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Help Develop Project Proposal to Support Rural Women Cooperative Programs.

Cameroon

  • Organization: UNV - United Nations Volunteers
  • Location: Cameroon
  • Grade: Level not specified - Level not specified
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Operations and Administrations
    • Women's Empowerment and Gender Mainstreaming
    • Project and Programme Management
  • Closing Date: Closed

Details

Mission and objectives

MISSION: Empowering men, women, youths and the disadvantaged with the tools necessary to help them improve the quality of their lives. We want the oppressed, the poor and less privileged to live a life of meaning and worth. Key programs of Goodness and Mercy Missions since 2007 are: Women Economic empowerment initiatives, child sponsorship, hassle free education for underprivileged children, computer training and youth livelihood projects.

Context

Goodness and Mercy Missions has been empowering rural women since 2007. This women have come to make independent financial decisions, thus enabling them to support their children's education. Volunteers will work with the information provided by the organization. They can work as a team or individually. Communication will be by email, Whats App, Skype and Facebook messenger. English language is preferred though French language is also accepted.

Task description

Goodness and Mercy Missions helps rural women come out of a life of poverty to have independence and leadership in their own destinies, then are in a position to help their children in school. One of these ways of empowerment is forming women cooperative groups where they embark on generating income on a common initiative activity. These way, they share skills, technical know-how, and pull their resources together for the common good. Volunteers will help develop a project proposal which defines the kind of cooperative ideas the women will develop. The proposal will also be used by the organization for fund raising purposes in order to implement the activities. Examples of cooperative activities will be bee farming, production of environmental friendly bags, potato farming, to name a few. Volunteers task is only to work on project proposal, while the organization will use it to contact potential funding sources.

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