| Women on Farms Project | FASFacts | Goedgedacht Farm |
| Focus: Reducing historical social injustices and inequalities in rural communities Model: Empower and build capacity to claim rights and advocate to access services Life skills (math classes, career guidance, book clubs, financial support) Rights and Access to Services (radio program, action plans, community dialogues, educational drama) Psychosocial wellbeing camps, support groups, referrals) What have we learnt? Review and revive strategic Importance of community participation Document and analyse Build safety and participation Integrate women in other groups MEL effectively What have we been good at? Being flexible Building agency Taking a systems approach. What are we grappling with? Resources | Focus: Tackling Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Model: Building awareness and empowering communities, prevention and providing support to pregnant women. BOB program (Experiential learning and responsibility) Mentorship Program (providing support to pregnant women) Parenting skills (coping mechanisms and getting young mothers to complete school) Training of Trainers Adopt a Cop CP and CD (better education, better future) What have we learnt? Communities are in need of support and safe spaces. Collaboration with other NGOs in making a difference. The importance of creating more awareness of FAS Want to learn advocacy and community dialogues. What have we been good at? Building relationships with mentors and cops and the impact on our success. Community involvement means people go beyond what the program can do (mentors). Collaborate with other partners. Linking schools with mentors. What are we grappling with? To capture positive stories, reporting and debriefing (teambuilding) What would we do differently? Target more communities and run parenting course in more schools. Work with parents Understanding better why girls get pregnant Measure impact from early on Generating income activities for mentors and pregnant women. | Focus: Path out of Poverty Transforming rural communities (sustainability and self-development) Model: Life skills and Chicken tractor What have we learnt? That we need to be more focused – the small will have an enormous ripple effect. Capturing every moment Ways of communicating with participants so that they can open up more with community Understanding and working with the budget Focus more on planning Working on stakeholder relationships What have we been good at? Communicating with the communities and building relationships. What are we grappling with? Seasonal times – struggling to get participants to workshops. What would we do differently? Focusing more on working in schools – so many different issues affecting children’s lives. |
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