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Empowerment Magazine
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Strategic Plan

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Author Name:  Limbika Youth Organisation
Published:  2008-05-04

Description: LIMBIKA YOUTH ORGANISATION LIMBIKA’S STRATEGIC PLAN FOR 2008-2011 CONTACT DETAILS T/A Masumbankhunda Lilongwe Rural-West P.O. Box 98, Sinyala Lilongwe Malawi, Central Africa Telephone: +265(0) 999 777 333, +265(0) 999 034 271, +265(0) 888 660 550 E-mail: liyoinfo@gmail.com Acknowledgement Limbika Youth Organization would like to thank the following organization for technical and financial support during the entire process of coming up with this strategic plan. Without their support, this strategic plan would not have been produced. • National Aids Commission (NAC) for financial and technical support both for evaluation of Limbika and this strategic plan’s workshop. • National Youth Council of Malawi (NYCOM) for technical support for entire process of coming up with this strategic plan. • BHAM for financial support PREFACE Limbika Youth Organization having gone through an evaluation and subsequent strategic planning process highlights its commitment of doing work of good standards and saving the youth. Women and children better. The strategic plan for 2008-2011 includes a very critical issues affecting young people, but dealing with the matter of having self reliant society. Creating a self reliant society requires strategies that would be empowering. Limbika therefore adopts as a key strategy to responding to human rights violations, HIV/AIDS prevention and mitigation and other health problems through the process of EMPOWERING. Youth, women and children empowerment focuses on various areas not limited to life skills, creating environment which is conducive, economic and livelihood development, community mobilization general civic education for on human rights, HIV/AIDS governance and leadership development. Limbika has now clearly defined its path for the next 4 years. Apart from this document, Limbika shall be entitled to plan a mid term review for the strategy. The review shall be planned for May, 2009. However it shall be important that the annual basis, the document should be critically reviewed to look at gaps that could be happening in the context of the activities. Finally as strategic plan is the backbone and guiding document in the organization, the Executive Director and entire team of the organization are entitled to effectively use the strategic plan. The SP should guide the secretariat in the development of comprehensive programmes to cater for all the strategies for the organization. Above all, in liaison with the Board of Directors, the secretariat should monitor its activities carefully. In respect of that the BOD should always remember its mandated responsibility of controlling activities carried out by Limbika. Thanking all of you in advance, Virginia Mazambani Board Chair Limbika Youth Organization 1. Introduction JUSTIFICATION FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN REVIEW Limbika Youth Organization was established in 2001 with the aim of bringing light to rural youth in development interventions with much focus on the need of full participation in developmental issues. Since its inception, Limbika Youth Organization has been implementing its programmes using short term plans. Having looked at the problem side of doing that, the then Executive Director of National Youth Council of Malawi (NYCOM) Mr. Alex Mseka advised Limbika to develop strategic plans which in his view assist the organization to have clear picture of what will be achieved at the end of a certain period of time. It is against this background that Limbika decided to develop this strategic plan document which will guide it (Limbika) for the next 4 years. Before coming up with this document Limbika conducted a comprehensive organizational evaluation after the Board of Directors noted that the organization has got no clear “vision”, “mission”, “strategic plan” and “target group”. So this strategic plan has put in place the clear vision, mission and target group as well as the technical planning of activities for easy implementation of programmes. From this day of 4th May, 2008 Limbika Youth Organization shall be using the new vision, mission statement. You will find all these new shifts below and thereafter the technical planning of activities to be implemented for the next 4 years. Limbika Youth Organization is more than ready to accommodate any critics, advice and recommendation either from peer NGOs or any other body who would offer recommendations towards revisiting of this document in order to come up with the very effective strategic plan. The organization will make sure that all planned activities are implemented and if not they will be shifted to later dates for possible action until the management see to it that something have happened. 2. Major shifts in the strategic plan The strategic plan considered several options and operational aspects of Limbika Youth Organization. The main issues raised were the revisiting of the vision and mission statement plus target group. The major strategic consideration in the strategic plan includes: Putting in new form of vision, mission statement and target population The strategic plan has put in new form of both vision and mission. The new vision now reads; “a HIV/AIDS, self reliant society that respects democratic values and principles” From now on wards the mission statement of Limbika Youth Organization shall read; “strive for the transformation, good health, betterment, survival and auspicious future of the young people by providing them with basic education in sexual reproductive and public health issues, HIV/AIDS, nutrition and creating access for them to take part in making development decisions” As the mission reads now anyone is able to know the target group which are youth, women and children. This clearly means that in all what Limbika is ought to do or implement, the aim is to serve the interest of youth, women and children. 