOPE TO REACH? WHAT EVIDENCE DO YOU HAVE TO ILLUSTRATE IMPACT? *

I hoped to reach policy makers and local authorities. As for the impact, it brought hope to the audience about their role in fighting HIV.

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2.6 PROCESS: HOW DID YOU GATHER THE DATA, HOW MANY SOURCES, FEMALE AND MALE DID YOU CONSULT? *

Most information I gathered through interviews. I had three people I interviewed ,two ladies and one traditional leader.

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Institution: Sunday Standard / The Telegraph Name: Ruth Kedikilwe Category: Gender Based Violence Country: Botswana Media: Print Website: www.sundaystandard.info.bw

2.1 SYNOPSIS: BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ITEM SUBMITTED AND A MOTIVATION AS TO WHY IT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF GENDER IN MEDIA CONTENT?

A lot of times in the media industry reporters spend a lot of time reporting on instances that have occurred and focus very little on exploring the root cause of these problems or the possible solutions. The article I have submitted looks at some of the possibilities that children who grow up in broken homes are susceptible to becoming future aggressors of gender based violence. The article also depicts the evolution of domestic abuse and its overall ripple effect in the rest of the family including the psychological effects which are often over shadowed by the physical effects and go untreated.

2.2 HOW DOES THIS ACTIVITY CONTRIBUTE TO ACHIEVING THE 28 TARGETS OF THE SADC PROTOCOL ON GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT? PLEASE NAME THE RELEVANT TARGET. Article 6 of the Protocol on Gender and development titled 'Domestic Legislation Subsection B states elimination of gender based violence as one the key objectives. Article 20 titled "Legal" section1 sub section (b) states another objective as to ensure the perpetrators of Gender Based Violence are tried in a competent jurisdiction. My article addresses the issue of where gender based violence is rooted and it also provides reference for rehabilitation of victims through the aid of psychologists, self-help documents and safe havens like child line Botswana for the victims.

2.3 BRIEF BACKGROUND: WHY DID YOU PRODUCE THE STORY? WHAT PROBLEM OR CONTEXT IS IT RESPONDING TO?

Coming from a rural village, over the years I have witnessed this vicious cycle of how children raised in a domestic violence ridden environment grow up to either be abusers or submissive because they are unaware of any alternate lifestyles. Hence my emphasis on the protection of minors and how they can be rehabilitated should they witness it.

2.4 OBJECTIVES: WHAT DID YOU HOPE TO ACHIEVE WITH THIS COVERAGE? My key objective is to sensitize those in organisations established to help victims of gender based violence to identify this cycle and help break it where they sense that children are victims or are a part of an unsafe environment.

2.5 TARGETS: WHO DID YOU HOPE TO REACH? WHAT EVIDENCE DO YOU HAVE TO ILLUSTRATE IMPACT?

• Youth Groups

• Non-Governmental Organisations

• Government departments dealing with gender based violence

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I have been nominated to being a board member for a local youth organisation named Youth Matters. I am also working with a group from my home village and we talk about these issues and liaise with the social workers to have a more open door approach so that children will feel free to approach them.

2.6 PROCESS: HOW DID YOU GATHER THE DATA, HOW MANY SOURCES, FEMALE AND MALE DID YOU CONSULT?

• Department of social services

• Social workers in rural areas to compare the patterns I had gathered from my home village

• A psychologist

• Various papers by specialists in the field

3 sources 2 women and 1 man and the children's act

2.7 PLEASE PROVIDE ANY EXAMPLES OF FEEDBACK THAT YOU RECEIVED FROM THE ARTICLES (FROM WEBSITES, LETTERS, ETC.). ATTACH ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTATION.

I do not have this kind of feed back

2.8 HOW WOULD YOU CONDUCT FOLLOW UP?

Time and resources allowing one would set up a organisation specifically targeting this issue and then measure the impact of this sensitisation of this issue.

