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FULL
NAME OF ORGANIZATION
: World Concern Development
Organization
SECTORS
OF WORK :
In order to enhance community
well-being and community
capacity, World Concern
Myanmar's programs combine
community mobilization with
components from a "menu of
options", based on needs
identified by local communities.
Sectors addressed include
primary health care, HIV/AIDS
prevention & care, nutrition,
agriculture, natural resource
management, micro-finance, and
organizational capacity building
of community and social
organizations.
MONTH/YEAR STARTED IN COUNTRY :
December, 1995
TOTAL NUMBER OF STAFF :
185 (international & national
combined)
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Brief
Program Description
1.
Program : Food Security
Overall Goal : Assist communities
in achieving food security
through improved production,
marketing, income generation and
resource
management
Activities : Agricultural,
livestock, forestry, and
post-harvest technology
development and extension to
community agriculture workers
and farmers through Farmer Field
Schools and specialized
training. Support to
registration and management of
agricultural land and community
forest. Exchange on best
practices at different levels
(community, area, regional and
national), both in community
development programs and in
networks of Food Security
Working Group, for which WCM is
lead agency for the Capacity
Building for Food Security
project.
Location : Kachin, Mon and
Northern Shan States; starting
in Sagaing Division and Kayin
State
2.
Program : Micro-Finance
Overall Goal : Capital support as
means for communities to improve
their livelihood and community
management skills, to encourage
mutual support, and to
complement technical training
Activities : Rice banks managed
by community rice bank
committees to provide food stock
in production season. Formation,
training
and working capital
assistance to Self-Help Groups
that serve as platform for
mutual support, technical
training, and
savings & credit.
Location: Kachin, Mon and
Northern Shan States
3.
Program : Relief
Overall Goal : Post opium
eradication relief to counter
negative effects on household
economy and community-level
health and
education services
Activities : Rice distribution to
vulnerable people and school
children, food-for-work for
community projects,
food-for-training for HIV
awareness raising and livelihood
training, as cooperating partner
of the World Food Program.
Location : Northern Shan State
4.
Program : HIV/AIDS prevention
& care
Overall Goal : To decrease
community members' vulnerability
to HIV/AIDS and care for PLWHA
through an integrated approach
Activities : Identify ways to
address HIV/AIDS issues in all
programs and sectors
(mainstreaming approach). Train
and support peer
educators to
raise awareness on HIV/AIDS and
to teach life skills. Equip
community counselors and
home-based care
providers to
support people living with
HIV/AIDS and other chronic
diseases. Assist communities in
identifying ways to
support
chronically ill and other
marginalized people.
Location : Kachin, Mon and
Northern Shan States
5.
Program : Community Health
Development
Overall Goal : Enhance rural
communities' capacity to improve
and sustain their health
Activities : Train and support
volunteer community health
workers and community health &
development committees to
mobilize
their communities and
to create sustainable health
practice changes through Health
Education and Primary Health
Care
with special focus on
malaria, diarrhea and acute
respiratory infections.
Location : Kachin, Mon and
Northern Shan States
6.
Program : Water & Sanitation
Overall Goal : Assist village
communities to develop
sustainable water supply systems
and sanitation practices which
enhance the
well-being of the
communities.
Activities : Organize and
facilitate development of
village water committees and
community action plans
addressing water supply
and
sanitation. Organize, train and
consult on construction and
maintenance of hand-dug wells,
gravity-fed water systems,
and
fly-proof latrines.
Location : Kachin, Mon and
Northern Shan States
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