3. What will make Limbika Youth Organization so special in its catchment area? Limbika is special in its programmes because it clearly states what it intends to do, the target group is clearly known and all its programmes serve the interest of youth, women and children. Although it is so, Limbika shall not exclude working in partnership with peer organizations country wide. 4. Catchment area This strategic plan development meeting agrees to maintain the catchment area as; “Malawi” 5. Other binding issues a) The Board of Trustees shall have powers to organize fundraising activities aimed at supporting project activities of the organization in a manner determined by them. b) All affiliated members and volunteers shall be entitled to pay an applicable, non refundable annual membership fee as determined by the Executive Director and Board of Trustees. c) The organization shall maintain several accounts as shall be determined by the Executive Director in consultation with the Board of Trustees. d) The organization’s main account shall be maintained with any banking institutions as determined by the Board of Trustees and the following shall be the signatories of main account the i) The Executive Director ii) Programmes Manager iii) Finance Controller e) Any fund special for the project shall have its own account to be opened by the same signatories LIMBIKA YOUTH ORGANIZATION KEY ISSUES AND STRATEGIES YOUTH DEVELOPMENT Strategic Issue Strategic Objective Strategies 1.1. Irresponsible behavior among youth 1.2. Increase in poverty levels Empower the youth to become responsible citizens who are able to develop their societies and communities Strengthen or reinforce life skills, HIV/AIDS education and leadership development for youth Enhance entrepreneurship and livelihoods development Mobilize community support for youth development including sports and culture Enhance positive living and HIV/AIDS education amongst youth Develop and strengthen collaboration among stakeholders and service providers Social Empowerment Women and Children Programme Strategic Issues Strategic Objective Strategies 1.1. High vulnerability of women to HIV/AIDS and abuses of children’s rights at community and national level 1.2. Low literacy levels among women thus low comprehension of non-user friendly technical materials currently available 1.3. Inadequate civic education for human rights and democracy among women and children. Empower women and children to reduce their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS and social-cultural injustice at community level. Strengthen community structures and civic education thus rights of women and children at community level. Increase the functional literacy level for women and children for sustainable development in the communities. Orientation of women and children (sex workers, teen mothers, adolescent girls, widows and female divorcees) in life skills education. Empower women and children on issues of human rights, responsibilities and democratic values in the context of HIV/AIDS related matters. Enhance counseling and rehabilitation activities for children in need of special care (child prostitutes, child laborers, children in conflict with the law, abused children, street children etc) Institute community based action groups to advocate for the rights and responsibilities of women and children. Conduct sensitization and mobilization campaigns to enhance community support systems for the protection and promotion of women and children’s rights. Organize a variety of community focused campaigns on violation of human rights and democratic rights Develop Economic and entrepreneurial initiatives that offer sustainable alternative means of employment and income generation for the infected and affected Promote basic functional literacy initiatives for women, men, girls and boys at community level. Develop highly illustrated user friendly literacy multimedia productions Strengthen communication for behavior change programmes to empower young people to disseminate issues on rights and responsibilities. Comprehensive health education for women and children including malnutrition, sanitation, water management. Early childhood Education Initiative at community level on basic human rights and responsibilities. Networking locally, nationally and internationally and advocating for safer laws for women and children. Care and Support Programme Strategic Issues Strategic Objective Strategies Increase in prevalence of HIV/AIDS and its impact at community and national level in Malawi Establish a well managed community based prevention, care and support systems for the chronically ill and people living with HIV/AIDS Life skills development for the orphans, people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA’s), volunteers and care givers at the community level Comprehensive health education Programme on HIV/AIDS and other health related issues at the community level. Food security and economic empowerment initiative for people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. Orphans and vulnerable children development initiative at community level. Community care of people living with HIV/AIDS, chronically ill and orphans at local level Human Rights and Democracy Programme Strategic Issues Strategic Objective Strategies 1.1. Increased human rights violations in the community 1.2. Deterioration of human rights and democracy culture Empower the communities to understand, respect, defend and demand their fundamental human rights responsibly. Civic education on human rights, democracy, citizenship and responsibilities. Community mobilization against human rights violations and abuse of power. Advocacy, lobbying, networking and information sharing. Information, communication and technology for HIV/AIDS Prevention and promotion of human rights and democracy. Training and capacity building for community members on human rights, democracy and governance issues Research development for community development. Institutional Level Strategic Issue Strategic Objective Strategies 1.1. Inadequate sustainable resources for the organization including lack of office Acquire sustainable resources and facilities within Limbika to implement comprehensive programmes in the organization Develop and implement a comprehensive resource mobilization and institutional sustainability plan 1.2. Non comprehensive human resource development within Limbika Youth Organization and mechanisms for sustaining