SCDF Program Summary
We at Sunsocer Community Development Foundation (SCDF) always start the work with key identified women from the informal sector. We seek to identify social challenges, educational skills, economic needs and opportunities for further support. We work with individuals and groups of women on grassroots who have the potential to become independent and achieve sustainable development in the near future. We aim to empower women with the right skills and necessary resources in their endeavors. We will also collaborate with partners for support, training, and sharing good practices. We will be holding five days conference annually on women’s economic empowerment and development. We have outlined our activities below with a diagram for an illustration.
Women Empowerment Diagram
The diagram relatively highlights key areas of the SDCF main empowerment program. It all begins by outreaches where we meet most vulnerable women in the real-life events. In the process, we get to know and connect with them easily. We build mutual relationships to win their trust while developing a meaningful partnership in seeking solutions to their problems. We encourage them to participate in the women empowerment programs at our training facility or center during which participants are well-informed, taught, and exposed to the many possible ways and means to develop themselves through short courses and training offered.
The training facility is typically set to suit and provide a safe and friendly environment for all types of women and ages. The next page outlines activities run at the Resources Centre.
PROGRAM/ACTIVITIES OUTLINE
SOCIAL
- Analyze negative challenges (environment, family matters, economic, traditions, cultures, beliefs, and norms) that women face
- Organize counseling sessions base on the groups and individual needs
- Encourage them to adopt the situation and help them deal with their challenges accordingly
- Help facilitate healing through open and private talks
EDUCATIONAL/SKILLS
- Conduct literacy program
- Work on mindset
- Handcraft (tailoring, basic computer studies, needlework, etc.)
- Nutritious food production
- To raise awareness and promote family planning including moral standards and values for life
- Portrait of a good foundational relationship among community members and family matters
- The insanity of bad tradition beliefs and practices in the community at large
ECONOMIC
- To train, grade, and engage members of the group (women) in the productivity designed to generate income
- To challenge the members of the group (women) to creatively design income generating activities of their own choice
- In cooperation with other stakeholders/local government, private sectors, financial institutions, etc., we sample out and recommend possible desired business unit for funding.
- Basic strategic planning and record keeping
- Basic self-monitoring and evaluation
RESOURCES
- To solicit funds/resources necessary to support the prospective empowered women who wish to embark on their new venture
- To make close follow-ups on the progress of their business activities
- To maintain good relationships while monitoring them to maturity
- To inspire them to pass on to others the knowledge acquired from SUNSOCER