2015 SADC GENDER PROTOCOL SUMMIT AND AWARDS

Economic Justice and Education and Training

This award recognises NGOs and CBOs that have done the most to build effective coalitions and networks for the implementation of the SADC Protocol on Gender and development; holding governments accountable; conducting advocacy workshops at the grassroots level, as well as growing the women’s movement in SADC.

Fields marked with a red asterisk (*) are compulsory

Title
Presenter / Name / Surname
TIROYAONE / RAMPE
Who you represent / Organisation / Designation
KANYE ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY / FOCAL PERSON
Sex tick / ü  Male / Female
Country / BOTSWANA
Email /
Cell phone / 74672639

Quotable quotes*

Provide one quote from the organisation, for example the head of the organisation, that sums up what this Network has achieved. Please remember name, surname and designation.

Synopsis*

Mosadisejana milling project legally established in 2013 has been able to employ 10 destitute women. Following the Directive from the Ministry of Local Government Permanent Secretary instructing local authorities to assess and terminate able bodied and middle aged registered destitute persons and subsequently engage them in the labour intensive public works commonly known as Ipelegeng. The assessment was thoroughly done and over two (200) targeted destitute persons were terminated from the welfare programme and some were engaged under Ipelegeng programme.

Unfortunately the availability in the Ipelegeng programme did no manage to absorb all the terminated persons. Furthermore the Ipelegeng programme is not a full time employment and therefore cannot fully sustain a family. As the situation stands the burden of provision of social safety nets goes back to Council and the only available alternative became to explore possible sustainable projects which people can engage in. the council initiated the formation of the working committee or task force comprising of the relevant council management staff or stakeholders. The team has since identified projects that can be used as rehabilitation measures for the terminated group. The milling project is one amongst project initiatives that was earmarked for exploration. To Prior to the establishment of this project a bench marking exercise was carried out to explore how the Gaborone City Council managed to come up with a productive and lucrative bakery project which benefited some of orphan children and destitute persons. The bakery visited produced a maximum of 40 loaves and supplied some government schools. Having witnessed the existence of the bakery project it became a moral booster that inspired the council management to do the same and go far much on the fight against poverty.

This project has secured the Choppies market and has been listed as the major supplier of Bogobe jwa mabele and korong.Income generated from this project per order is roughly P 24 000.00

Key objectives of the network or alliance *

·  To alleviate poverty through promotion of spirit of self- help and self- reliance.

·  To build a well sustainable and stable families.

·  To empower beneficiaries to become economically independent people

·  To promote skill development to enable disadvantaged to be fully integrated in the mainstream of society.

·  To promote income generating project activities that will enable beneficiaries to become self- employed.

·  To rehabilitate beneficiaries so that they could exit the social welfare programme.

·  To enhance their psychological, economic, educational, environmental and cultural wellbeing as beneficiaries.

Beneficiaries and partners*

Please list your key beneficiaries and partners in this table; those you reach directly and estimates of those whom you reach indirectly.

Direct / Indirect
Name of group / Women / Men / Total / Women / Men / Total
Masadi Sejana Project. / 10 / 0 / 10 / 50 / 20 / 70
Total

Monitoring and evaluation*

Monitoring and evaluation of the project is done in many ways; by getting feedback verbally from customers and the community at large, by monitoring the level at which the supply at Choppies stores is bought from the shelves, by the profits made and orders requested by the Choppies stores.

Relationship to the Alliance Secretariat *

The network between the secretariat office is good and must be continued by visting the project to give the project management high support and morale.

Key activities *

·  Preparation of sorghum and wheat to ensure that it is of good quality.

·  Putting either sorghum or wheat to produce corn-flour or wheat flour.

·  Packaging of flour into different size plastic bags.

·  Putting the project sticker on plastic for marketing purposes.

·  Putting on manufacture and expiry date stamp.

·  Putting products by size and pricing on the shelves.

Resource mobilization *

The project is fully supported by Council in many ways; the management allocate the building, funds, transport and personnel as a way of supporting the project to be sustainable and a reality. Maintenance of machinery and trainings are budgeted for each financial year.

Amount local currency (specify) / Amount in Rand / Explanation
Gender specific allocation
Gender in mainstream projects (please specify) / BWP / 350 000.00 / The funds were used to increase the phases of electrification, buy and install machinery. Train beneficiary on skill development as well as business record management.
Amount contributed in cash or in kind by partner organization’s (please specify)
TOTAL / 350 000.00

Results

Working with governments *

The Sub District Gender Mainstreaming plan was produced to cater for all activities to be carried out in the sub district as a way of supporting gender quality and mainstreaming. I participated in gender submit held in Mahalapye and presented the COE for the sub district.

Evidence *

Please provide testimonial evidence of the influence you have had by providing at least one quote from a senior government functionary, from a speech or in any other platform, acknowledging the work of your organisation. Please ensure that you provide name, surname, organisation and designation. 200 words

Working with civil society *

The sub District have not done much on this category but met The Red Cross in Kanye and Lesedi Center to plan to work together in all issues relating to gender equality.

Evidence *

Please provide testimonial evidence of the influence you have had by providing at least one quote from a senior official in a civil society organisation acknowledging the work of your organisation. Please ensure that you provide name, surname, organisation and designation. 200 words

Working with communities *

The relationship with the community came up with a group of gender based violence survival group which was trained on conducted from the 28 July to 01 August 2015 for phase 1 and phase 2 on the 27 to 31 August 2014.

Evidence *

Please provide testimonial evidence in the form of at least one quote from a community member acknowledging the work of your organisation. Please ensure that you provide name, surname, organisation and designation.* 200 words

Working with the media *

Media is used benchmarking exercise carried out by other sub districts during visit to the project. The Chobe,South East and Mabutsane Sub Districts visited the project in 2013 and Mabutsane in 2015.

Evidence

The Tomela Times Southern District Council Newsletter issue 3, November 2014 on page 17 shows Mosadisejana project covered for public consumption.

Capacity building *

The Kanye Administrative Authority was trained on the Gender Protocal and produced a plan on 12-13 August 2013 and both the political and the administrative wing attended. The other training was conducted 24- 25 July 2014 for senior management of the sub district. The entrepreneurship training for women was conducted from the 28 July to 01 August 2015 for phase 1 and phase 2 on the 27 to 31 August 2014.

Evidence *

The Sub District Gender plan clearly shows how the management is actively involved in issues of gender equality.

Lesson learned and innovation *

1)  The gender Committee is harmoniously working hard with the management as evidenced by the formulation of the plan.

2)  Low supply of sorghum and wheat grains from Botswana Agricultural Marketing Board which affect production and subsequently to our consumers and or suppliers.

3)  To diversify our source of market supply.

4)  It will meet the intent consumer supply and demand.

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