high quality staff Institute comprehensive human resource developmental policies Develop and implement a staff development For the organizations 1.3. Inadequate enforcement of policies and procedures for governance and management including monitoring and evaluation Review and enforce the policies, procedures and systems including development of comprehensive monitoring and evolution system and Limbika constitution Policy review and enforcement 1.4. Need to improve operational management team and governance Improve the management performance and governance in the organization Develop a governing board and management for the organization 7.0 STRATEGIC PLAN 2008-2011 Youth Development Initiatives Strategic Issues Strategic Objectives Strategies Activities Irresponsible behavior among youth Increase in poverty levels Empower the youth to become responsible citizens who are able to develop their societies and communities Strengthen or reinforce life skills, HIV/AIDS education and leadership development for youth • Conduct training in life skills education, counseling, youth leadership, club management and peer education and counseling • Organize youth exchange visits to local successful projects • Conduct training for CBO leaders in resource mobilization and management • Conduct staff monthly and bi-monthly meetings with life skills facilitators, counselors and peer educators • Train youth and community groups in sports organization, administration, coaching, refereeing for positive youth development and behavior change. • Procure and distribute sporting and recreational materials to youth groups and clubs at community level • Organize community based sports competition to promote behavior change and physical fitness. • Organize inter-club creative competitions on Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health (YSRH) messages and information dissemination for youth • Develop and conduct community based drug and alcohol abuse prevention education and rehabilitation activities Enhance entrepreneurship and livelihood development • Train youth in business management • Provision of loans or grants or any other inputs to youth • Conduct exchange /study visits • Link youth with money lending institutions • Conduct vocational skills training for youth • Conduct follow up visits Mobilize community support for youth development • Conduct advocacy meetings with community leaders • Set task community forces • Hold community awareness meetings • Conduct open days for youth • Conduct training for opinion and youth leaders in youth-adult partnership • Conduct Bi-monthly meetings with taskforces • Recruit senior community coordinators Enhance positive living and HIV/AIDS education amongst youth • Identify, develop collect and distribute Behavior Change Intervention materials to clubs and staff • Train youth peer educators • Conduct community awareness meetings • Distribute condoms to men, women and youth in various places at community level • Conduct monthly meetings with youth peer educators • Initiate formation of support already existing PLWHA support groups • Establish monitoring system for young people’s response to HTC messages Develop an strengthen collaboration among stakeholders and service providers • Hold stakeholders meetings • Conduct joints visits with stakeholders Social Empowerment of Women and Children Programme Strategic Issue Strategic Objective Strategies Activities High women and children’s vulnerability to HIV/AIDS and rights abuses at community and national levels Empower women and children to reduce their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS, social-cultural practices and injustices at local and national levels Strengthen community structures that would promote and protect the rights of women and children at community levels Life skills development for women and children (sex, workers, teen mothers. Adolescent girls, widows and female divorcees) • Conduct training in life skills, counseling, peer education, theatre for development, conflict management, facilitation techniques, nutrition and diet, community participatory learning techniques etc for women and children. • Conduct weekly and monthly life skills sessions for the vulnerable groups like sex workers, widows, abused children etc. • Enhance learning visits for women and children to successful projects • Peer education for sex workers, teen mothers, widows etc at community levels • Conduct refresher course for counselors, life skills facilitators peer elucidators, theater group members. Economic entrepreneurial development initiatives including skills building that offer alternative means of employment and income generation for sex workers, widows, teen mothers, adolescent girls, divorcees and other vulnerable groups. • Conduct training in business management, budgeting, marketing, market research and book keeping. • Facilitate skills in running business and loan management through provision of small scale business skills programme. • Promote exchange visits among the beneficiaries amongst sex workers, teen mothers and other vulnerable groups in the scheme. • Conduct vocational skills training for teen mothers, adolescent girls, widows, sex workers and other vulnerable groups. • Link vulnerable women with money lending institutions provide support Community civic education, sensitization and mobilization to enhance development of community support systems for the protection and promotion of women and children • Conduct community awareness meetings through travelling theatre • Hold community stakeholders meetings on issues of women and children • Develop and distribute IEC materials on women and children • Conduct open days • Distribute condoms on demand • Facilitate bar-bar outreaches for sex workers • Facilitate formation of theatre for development groups Functional literacy initiatives for men, women and children at community levels • Develop functional literacy tailor based manual for specific areas • Conduct functional literacy classes for women and children. • Train functional literacy facilitators at community level Gender mainstreaming initiatives within Limbika and its programmes • Conduct training in gender mainstreaming and gender analytical skills • Monitoring Limbika’s gender mainstreaming initiatives Networking locally, nationally