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Partners for Prosperity Projects
Social Development : Women
| Anisa Foundation (Mexico) |
The Anisa Foundation's mission is to promote education throughout northwestern Mexico:
promote gender equality; establish S.A.T. (Sistema de Aprendizaje Tutorial) groups in rural, northwestern Mexico and to promote discussion within Mexican society about a different concept of leadership -- one based on principles such as service, education and other human values.
Several S.A.T. tutors trained in the Cucap? indigenous areas south of the city of Mexicali, a year-long project completed which promoted gender equality in junior high and high schools in Mexicali and several conferences in Mexicali universities on the theme of Moral Leadership as well as the Equality of Women and Men.
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| CAFT-Centre for Learning, Training and Transformation (Haiti) |
CAFT responds to expressed needs and interests by providing
training in a variety of non-formal thematic areas: principle-
based leadership and governance, capacity building for
grassroots community groups, character development for
children, leadership skills and environmental awareness for
youth, parental education, health awareness and HIV/AIDS
prevention, participatory learning and action (PLA), early child
care and stimulation, nutrition etc. CAFT is further the official
Haiti
representative of Toronto-based Global Learning Partners, and
has trained trainers from over 20 local and international
organizations (CARE, UNDP, WORLD VISION, SAVE THE CHILDREN
US, RED CROSS, etc.) and government Ministries in the Dialogue
Education approach.
Current partners include UNICEF (training of staff and peer
educators working with street children and youth) and the YELE
Haiti Foundation introduced by Wyclef Jean in January 2005. For
the YELE Haiti Foundation, the CAFT program of Teacher
Training and Parental Education is entering its second year with
a doubled number of schools and has attracted the attention of
local and international media. This program has already
inspired dozens of teachers in flood-devastated Gonaives and
violence-ridden Cité Soleil to introduce active learning methods
and eliminate corporal punishment from their classrooms.
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| Spirits Rising Memorial Society (Canada) |
Spirits Rising Memorial Society was formed in 2006 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to help ‘Raise the Spirits’ of our Missing Women, their children, grandchildren, families and friends through the creation of a Memorial Totem. The memorial Totem will acknowledge the grief of the community for the lives lost. This Project also represents our initial step to provide for cultural sharing, economic renewal and pride while simultaneously offering educational opportunities.
Spirits Rising Memorial Society was created to act as a catalyst for positive change, offering innovative educational and empowering initiatives that will have a real effect on the lives of all Aboriginal Women, Youth and Families in our world.
Spirits Rising Society welcomes all people, men and women, from all races and religions
We have scussefully compleated the first two months of our 1st training program and the work on the totem pole. The pole will be raised in Wendy Poole Park in late Sept or early OCtober.
On June 21st, National Aboriginal Day, Spirits Rising held the First Annual " Love, Light and Healing" Ceremony in the cente of Main & Hastings, the heart of Vancouver's downtown eastside. Healiers, elders and people of all faith groups joined us in prayers and traditional songs for healing.
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| Tahirih Association (United States) |
The Tahirih Association is a not-for-profit membership organization dedicated to promoting the vision of Tahirih, who lived from 1815-1852. She was one of the earliest women in the struggle for human rights and equality.
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| Vocational Institute for Rural Women (India) |
The Vocational Institute for Rural Women was established in 1985 for the upliftment of women living in small communities in the districts around Indore. The Institute has developed a curriculum that empowers women with the knowledge and skills they need to improve their lives, those of their families, and the communities in which they live. The main objectives are to train rural women around Indore so as to empower them with knowledge and give them skills needed to improve the quality of life These objectives are met through the use of a curriculum designed to: change traditional attitudes that block or impede growth, increase awareness and knowledge of the potential for improving the social and economic conditions in the community, improve health and nutrition, raise household income, increase literacy, protect and improve the environment.
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