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NAME - BABOKI KAYAWE

NAME OF MEDIA HOUSE - MMEGI/THE MONITOR

DESIGNATION

EDUCATION REPORTER

2.1 SYNOPSIS: BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ITEM SUBMITTED AND A MOTIVATION AS TO WHY IT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF GENDER IN MEDIA CONTENT?

The above submissions are on the deteriorating national exams results in Botswana. The 2012 Junior Certificate Examinations performance was very poor, and that sparked a national debate, which still continue to date. I broke the story, looking at the factors that might have led to the dismal results and it became topical in all media both conventional and social media. As a result the the Ministry of Education and Skills Development had numerous consultative meetings as a way of addressing this 'national crisis'. As a follow up, I did an analysis, which looked at the way forward in which an educationalist at the University of Botswana called for a commission of inquiry- and weeks later it was announced by Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi who is the minister of education that the President had set up a task team to look at the causative agents of the poor results. To begin with, this is a very good example of of media context because I did follow-up articles on the issue, and I still continue to keep my nose on the ground for any new leads or information. It then becomes an outstanding example of gender in the media context in that as a woman in the media I made satisfactory follow-ups and that indicates that the voice of female journalists in not limited to softer beats such as entertainment and feature reporting alone. Not only that, as a woman reporter I have had an immense contribution towards education debates. As a results, of the articles I have authored the education minister has come up with a number of interventions to curb the deteriorating national pass rate.

2.2 HOW DOES THIS ACTIVITY CONTRIBUTE TO ACHIEVING THE 28 TARGETS OF THE SADC PROTOCOL ON GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT? PLEASE NAME THE RELEVANT TARGET. (200 words)

It does contribute towards achieving the SADC Protocol on Gender in the sense that as a woman reporter I break and analyze issues in education as a critical developmental tool thus giving women in the media a voice. In addition, the two most influencial people in the local education fraternity are women- the education minister, Pelonomi Venson- Moitoi and the chief of the assessment body- Dr Serara Moahi, which answers the issue of provision for gender mainstreaming in all information, communication and media policies. It gives women equal representation and a voice. In addition, it addresses the target on education and training. At the moment the education system is having numerous challenges, which hinders Article 14 and it requires the media to write more about the issues in order for them to be addressed. As a responsible citizen of this country and a woman journalist who has the best interest of the country at heart and who aspires to see it compete equally in the global economy through skilled human resources,I never run out of patience in reporting issues in education.

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2.3 BRIEF BACKGROUND: WHY DID YOU PRODUCE THE STORY? WHAT PROBLEM OR CONTEXT IS IT RESPONDING TO?

"I produced the story following the dismal public schools Junior Certificate Examinations (JCE) results. Although it is a continuing story given that Botswana has had declining pass rates in the last four years. It is responding to the education system which continues to go down in standard, which is bad news for a developing country. Botswana needs qualified human resource to grow and diversify her economy.

2.4 OBJECTIVES: WHAT DID YOU HOPE TO ACHIEVE WITH THIS COVERAGE?

The first objective is to inform the nation or readers about the JCE performance

To communicate issues that are contributing to the year after year national exams results decline and seek possible intervention to this problem

To let the involved parties- parents, teachers, ministry of education and the nation at large realise that some unresolved issues will rob the country of its much needed human skills"

2.5 TARGETS: WHO DID YOU HOPE TO REACH? WHAT EVIDENCE DO YOU HAVE TO ILLUSTRATE IMPACT?

">Parents,

>Teachers,

>Policy makers

Following this reportage a number of meetings and press conferences were held by the education ministry and teacher unions to map a way forward. And at cabinet level, a task team was set up to look at the ministry of education regarding whether it needed to be separated as the concern is that its mandate is too huge to be housed under one ministry. The article titled Mokaila investigates Venson-Moitoi is the evidence. In addition, the students who failed dismally have been offered places to pursue vocational education. For this one, I could not attend the meeting which was held in the northern part of Botswana due to resource constraints in our media house. But it is on record that the minister has taken that decision as reported in the government publication, the DailyNews. Minister Venson-Moitoi made an announcement that students who obtained D grade will be admitted into senior secondary schools, due to pressure from parents and the public at large."