and advocating for safer laws for women and children • Conduct community stakeholders meetings • Lobby men, boys, local leaders, traditional leaders to support women and under five children • Develop community watch dogs against gender based violence. • Develop community victim support units • Participate in local. National and international forums on issues of women and children Early childhood Education Initiative at community level • Facilitating in the formation of kindergarten school • Conducting trainings for care givers in early childhood development education • Conduct trainings for care givers in classroom environment, child development, child needs and child in need for special care. Comprehensive health education for women and children including malnutrition, sanitation, water management etc. • Conduct comprehensive health education on sanitation, nutrition and water management • Establish good sanitation facilities for children in schools and all other places • Facilitate the establishment of community water and sanitation facilities in all the targeted areas • Incorporate HIV/AIDS education in water and sanitation activities. Care and Support Programme Strategic Issues Strategic Objective Strategies Activities Increase in prevalence of HIV/AIDS and its impact at community and national level Establish a well managed community based care and support systems for the chronically ill and people living with HIV/AIDS Life skills development for the orphans, people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA’s) volunteers and care givers at community level • Train and support community life skills facilitators, counselors and social mobilization at community level. • Conduct life skills session for children youth and women in the community • Facilitate the establishment of community managed life skills development centre and units • Provision of information on topical issues of HIV/AIDS, sexuality and reproductive health issues to children Comprehensive health education programme on HIV/AIDS and other health related problems at community level • Conduct intensive health education on HIV/AIDS behavior change so that people develop a health seeking behaviors • Training of hygiene and sanitation volunteers at community level to ensure that clients of HIV/AIDS related infections have access to good sanitation and water. • Train community care givers, guardians and parents on good health including nutrition, food management and provision of palliative care. • Networking and team building, Strengthening collaboration with other NGO’s and institutions • Conduct exchange visits, volunteer support. and Food security and economic empowerment initiatives for people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS • Conduct training in alternative livelihoods, enterprise development, agro-based activities and irrigation techniques for food security initiatives for families affected and infected by HIV/AIDS • Improving water supply, introducing fuel efficient systems to minimize time spent in fetching firewood • Establish small scale animal husbandry for child headed families and elderly cares • Provide startup capital for food insecure families to establish IGA to support families and children orphaned by HIV/AIDS • Train children and orphans in vocational skills • Develop links with institutions that can provide children with ideas about potential employment opportunities • Support small scale business to help them set up a vocational scheme like carpentry, tailoring, batik making, metal work and home management • Source and distribute relief food to families affected by HIV/AIDS and hunger in various areas in the catchment areas Orphans and vulnerable children development initiative at community level • Train teachers and members of the community in psycho-social skills to adequately support orphans • Develop protocols to help teachers and parents respond to the needs of orphans and other vulnerable children • Establishing and supporting alternative to formal schools e.g. creating links with formal education providers for materials support • Providing practical help and support school Attendance e.g. encouraging community members to help children attending classes. • Provide care givers of OVC’s with practical information about how to care for the sick • Establish and manage community based child corner centers • Train teachers and religious leaders in counseling and psychotherapy skills • Introduction to recreation and entertainment and equipment that is procure and distribute to beneficiaries • Conduct special programmes for elderly people who take part in caring for the sick people. • Raise awareness among community leaders, health workers of psycho-social needs for OVC’s Community care for those living with HIV/AIDS, elderly orphans and other vulnerable children • Facilitate the development of community pre-test. Post-test and post bereavement support systems and structures. • Facilitate the development of elderly support systems and structures as they care orphans and other vulnerable groups • Source and distribute food to families affected by hunger in most affected areas in the catchment areas • Raise awareness on the needs of recognizing the role elderly people play in caring for those who suffer from opportunistic infections • Promoting collaboration for all organization who shares the same vision as they are fighting against HIV/AIDS • Train care givers in Home Based Care management Human Rights and Democracy Programme Strategic Issue Strategic Objective Strategies Activities 1.1. Increase human rights violation in the community 1.2. Deterioration of human rights and democratic culture Empower the communities to understand, respect, defend and demand their fundamental human rights responsibly Civic education on human rights, democracy, citizenship and responsibilities • Formulate train and conduct theatre for development on human rights and democracy • Conduct community public debates on human rights issues Community mobilization against human rights violation and abuse of power • Establish human rights and democracy committees and clubs • Organize events to commemorate international days like violence against women, international youth day, day of African child, world child prevention, 16 