of affordable and qualitative health care services to young people, children and women in the rural areas. Strategies:
• Establish Multi-purpose Clinics for the treatment of women and children’s diseases in the rural areas.
• Provide family planning and sexual/reproductive health services to youths and women.
• Provide free health care services to children and women from poor families.
• Build the capacities of traditional birth attendants and health officers at the primary health centers in handling emergencies and pregnancy related complications.
• Establish and sponsor a network of health volunteers and care givers. Care for the Poor and Underprivileged Persons (CPUP)
Goal:
The ultimate goal of this program is to meet the needs of the poor and the underprivileged by providing them with food items, clothing, shelter, etc. Strategies:
• Source for and donate food items and clothing to the poor.
• Raise fund for the construction of homes for indigent families
• Provide free medical services to beneficiaries of this scheme
• Recruit volunteer care givers for these services and more. Education for Life-long Empowerment (ELE)
Goal:
The goal of this program is to promote, support and mobilize resources for the empowerment of young people for life through formal education. Strategies:
• Award full and partial post-primary school and university scholarships to children from poor families.
• Provide free computer training services at our Multi-purpose Skills Development Centers.
• Provide career counseling for teenagers and graduates of post-primary schools intending to enter high schools and universities.
• Donate books, computers and other teaching/learning aids to benefiting primary and post-primary schools
• Assist relevant government agencies and institutions in curriculum development and in teacher training
d.) Mobilizing Communities for HIV/AIDS Prevention (MCHP)
Goal:
To aggressively reduce the incidences of new HIV and sexually transmitted infections among young people. Strategies:
• Develop and sponsor series of HIV/AIDS testing campaigns to ensure early detection, care and treatment of new infections.
• Engage all levels of the African society in community advocacy against stigmatization of persons living with HIV/AIDS.
• Enhance the capacities of government-owned health centers in HIV/AIDS counseling, testing and treatment.
• Establish multi-purpose HIV/AIDS Resource centers across Africa.
• Establish and sponsor school-based HIV/AIDS programs and Awareness clubs.
• Coordinate the observance of the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial, the World AIDS Day and other such HIV Awareness events in Africa. Sustainable Development for Poverty Reduction (SDPR)
Goal:
To harness the abundant natural resources in Africa for poverty reduction and sustainable rural development. Strategies:
• Mobilize financial and non-financial resources for poverty reduction initiatives in the rural areas.
• Promote improved agricultural technologies that enhance increased productivity and food security among rural farmers.
• Establish Multi-purpose Skills Development Centers with Telecenters and rural libraries in selected communities.
• Initiate and support other programs for job creation and economic empowerment of women and young people in the rural areas.
• Promote the use of ICT in development cooperation, sustainable development and poverty reduction
• Support natural resources and environmental management interventions, including adoption of sustainable energy alternatives
f.) Preventive Peace building and Conflict Resolution (PPCR)
Goal:
To promote the use of dialogue, non-violence and alternative dispute resolution processes for building peace in Africa. Strategies:
• Organize sensitization meetings, group discussions and workshops on Strategic non-violence, conflict prevention and alternative dispute resolution processes.
• Build the capacities of youths and women groups in preventive peace building and conflict resolution in their respective communities
• Strengthen the capacities of media practitioners and journalists in preventive peace building and development cooperation.
• Prioritize early warning and early response mechanisms for humanitarian and political crises.
