Education and Community Support Programs

Upgrading and improving the environment, health, educational, social, and cultural and infrastructure aspects. Education on women and girls sexual and reproductive health through seminars, workshops & conferences and capacity building for women

Training in London

We conduct specialized training programs such as training for refugees and asylum seeking women, women’s participation in community development, health sensitization and promotion, Training of Trainers (TOT), Attitude and Behaviors change, Participatory and specialized workshops for NGO leaders and capacity building for organizations and members. Workshops for experience sharing, advocacy and policy influencing on cross cutting issues such as HIV/AIDS.

Micro-Enterprising for small businesses

The main goal of this program is to provide technical help, training, business mentoring and other types of support to developing social enterprise, Income generation for youth and women, micro-enterprise business owners and farm women on how to grow and market their crops. To date, only a few projects have been financed. With the generous support of individuals and businesses, we are hoping to increase the number of projects we support in Cameroon and assist women to market their produce their produces in the UK and to develop sustainable social enterprise for women in Ealing.

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PROGRAMMES AND ACTIVITIES

Prevention of Gender Based Violence

Our strategic plan focuses on three strategic directions: community systems strengthening, improving policies for protecting women and girls from violence and institutional systems strengthening. The adoption of the new strategic plan represented a transition of our strategic thinking and focus guided by fresh evidence and aligned to the UK gender policies 2011 also saw increased networking and partnerships and the scaling up of activities towards training, education and counselling for women and girls affected by FGM.

Through our community programme, we have initiated a process of change from within targeted communities, where a cadre of dedicated women volunteers are helping, persuading and empowering other women.

We are continuing to raise the issue of Breast Ironing and FGM, and in our future plans we will continue to promote women and girl’s sexual and reproductive health through education, advocacy and capacity building especially on matters related to GBV; breast ironing, FGM, Forced marriage, teenage pregnancy, STIs and HIV/AIDS

Our Achievements

CAWOGIDO’s information and resources form a key component of our education and awareness strategy. These resources were provided directly to women and girls experiencing breast ironing, FGM and child marriage.

Trainings and 23 public education sessions have been conducted and that forms a key part of CAWOGIDO’s work and aims to help provide the relevant skills to build the capacity of women in tackling poverty and be self employed.

Advocacy and campaign action is central to the work of CAWOGIDO due to the need to strengthen visibility of the issues that CAWOGIDO tackles. While unemployment has been an issue of concern in the UK for the past years, because it affects primarily ethnic minority groups and refugees and asylum seekers, We strive to work through partnerships and networks to undertake our advocacy and campaign activities to put people back to work.

Our community programmes is geared at engaging with women and young people and strengthening partnerships and capacity of African and minority ethnic migrant and refugee community based organizations. We have worked through advisory group made up of representatives from community agencies that provided guidance and support monitoring of the project.

For elders

Social activities for the elderly, sports and exercise classes