days of activism etc. Advocacy and lobbying • Conduct advocacy work on youth, women and children reproductive health issues • Develop advocacy materials • Advocacy meetings with policy makers on matters affecting youth and other vulnerable people. • Engage government in realization of the millennium development goals (MDG’s) Networking and information sharing • Engage and use media as medium of communication • Participate in various networking forums both local and internationally • Organize national and international forums on youth, women and children development. Information, communication and technology for HIV/AIDS prevention and promotion of human rights and democracy • Establish community information and resource centres in rural areas • Develop and produce I.E.C. materials Training and capacity building for community members on human rights, democracy and governance issues • Train traditional , community and youth leaders in human rights and democracy • Train community members on how to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of their members of parliament • Train staff and volunteers in advocacy, human rights and democracy Research and development for community development • Conduct research in youth, women and children development • Coordinate the production of annual state party reports in women and children • Engage the government on the realization of issues of international conventions Institutional Level Strategic Issues Strategic Objective Strategies Activities Inadequate sustainable resources for the organization including lack of own office space Acquire resources and facilities within Limbika to implement comprehensive programmes Develop and implement a comprehensive resource mobilization and institutional sustainability plan • Institute a Limbika fundraising and sustainability plan • Conduct fundraising and resource mobilization activities • Acquire Limbika’s own office premises Non comprehensive human resource development within Limbika and mechanisms for sustaining high quality staff Institute comprehensive human resource development policies Develop and implement a staff development plan for the organization • Fill vacant positions with complete trained support staff • Develop and implement a staff development policy • Evaluate staff performances • Identify staff capacity building needs • Facilitate staff and volunteer capacity building at community level Inadequate enforcement of policies and procedures for governance, management, monitoring and evaluation Review and enforce the policies, procedures and systems including development of comprehensive monitoring and evaluation systems Review organizational policies and enforcement mechanisms • Review existing financial, administrative personnel monitoring and evaluation systems and procedures • Develop and implement a volunteer motivation policy, system and procedures • Conduct annual participatory planning and review meetings • Conduct annual participatory planning, monitoring and evaluation of Limbika’s programmes and activities Need to improve management team and governance Improve the management performance and governance in Limbika Develop a governing board and management for the organization • Conduct annual management and board assessment • Conduct Board-Management development sessions • Conduct regular staff and Board meeting • Conduct team development exercises for staff and management 8.0 OPERATIONAL PLAN JANUARY, 2008 TO DECEMBER, 2008 ACTIVITY RESPONSIBLE PERSON TIME DURATION INDICATOR (a) Programme Implementation 1.Youth development Programme • Conduct training in life skills education, counseling, youth leadership club management and peer education • Organize youth exchange visits to local successful projects • Conduct training for CBO leaders in resource mobilization management • Conduct staff monthly and bi-monthly meetings with life skills facilitators and peer educators • Train youth and community members in sports organization, administration, coaching, refereeing for positive youth development and behavior change • Procure and distribute sporting and recreational materials to youth groups at community level • Organize community level sports competition to promote behavior change and physical fitness • Organize inter-club creative competitions on Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health messages and information dissemination • Develop and conduct community based drug and alcohol abuse prevention and rehabilitation activities • Train youth in business management • Provide soft loans and some grant as inputs for youth clubs’ programme implementation • Conduct exchange/study visits • Link youth with money lending institutions • Conduct vocational skills training for youth and OVCs Programme manager, Director, Youth project Officer Jan-Dec 75 youth leaders 35 life skills facilitators 2 exchange visits organized 6 meetings conducted 75 sports facilitators and coaches 350 young people accessing the sporting and recreational facilities in each TA 3 trophies organized 4 interactive sessions conducted 1 project developed on drug and substance abuse for 4 TAs 30 youth trained in business management 25 youth linked to microfinance institutions 6 youth meetings conducted • Conduct open days for youth • Conduct train for opinion and youth leaders in youth-adult partnership • Conduct monthly meetings with task force • Identify, develop, distribute behavior change intervention materials to clubs and staff • Conduct community awareness meetings • Distribute condoms to men, women and youth in various places at community level • Hold stakeholders meetings 2 meetings conducted 2 open days organized 3 task forces for youth development established 2 sessions organized 100,000 condoms distributed 3 sessions organized • Conduct training in life skills, counseling, peer education, theatre for development, conflict management, facilitation techniques, nutrition and diet, community participatory learning techniques etc for women and children • Conduct weekly and monthly life skills sessions for the vulnerable groups like sex workers, widows and abused children • Enhance learning visits for women and children to successful projects • Peer education for sex workers, teen mothers and widows at community level • Conduct refresher