2.6 PROCESS: HOW DID YOU GATHER THE DATA, HOW MANY SOURCES, FEMALE AND MALE DID YOU CONSULT?

"I gathered information through analyzing the Botswana Examination Council website and the results themselves. I also called various sources in the education fraternity, teachers- most of whom spoke off record especially women because they are not in an official position to be quoted. I have seven sources on record and four informants who spoke off record. Four of them were women and the rest men. It is still a big challenge to have women sources on record as most women are not in a position of authority, unless they are victims

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for instance parents of the students who failed. I have observed that women are much more active and open up to the media whenever the future of their children is at stake.

However, I try by all means to have women's voices heard in as much as I have managed to inform national debates and opinions on issues of education as a woman. "

2.8 HOW WOULD YOU CONDUCT FOLLOW UP?

"> Go back to the cabinet sub-committee to see how much work they have done already in the commission of inquiry (as the minister of education herself called it) but later denied by the chief spokesperson, Jeff Ramsay.

>Looking at the Form Five results to see how the students at that level have performed (which are not yet released)

>Follow up the students who will be placed in vocational institution after performing badly at JCE, and find out whether government has come-up with interventions to help students who passed on to senior secondary school with bad results (for example D-grade).

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Name: Thamani Shabani

Media house: Botswana Press Agency

2.1 SYNOPSIS: BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ITEM SUBMITTED AND A MOTIVATION AS TO WHY IT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF GENDER IN MEDIA CONTENT?

STORY TITTLE: FAMILY BREAK-UPS RIFE Gender-based violence can take many forms depending on the situation at hand and one of them is family break-ups which constitute to misery in the family and it also affects the children.

2.2 HOW DOES THIS ACTIVITY CONTRIBUTE TO ACHIEVING THE 28 TARGETS OF THE SADC PROTOCOL ON GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT? PLEASE NAME THE RELEVANT TARGET.

Firstly it should be understood that the SADC Protocol on gender and development set 23 progressive targets from the 28 targets. One such progresive target is that women will hold 50 percent of decision making positions in the private and public sector as well as ensuring equal participation of women and men in economic. Poverty, unemployment are some of teh rampant challenges that affect most women in teh SADC region. So if dfamily break-ups will also be another problem, is another blow to the women folk. So it is imperative for women in the SADC region to come together as a group and discuss the issue of family-break-ups. Though most of the cases are judged in their favour, it is not a good thing to happen for a healthy family and children. So this articles calls for women in the SADC to discuss the issue of family break-up though the matter does not come out clearly up clearly in the 28 protocols.

2.3 BRIEF BACKGROUND: WHY DID YOU PRODUCE THE STORY? WHAT PROBLEM OR CONTEXT IS IT RESPONDING TO?

I chose the story because its a human interest storythat might be of sufficient interest that can attract the reader. Gender issues are of topical by nature and they need to be revisited at all times and i belive that the truth is more that the other way round. 2.4 OBJECTIVES: WHAT DID YOU HOPE TO ACHIEVE WITH THIS COVERAGE?

I wanted people to understand that issues of gender does not only affect us directly but also indirretly. I wanted people to understand that cases of family break-ups are of great concern and they have reached the apex and that something had to be done.

2.5 TARGETS: WHO DID YOU HOPE TO REACH? WHAT EVIDENCE DO YOU HAVE TO ILLUSTRATE IMPACT? My target was those who want to get married to be extra careful when they take the decision because they might fall the victims. Planning for something is very important. REMEMBER: It wasnt raining when Noah built the arch.