course for counselors, life skills facilitators, peer educators and theater group members • Conduct training in business management, budgeting, marketing, market research and book keeping • Facilitate skills in running business and loan management through provision of small scale business skills programmes • Promote exchange visits among the beneficiaries to well established projects • Conduct vocational skills training for beneficiaries Programme Manager, Programme Officer and other project Officers Jan-Dec 75 life kills facilitators trained 10 women trained in facilitation techniques 3000 women and children accessing life skills session 2 visits conducted 2 theatre for development conducted per month Per education for sex workers conducted 1000 women trained 50 women accessing soft loans in the areas of operation 3 visits conducted 100 women trained in vocational skills 50 women linked with money lending institutions • Conducted community awareness meetings through travelling theatre • Hold community stakeholders’ meetings in issues of women and children • Develop and distribute IEC materials for the projects • Conduct open days • Distribute condoms on demand • Facilitate bar-bar sensitization meetings for behavior change of sex workers • Facilitate formation of theatre for development groups • Develop functional literacy tailor based manuals for specific areas • Conduct functional literacy Gender mainstreaming and gender analytical skills • Monitoring Limbika’s gender mainstreaming initiatives • Conduct community stakeholders meetings • Lobby men, boy local leaders, traditional leaders to support women and under five children • Facilitating in the formation of kindergarten school • Conducting trainings for care givers in early childhood development education • Conduct training for care givers in classroom environment, child development, children needs and child in needs of special care • Conduct comprehensive health education on sanitation, nutrition and water management • Establish good sanitation facilities for children in schools and all other places • Facilitate the establishment of community water and sanitation facilities in all the targeted areas • Incorporate HIV/AIDS education in water and sanitation activities 24 community awareness meetings conducted 2 stakeholders meetings conducted 1000 T-Shirts, 100 calendars, 1000 posters developed and distributed 300,000 condoms sourced and distributed 4 theatre for development groups established 6 outreach sessions at bars for commercial sex workers conducted Women and children programme officer attended 2 forums for women and children development 2 training for care givers conducted 10 sanitation centres established (3) Care and Support Programme • Train and support community life skills facilitators, counselors and social mobilizes at community level • Conduct life skills sessions for children, youth and women in the community • Facilitate the establishment of community managed life skills development centre units • Provision of information on topical issues of HIV/AIDS, sexuality and reproductive health issues for children • Conduct intensive health education on HIV/AIDS behavior change and other related health problems to promote health seeking behavior among people • Train hygiene and sanitation volunteers at community level to ensure the those suffering from opportunistic infections are accessing good water, food and other necessities • Train community care givers, guardians and parents on good sanitation, food management and palliative care for PLWHAs • Conduct exchange visits, volunteers support and meetings with stakeholders to share experience of the projects • Network and team building strengthening collaboration with other NGOs and institutions • Conduct training in alternative livelihood, enterprise development agro-based activities and irrigation techniques for food security initiatives for those affected and infected with HIV/AIDS • Improve water supply, introducing fuel efficient systems to minimize time spent in fetching for firewood • Establish small scale animal husbandry enterprises for child headed families and elderly carers • Training beneficiaries in vocational skills and provide starter packs for their in-come generating activities. Programme Manager, Programme Officer (care and Support project officer Jan-Dec 200 care facilitators trained 2 session conducted 6 units established 1 retreat for children 12 awareness meetings 100 peer educators trained 100 volunteers trained 120 givers trained 4 networking meetings conducted 4 exchange visits 6 trainings conducted 200 households accessing the training 30 child headed families 100 families accessing the facility 100 orphans accessing trainings 100 children participate in the programme • Support small scale business to help them set up a vocational scheme like carpentry, tailoring, batik making metal work, pottery, home management • Source and distribute relief food to families affected and infected by HIV/AIDS and hunger in the catchment areas • Train teachers and community members in psycho-social skills to adequately support orphans and vulnerable children plus supporting the continuing with their education. • Develop protocols to help teachers and parents respond to the needs of orphans and vulnerable children- stake holders including supporting them in education initiatives. • Establishing and supporting alternative to formal schooling e.g. creating links with formal education providers for material support. • Providing practical help and support school attendance e.g. encouraging community members to help their children attend classes. • Provide care givers of OVC’s with practical information about how to care for the sick children. • Establish and manage community based child corner centers and corners. • Train teachers and traditional leaders in counseling and psycho therapy skills. • Introduction to recreation and establishment of materials and equipment. • Conduct special programs for old care givers for OVC’s. • Raise awareness among community leaders, health workers on psycho social needs of OVCs 500 household families receive support. 50 teachers trained. 100 manuals developed and printed. 3 canters established. 50 children supported Linked with youth 3 meetings conducted. 