2.6 PROCESS: HOW DID YOU GATHER THE DATA, HOW MANY SOURCES, FEMALE AND MALE DID YOU CONSULT?

No. my source was only one person.

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2.7 PLEASE PROVIDE ANY EXAMPLES OF FEEDBACK THAT YOU RECEIVED FROM THE ARTICLES (FROM WEBSITES, LETTERS, ETC.). ATTACH ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTATION. It prompted Radio Botswana to and other local private radio stations to oragnise talks with the public.

2.8 HOW WOULD YOU CONDUCT FOLLOW UP? Through interviewing the public and making follo-ups at the court to find out whether such cases are still increasing or there is a reduction ever since the story was published.

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NAME OF COE COUNCIL CHOBE DISTRICT COUNCIL

COUNTRY BOTSWANA

SURNAME MOJAPHOKO

NAME REGINAH

DESIGNATION CHIEF HOUSING TECHNICIAN

PHONE WORK 6250275

ADDRESS PRIVATE BAG K30, NUNGA ROAD KASANE, BOTSWANA

NAME OF GOOD PRACTICE - PAPER MAKING AND WOOD PAINTING PROJECT

2.1 SYNOPSIS: BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE GOOD PRACTICE AND MOTIVATION AS TO WHY IT IS A GOOD PRACTICE?

This is where different decorative antiques and ornaments are made using dry wood from the forest and paper pastry made from newspapers ,flour and cooking oil. This practise is good because it reduces the amount of waste that has to be taken to the landfill and compacted into the ground at the landfill. It also reduces the amount of waste that could be burnt in the house holds that do not pay for refuse collection therefore reducing the amount of gases being emitted into the atmosphere that pollute the air as well as the ozone layer. This also reduces the amount of paper waste that could be all over the streets, on trees and other plants affecting their growth by reducing their amount of air intake. By this project we al

2.2 HOW DOES THIS ACTIVITY CONTRIBUTE TO ACHIEVING THE 28 TARGETS OF THE SADC PROTOCOL ON GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT? PLEASE NAME THE RELEVANT TARGET

Through the training of the people who are unskilled and teaching them on business skills, the beneficiaries are economically empowered and are also educated and informed therefore achieving Articles 17 of economic empowerment and Articles 19 on equal access to employment and benefits. Articles 14 on Gender equality in training is also achieved because the council does not only focus on a certain gender but selects both men and women to from the beneficiaries to be trained. It is just that a high number of women are regain the beneficiaries. We also still have a challenge of stereotype from our beneficiaries, they to enroll for some of the trainings.

2.3 BRIEF BACKGROUND: WHY DID THE ACTIVITY COME ABOUT? WHAT PROBLEM OR CONTEXT IS IT RESPONDING TO? (300 words) *

Chobe as a fishing area provides fishing as a source of income for the community especially women are the ones mostly involved in small business scale. Chobe unlike most areas in our country is not a farming area due to the high number of wildlife that destruct the community's hence the community relies mostly on the fishing business for income. However because of the regulations on fishing (breeding season for fish, therefore no fish can be

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caught for selling) that came as a response to climate change the women are usually left with no source of income. Therefore this project comes as an alternative to the fishing business during this season. The project also addresses the issue of waste management in the ……

2.4 OBJECTIVES: WHAT DID THE PROCESS SET OUT TO DO?

The project is set to reduce the amount of gas emitted into the atmosphere due to the burning of the waste paper and wood. It also reduces the amount of paper that goes out into the stream due to lack of collection which sometimes is because the council does not have resources, most of the time the wildlife is a challenge because it overturns the rubbish bins and some people do not want to pay for their waste to be collected therefore resorting to burning. The process was set to empower women who are unskilled and unemployed so that they continue providing for their families. To reduce the rate of economic gender based violence economically empowering the women.

2.5 TARGETS: WHO OR WHAT WAS TARGETED?

The project was to reach out to unemployed women whom some are beneficiaries of the council so that they graduate from the food basket. The project is also set to target through some organisations (e.g Tebelopele) who have managed to reach out to women involved in prostitution those who are willing to quit the practise.

2.6 PROCESS: WHAT WERE THE DIFFERENT STEPS/ ACTIVITIES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION?

Through two ladies called Maggie and Leya who started the project, the Council recognised the significant difference that they were doing with the environment and decided use them to teach women in their communities. The Council then decided to identify some of the beneficiaries of food basket who can be enrolled from the ten villages into this training which was facilitated Maggie and Leya. These trainings started first in small villages such as Lesoma and Mabele.

When the training was complete the representatives from the different villages were then facilitated with all logistics to train others in their communities so that they may form working teams that will also help unearth their creative spirit. The other trainees involved

2.7 WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MAIN OUTPUTS? ATTACH ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTATION. (200 words) *

The environment has progressively improved on cleanliness, with domestic waste burning also reducing by some percentage. The project has come as a learning curve to the council on the issue of waste management, requiring revision of waste management policies which are on progress and take into consideration issues of climate change and its effects on gender and gender development. The Council has since employed the environmental police persons to bring to law anyone who burns household waste, households that create dumping sites in their backyards instead of refuse collection.

2.8 WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MAIN OUTCOMES? PLEASE PROVIDE EVIDENCE SUCH AS FEEDBACK FROM BENEFICIARIES, TESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE, QUOTES FROM EVALUATIONS. (300 words) *

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As far as the project has progressed there has not yet been graduates from the Council beneficiaries because their projects have not established yet, however the beneficiaries believe the project has brought to them a sense of independence which they could not think of and they are hopeful it will be fruitful to their lives. The facilitators of the project have since grown confidence in themselves as tutors and now believe they are ready to graduate and live it to their trainees while they explore other avenues with their trainer of trainees skills that they acquired through the process. The process also involved some lessons on reading and writing which the beneficiaries say helps them to be able to assist their children who go to school.

2.9 CHALLENGES: WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS YOU HAVE HAD IN IMPLEMENTING THE PROJECT AND HOW HAVE YOU ADDRESSED THEM? (200 words) *

We had resistance from other community members who did not want to pay for refuse collect though they could afford, however with intervention Police department the cases were taken of. The facilitators felt the Council wanted to take their idea and leave them with nothing to live but after they learnt that the Council was providing them a business opportunity then a deal some of the beneficiaries could not read and write, so in each group we identified one person who could read and write fluently. During the process that person addresses the shoridentified. There are some house holds which belong to the Council beneficiaries, those were identified and provided with waste bins and are collected for free.

2.10 LESSONS LEARNT: WHAT LESSONS DID YOU LEARN IN THIS PROCESS AND HOW WILL YOU APPLY THEM? (300 words) *

We learnt that it is important to teach environmental studies to people at an early age and even put it to practice at the tender ages because many of our practices come from the baptism that took place during those periods. Environmental competitions will be introduced to the primary involving the community as well. Most waste items are useful in their own ways, a study has to be made to find out how other waste items can be reused to reduce effects of climate chance and create a sustainable development.

Of course the project can be replicated both in the country and the region because it addresses the issue of creating a sustainable environment using paper and wood the most dispensed waitems all over the globe to sustain the economy of the less privileged in our communities.

Newspapers are indispensable in such a way that even though 98% of the newspaper has news and can be accessed online. The editors do not provide the vital information online, which almost 100% of reading community has an interest on, the classified, both the working class and the non-working class buy news paper for this part. And thats what keeps their business growing.