1 training session conducted Care Givers oriented in good care skills (4) Human Rights and democracy Programme • Formulate, train and conduct Theatre for development on human rights and democracy. • Conduct community public debates on community development. • Establish human rights and democracy committees and clubs. • Organize events to commemorate international days like violence against women, international youth day, Day of African child, world child prevention day, 16 days of activism etc. • Conduct advocacy work on youth, women and children reproductive health issues. • Develop advocacy materials Programme Director, Human Rights Coordinator, Programme Assistants All Responsible coordinators 200 artists trained, 5 each from Traditional Authority level. 12 community debates conducted on different issues affecting the youth, women and children in the communities. Mainstream Human Rights and Democracy in 10 of the current youth clubs. 5 International days organized and commemorated. Research findings on sexual reproductive health disseminated to policy makers. Fact sheets, radio programmes, newspaper press releases (as issues emerge) • Advocacy meetings with policy makers and other relevant individuals at the community level. • Liaise with government programmes in implementing our programmes. • Involve the media as a medium of communication. • Participate in various networking forums. • Organize national and international forums on youth, women and children development. • Establish community information resource centers especially in rural areas. • Maintain and develop list database of youth, women and children issues. 4 advocacy meetings conducted on child abuse and violence against women Monthly press releases on MDGs produced in weekends papers Quarterly press briefings conducted on HIV/AIDS and human rights. Media Training in HIV/AIDS and human rights issues. 4 Community information centers established and managed in all target areas. 2 separate list serves developed and maintained on youth, women and children advocacy issues respectively. • Develop and produce IEC materials on youth, women and children issues, • Train traditional and community leaders in human rights and democracy • Train members of the community in monitoring and evaluation, investigation plus documentation of human rights violation and other necessary issues • Train community members on how to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of their members of parliament, • Train staff and volunteers in advocacy, human rights and democracy. • Conduct research in youth, women and children development • Coordinate the production of annual state party reports in children and women. • Involve the government on the realization of the issues in the international conventions. 200 posters. 150 leaflets, 200T-shirts, 200 calendars, 200 newsletters, 100 training manuals, 200 stickers, 100flickers, 200fliers and 20 billboards developed and produced. 50 traditional, 30 community and 100 youth trained. 50 human rights monitors trained. 50 community members trained 5 citizen advocacy forums conducted with parliamentarians. Quarterly human rights and democracy development session developed. Research on the living standards of youth conducted. Monthly radio programmes conducted. Internal Capacity Building • Institute a Limbika youth Organisation fundraising and sustainability plan. • Conduct fundraising and resource mobilization activities • Acquire Limbika own office premises • Review staff development policy • Evaluate staff performance • Identify staff capacity building needs • Facilitate staff and volunteer capacity building at local level • Review the existing financial, administrative, personnel and monitoring and evaluation systems and procedures. • Develop and implement a volunteer motivation policy, systems and procedures. • Conduct annual participatory planning and review meetings. • Conduct annual participatory planning, monitoring and evaluation of Limbika Youth Organization’s programmes and activities. • Conduct annual Management and Board assessment. • Conduct Board-Management development assessment. Board Chair and Executive Director Executive Director ED Board Chair and ED ED ED ED June, 2008 March, 2009 • Fundraising and sustainability plan developed • Resources made available to Limbika Youth Organisation • Land made available for construction of office and other necessary buildings • Capacity building for staff conducted • Draft policy in place • Policy and systems and other procedures are followed • Reports on the review meetings and action plans for implementation of programmes • Reports are compiled • Conduct regular staff and Board meetings • Conduct Board field visits • Conduct team development exercises for staff and management • Review Limbika Youth Organization’s Constitution Board Chair and ED ED Davis Damson and Vigenear Mazambani Quarterly and monthly • Board meeting reports • Reports • New Constitution developed and adapted This Strategic Plan was adopted by the Board of Directors of Limbika Youth Organisation in May 2006. It will guide and focus our work from now until the end of 2011. We will ensure that the plan is implemented by doing the following: - 1. Our work plans for each programme will be developed and refined so that they clearly demonstrate how they are moving us towards these goals; 2. Our performance at every level of the organization will be reviewed annually by the Board based on our progress towards the strategic directions; 3. We will publicize this strategic plan to our various partners and communities so that we can be held accountable to these directions. STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS 1. Advocacy and Public Education Limbika Youth Organisation will advocate for and with vulnerable young people and will develop structures to identify and undertake advocacy at every level of the organization as stipulated above. We will develop our awareness of public policy and seek venues for input into policies relevant to vulnerable youth. Advocacy offers unique opportunities for input into systems addressing youth, a group that has not received sufficient attention from government or the non-profit sector. Limbika Youth Organisation will remain current about changes in legislation, public policy and emerging trends affecting youth. We will anticipate the impact of these changes and take appropriate action, including: - a) Implementing programs that help youth overcome barriers; b) Taking a stand on issues, voicing our views and helping youth to voice theirs in a constructive way; c) Advocating actively for resources to develop new programs; d) Implement public education approaches directed at the general public, funders, policy makers and other stakeholders. 