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Name of Institution: Lobatse Town Council Name: Neo Babopeng Name of good practice: Making Lobatse Green by Lema Landscape & Gardening Servises pty LTD

2.1 SYNOPSIS: BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE GOOD PRACTICE AND MOTIVATION AS TO WHY IT IS A GOOD PRACTICE? (150 words) *

When we started this project, our objective was to only promote self-reliance by creating a source of income only for ourselves (share holders). But as time went on, we realised that a lot of youths around our community was faced with the same challenges and that brought about our good practise. And having discovered at the march that these challenges tend to help increase the rate of criminal actions in the community (based on the statistics shared by the representative from Botswana Police Services), we then broadened our objective, thus aiming to give back to the community by empowering mostly youth on climate related matters linking them with poverty and gender based violence.

2.2 HOW DOES THIS ACTIVITY CONTRIBUTE TO ACHIEVING THE 28 TARGETS OF THE SADC PROTOCOL ON GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT? PLEASE NAME THE RELEVANT TARGET. (200 words) * By creating employment, Lema is instilling a sense of self-reliance/independency amongst the community members hence upbringing the abolition of poverty, which is a critical issue on gender based violence in almost every society. We at Lema, have made it our primary role to give back to the community by ensuring that we minimise number of youths roaming on the street, doing what we were doing before the establishment of our own project. We at times carry out some clean-up campaign, where at the end of every campaign we gatherer the participants to empower them about the environment and relating how a great environment could help reduce poverty which is a critical issue thus proved to be a great promoter of gender based violence. It has always known to the society that, it is a woman’s duty to do yard cleaning, garden development or maintenance, however this has in a way endorsed disputes in the family households which tremendously encourage gender based violence. And by promoting the need for both genders to carry out this duties equally regardless, Lema is arching some of its objectives as well as playing a role into instilling gender based violence free community as suggested and started in article 21 of SADC Protocol, Gender and Development. With these actions, we have met targets set by Millennium Development Goal, MDG through ensuring environmental sustainability, eradicating poverty, promoting gender equality. We have and are still fulfilling the national vision, through Building a United and Proud Nation as suggested in Vision 2016. .

2.3 BRIEF BACKGROUND: WHY DID THE ACTIVITY COME ABOUT? WHAT PROBLEM OR CONTEXT IS IT RESPONDING TO? (300 words) * Lema is an agricultural landscaping company founded at the beginning of the year 2012 by a group of young highly motivated individuals in Lobatse. Its birth was inspired primarily by a desire to improve these individuals who are passionate about caring and rejuvenating our rapidly deteriorating environment. Reaching this point came upon an informal random survey which was conducted as the company was providing its landscaping service. This therefore challenged Lema to tap into environmental conservation issues. But basically here is the real inspiration behind Lema’s discovery:

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One morning November 2011, we attended the 16 Days of activism against gender violence gathering. What actually motivated us to attend was the fact that there were free T-shits, and besides, rumours were, some snack and drinks were to be given to attendants. Now that was a real catch for someone who had been smoking marijuana on an empty stomach. Little did we know that this was the day we will sign up for a better future. A day later my friend’s father came home unexpectedly to find a bunch of youth doing drugs in his house. He was very furious and started lashing us with facts which were in fact a repetition of what was said the day before at the gathering. It was then that we realise that we needed to get our act together and start building ourselves a future. We seat down the following day to brainstorm on projects that we could go into together as a group. So we decided to do a project that we can start right away without having to go around trying to source capital. We then started to do house-to-house general surrounding cleaning, where we did gardening services and where paid on monthly bases. Things took even a better turn when we realised from the customers’ demand that we could extend our services by providing landscape services as well. We decided to also do something that would indulge the community. And MAKING LOBATSE GREEN opportunity came. That’s when we approached Lobatse Town Council, where we got an impressive response and assistance from the Youth Officer. Two of our company partners were attached in the Parks Department to expertise and familiarise them about the landscaping and gardening industry.

2.5 OBJECTIVES: WHAT DID THE PROCESS SET OUT TO DO?

Environmental conservation proves to be a huge challenge evidently not only to our society but to the world at large. Due to the extensive growth in the use of artificial/chemical based fertilizers, industrialisation, deforestation and other developmental activities, the natural environment is seriously at risk. The world is battling issues of erosion, desertification, global warming and drastic climatic changes. Lema has taken it upon itself to render services and products that are a step towards reducing if not stopping these devastating disasters. In a mandate to achieve such, Lema pride itself in production of organic crop production, construction of features that will help conserve soil for the future generation. Lema is passionate about reducing deforestation through providing services and products that are going to reduce deforestation, desertification, hence manage factors affecting and threatening global warming. Health is crucial and with good health there comes a massive productivity in every sector every where. Health is a very disturbing issue in Botswana as much as it is world widely. Lema can not provide for the whole world directly but we strongly believe by doing our best to provide in Botswana, we should be able to change the health statistics for the better, therefore contributing into making a much healthier world for tomorrow’s generation. With diseases like HIV/AIDS, Diabetic diseases, blood pressure related diseases that the world is tremendously faced with, Lema has again taken it upon itself again to try and reduce this pandemics. And with our great gardening services we believe that with just a matter of time we will be able to change the world health statistics for the better by making Botswana one of the lists affected countries. We comment our selves for the production of herbal, flowers, fruits and vegetable gardens. Not only do we construct these gardens for our clientele, we also empower them on the importance of having and maintaining these gardens.

Poverty is getting outrageous in Botswana and it leads to so many social problems including gender based violence which affect so many people directly and indirectly. That is why at Lema we are set to create employment hence empowering and instilling self reliance and independency with a hope of better outcome for the future generation.

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2.5 TARGETS: WHO OR WHAT WAS TARGETED? (100 words) * Our target was the community especially youth, i.e. young people staying in Lobatse and surrounding areas. Poverty and violence go together. Where there is poverty there is a high chance of gender based violence.

So that’s where Lema pitch in. not only do we provide employment, we reach the community through gardening and landscaping events where a lot of empowerment is done to address social problems that are aroused by poverty there by encouraging gender based violence.

2.6 PROCESS: WHAT WERE THE DIFFERENT STEPS/ ACTIVITIES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION? (300 words) * After we established our target market, we placed advertising materials including posts in public places; we handed out business cards, flyers and brochures. We went house-to-house campaigning making people aware of our company, its products and services. We managed to acquire 16 homes to clean on contract bases and within the second month of the contract, we employed 4 men to keep these homes clean daily. We also acquired a job to clear a farm of 20 hectors in Musi, a village in Borolong for which we were able to temporarily employ 3 men and 7 women. Over and above, we initiated a march to make the community aware of our MAKE LOBATSE GREEN initiative. The table below elaborate our step-by-step implementation of this initiative. Implementation plan

WHAT HOW HOW LONG WHEN WHO (Activity) (Strategy) (Duration) (Actual date) (carried by) The company Initiative campaign Go from one home 2 weeks 01/04/2012- shareholders to the other inviting 14/04/12 people to join the scheduled clean-up campaign

Clean-up campaign Go around the 4hours 28/04/2012 The relevant neighborhood to stakeholders, the pick up litter and company gather together shareholders and after cleaning up to. the community Share and discuss members the company ‘initiative. Schedule the tree planting plan

Implementation of Buy plants from the 8 weeks 11/08/2012- The company the initiative (tree local plant nursery. 08/10/2012 shareholders, the planting) Dig holes for stakeholders and planting, place the the community plant into the whole, members cover it with fertile soil and lastly water

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it. NB two plants will be planted in each tree planting day. The company Plants maintenance Weeding, 18 months Still on process shareholders cultivating, top dressing, pruning, harvesting etc.

2.7 WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MAIN OUTPUTS? ATTACH ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTATION. (200 words) *

Lema as a company has played its part into fulfilling pledges set by a couple Governmental and Non Governmental institutions. We have acted on some issues elaborated by SADC Protocol, and the national Vision 2016committee. We have fulfilled the following aims: Job creation and reduction of poverty hence reduction of gender based violence in the community. After acquiring 16 homes to clean on contract bases, we were able to employed 4 men to keep these homes clean daily.