2. Research We will use data collection and research to make effective decisions about program priorities and to support our advocacy and education initiatives. Activities will include: - a) Increasing our capacity to collect and analyze data in each of our program areas - this will allow us to illustrate impartially who we serve, what services we provide, as well as the results of our interventions; b) Using this information to instruct our decisions about which programs to continue, to alter, to close or to develop; c) Using the process to identify gaps in service, and to raise issues affecting vulnerable youth in a way that could influence public policy and bring resources to the community; d) Developing partnerships with academic research bodies to become active participants in research; e) Participating in selected local, national and international studies on youth; f) Developing information technology and the staff skills, and allocating time to collect and analyze data to support this work. 3. Strategic Alliances We will increase our effectiveness, reach and resources through alliances with members of various communities. Although Limbika Youth Organisation has been depending on funding from National Aids Commission NAC, this has decreased significantly or has been flat lined over the past 3 years. Activities to move us in this direction will include: - a) Expansion of our capacity to develop funding proposals; b) Development of stronger links to private sources; c) Identification of appropriate corporate sponsorship opportunities; d) Research to establish the feasibility of a business model within the Organisation to operate for-profit initiatives; e) Build on our increased public profile resulting from the move to Scarborough and from our capital campaign to secure funding and to develop appropriate partnerships; f) Working with our volunteers to establish stronger connections outside of the social service sector; g) Developing linkages with key media contacts in order to promote awareness of the issues affecting vulnerable youth; h) Ensuring that board and staff are culturally sensitized to the communities we serve; i) Maintaining our linkages with service providers, networks and coalitions, and developing other means to ensure that we can identify, partner with and support initiatives that most effectively serve the diversity of youth populations. 4. Programs and Program Development We will continue to review our current programs on an annual basis, to determine relevance, excellence and viability. We will continue to change our programs as required and be prepared to develop new ones. The annual Service Plan produced in each program is a combination of a critical review of past performance, using an impact/ outcome-based model of evaluation, and the design of a plan for future work. We feel an obligation to constantly attend to the development of innovative, high profile and cost effective services through research and good program evaluation. Activities will include: a) Integrating new programs that address service gaps; b) Ensuring that continuing programs are effective and efficient and discontinuing those that are not; c) Continuing to adapt quickly to changes in economic and social environments. 5. Community We will focus our work in communities, not in isolation. These are communities of interest, geography, culture and ethnicity. Historically, Limbika Youth Organisation focus has been on service to members of the community and vulnerable people. We have begun to broaden our vision to incorporate not only our service-based work but also a community development/community capacity-building approach. While our role in providing services and supports to individual and groups of youth will remain a cornerstone of our work, we also are committed to broader community development approaches. This arises from recognizing a number of factors:- We are aware of the high degree of diversity in relation to ethnicity, race, and culture as well as immigrant and refugee populations in the areas we are working. Each group has its own skills and strengths, and its own unique set of barriers that inhibit their ability to achieve their goals; There are effective ways of engaging with each group, and we need to learn about and utilize these (some of our programs, Inner City for example, already have expertise in this area); Neighborhoods have their own social, economic and physical infrastructure that either supports or inhibits opportunity – physically isolated neighborhoods, for example, or neighborhoods where there are gaps in community services; We recognize that to increase the capacity of a neighborhood or a population group involves partnerships with youth and with the various sectors that connect with them - families, neighborhood associations, schools, businesses, politicians, faith communities etc. We are aware of changing populations and the difficulty in anticipating emerging needs and issues; we recognize that maintaining effective linkages with youth in all of these physical and social communities is challenging, but necessary if we are to effectively achieve the goal of improving conditions and opportunities for vulnerable youth. In order to achieve this we will undertake appropriate activities, including: a) Developing an action plan and processes that will allow us to identify priority communities (neighborhoods and communities of interest) for intervention; b) Developing our understanding of community engagement and community capacity building by drawing on existing organizational knowledge and through our community partners; c) Ensuring that our programs are connected internally and externally, so that all of our activities are related to capacity-building and positive change in the community.
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