Making Lobatse green With environmental conservation proving to be a huge challenge in the community, we have made a positive change when we made and fulfilled our commitment to plant some in Lobatse. By empowering the public about environmental conservation, we have surely created a future sense of its conversation by the society. We have made them aware of the extensive growth in the use of artificial/chemical based fertilizers, industrialisation, deforestation and other developmental activities, which are seriously putting the environment at risk. By emphasising issues of erosion, desertification, global warming and drastic climatic changes the society has now been empowered. We also sell and promote services and products that will defiantly help abolishing these devastating disasters.

Source of health improvement The construction of herbal, flower, fruit and vegetable gardens for our clientele, has made some people to life a health better life.

2.8 WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MAIN OUTCOMES? PLEASE PROVIDE EVIDENCE SUCH AS FEEDBACK FROM BENEFICIARIES, TESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE, QUOTES FROM EVALUATIONS. (300 words) * Lema so far had created temporary employment 10 employees. We employed on contract

2.9 CHALLENGES: WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS YOU HAVE HAD IN IMPLEMENTING THE PROJECT AND HOW HAVE YOU ADDRESSED THEM? (200 words) * We encountered quite a few problems through out the implementation of our project. Above all we were faced with lack of capital to further establish other elements of our company. After we realised how big this project could be, we tried to source some funds from a couple of government institutions but it was not easy. We just could not reach all the requirements, ranging from age, number of shareholders, and gender of shareholders, just to mention a few. THUS son many things are left undone. We are not able to spread the services of the company as much as we are supposed to. Some company records moments were not captured due to lack of equipment.

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This project was new hence unfamiliar, so people did not easily buy into the idea. We had to put an extra effort into our pledge and campaigns. And due to this fact, much time was needed as well as other resources that we needed to acquire that only money could buy. The company however managed to get SOME help from Lobatse Town Council’s Youth Office. A big establishment has a bigger voice. So it was through the LTC Youth Office that we were able to convince more people to attend our events

2.10 LESSONS LEARNT: WHAT LESSONS DID YOU LEARN IN THIS PROCESS AND HOW WILL YOU APPLY THEM? (300 words) *

In the long run we have learnt that we ort to find ways to raise funds for our company and refrain from relying completely on the other person or institution to fund us. We will now establish a fund raising element in our company. We agreed that once in every month we will go around town doing a mobile car wash. We have also decided to build a tack shop in one of the shareholder’s home to gain funds for the project. We are going to carry out promotional/adverting events including environmental titled beauty contests, fashion shows, sponsored events such as walks and rallies. We have learnt quite a few and we are very confident that repetition of all activities that took place would be somehow better thus we will gain better results next time. Now that we are familiar with procedures to follow, places to search, people to seek information from, it will be easier and time manageable going forward. Hence practise makes perfect.

This project is replicable as it can be carried by another person by another individuals or companies with or without our input. With a lot of environmental changes that are taking place world widely, there is always going to be a need to do activities that will help reduce if not stop factors affecting environment negatively. The office of the president has in a way also proved this project to be replicable and sustainable when it introduced the initiation of backyard gardening as well as the construction of nursery for people affected by poverty, through the Poverty Eradication programme. The Lobatse Town Council has also proposed to carry out a similar project for the benefit of the environment. Our next step is to mobilise our initiatives even further so that we cover at list areas sounding Lobatse. We are also willing to inform and encourage other private companies to start engaging into projects like this one to help minimise disasters that may be caused by affected and not so well taken care of environment. We intend to source funds from parastatals and develop our company. With some of the money generated (profits), we will take some of our members to enrol into schools and do courses related to landscaping. We will also plant as many trees as we can around Lobatse.

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