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CEFoRD ANNUAL REPORT 2014
Empowering Children and Young people to claim their Rights
Advocating for peaceful co-existence and unity in
diversity( Project;Culture of peace and None
violence)
Ensuring IncreasedParticipation Youth in
decision-making processes
CEFoRD is located at Hai Gabat Residential Area
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Acknowledgement
Developing countries often face huge challenges of sustaining civil society organizations
development and growth who struggle in different angles such as inventing new ideas to
advance human development, inadequate funds to support trilling ideas and many more
challenges. For that reason we congratulate our Bod of Directors for their continues support in
providing the needed support for CEFoRD to grow. We also thank and appreciate the program
staff with their increasingly compelling creativity of developing new innovative approaches to
tackle social challenge and advance human development especially the vulnerable grouptackle social challenge and advance human development especially the vulnerable group
(Women, Children and young people) in this disadvantaged part of society. Especial
appreciation goes to our long serving director Mawa George the co-founder of CEFoRD, Khemis
Benson, Asiengzo Sony and above all Aloro Butrus in his undisputable talents and efforts put to
compile this report. Lastly but most importantly, our Godly thanks goes to Camilla Ankersterne
s founder Eric J. Moses and Centre for Democracy and Development (CEDED) for their
effort in nurturing CEFoRD till its transformation in a National Non-Governmental Organization
in South Sudan. We also thank our Development Partners OSIEA, FOSI, War Child Holland, the
EU, National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and other Development partners that have
extended their support to us in the Past. We also extend our thanks to all our stakeholders
especially the local government and the community leaders in our areas of operation in
welcoming our programs and actively participating in promoting human rights to achieve
humandevelopment in all spheres of human live.
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Table of Contents
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Organizational
Designed, Planned and Implemented activities (all projectsDesigned, Planned and Implemented activities (all projects
Participatory Governance and accountability Project
Youth for Youth
Governance and Youth Participation
Partnership for Peace
CEFoRD Annual Income and Expenditure Report 2013/2014
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Executive Summary
Though CEFoRD have registered a drop in the volume of funding in 2012-2013, largely related
to limitedaccess to potential development partners, inadequate fund raising strength and
scope of operation. However, in 2014 despite the fact that it was a very chaotic year CEFoRD
have registered authentic progress and success if can put it. We were able to register four
projects in total, out of which two were new projects and two were renewed. These includes
Participatory Governance and Accountability funded by Open society initiative for east Africa
(OSIEA-Renewal) Partnership for peace Project (Renewal) fundedby the European Union (EU)(OSIEA-Renewal) Partnership for peace Project (Renewal) fundedby the European Union (EU)
through War Child Holland, Youth for Youth funded by Foundation Open Society Initiative
(FOSI-New) administered by open Society Initiative and Governance and Youth participation
(New) funded by National Endowment for Democracy (NED)
Reflecting to our organizational strategic plan, in the past three years our focus had been
guided by the strategic plan which focuses on Governance, Social Health, GBV, Child protection
and livelihood. In all these social challenges, all of the have been tackled accept livelihood due
to limited calls that support livelihood development for youth in South Sudan.
In the previous years the target group of CEFoRD had not been very clear. However, in 2013
and 2014 CEFoRD was able to clear identify its entry point in promoting the past global
millennium development goals as Children and Young people. This does not rule out
involvement of the local government, community leaders and other civil society organization.
Our overall funding in 2014 have reached to $ 180, 000 compared to the previous years which
stand at $ 65,000 in 2013 and $ 96,00 in 2012 and $ 95,000 in 2011. These data indicate
fluctuation in our annual income which might be related to the social-political situation of the
country and the institutional capacity of CEFoRD.
In our project activities, we have implemented nearly all the planned activities. For partnership
for peace we have conduct 3 Assessment on the child right situation (focus group discussion
based) 3 Assessment on the implementation and monitoring of child rights in three operation
locations, 6 community dialogues with children and young people including balances for 2013,3
trainings for children groups on the South Sudan Child Act 2009. 3 Awareness raising events on
the rights of Children. 3 Series of workshops targeting community leaders, Faith based and
primary schools, 3 Meetings linking community monitoring and reporting mechanism from the
Bomas to the County and the Municipality and few others. (for all the details see page)
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For the three projects focusing on governance, we have also implemented numerous activities
including trainings, conferences, interschool debates Radio talk shows, review meetings and
many other as detailed in page
In Brief, 2014 had been a break-through for CEFoRD in programs, level of engagement, funding,
external relation and many others as detailed later in this report
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Organizational Focus
CEFoRDfocus was based on the economic and social political aspect of the country that is
characterized by lack of citizens participation in decision making process, high rate of
corruption and lack of transparencyand ineffective service delivery, continuous human rights
violations, high prevalence of sexsual transmitted deceases, poor methods of farming that
involves indiscriminate cutting of trees and many other challenging social political issues across
the country. In brief below are the focus areas of the organizationthe country. In brief below are the focus areas of the organization
A. Governance
B. Child Protection
C. Gender Based Violence
D. Health
E. POVERTY REDUCTION
In its attempt to solve these social economic and political issues, CEFoRD was able to win some
grants from development partners to address the above mentioned social challenges to achieve
human development in South Sudan in Particular the greater Equatoria where those projects
were implemented.
Toaddress the above mention challenges, CEFoRD developed strategic and participatoryToaddress the above mention challenges, CEFoRD developed strategic and participatory
approaches to tackle the mentioned social, economic and political issues. These approaches
includes but not limited to Participatory Drama (Forum Theatre) that show case a problems and
audiences come on stages to try and give solution to the identified issues, Participatory Video,
board Games, Open debates, Debate cards, music and many other approaches that keeps
evolving as CEFoRD keeps growing and developing its capacity both institutional capacity and
coverage as such the organization has managed to achieve and reach some of the formulated
goals and still working hard to achieve more.
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As did mentioned earlier below are our current standing programs
Governance
Youth 4 Youth
P. Location-CES
Lainya
Yei
Morobo
Target. Youth
PGA
Target-
P.location-CES
Lainya
Yei
Morobo
Governance &
Youth
Participation
Target-Youth
P.Location-WES
Maridi
Mundri East
Ibba
Nzara
Project Focus: Youth
Participation in
Governance and
Conflict resolution
initiative/Peace building
Initiative
Project Focus: To
improve participation of
citizens and
accountability in
governance in South
Sudan
Project Focus:
Youth participation
in decision making
processes,
Child Protection
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Partnership for peace
Target-Children and Young people
Project Location-CES
Yei, Logo,Pakula &Goli
Project Focus: Children and young people in
DRS and SS realize their rights to participate
by meaningfully contributing to all decisions
affecting them in order to fully support the
realization of their rights at every level
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Organizational Capacity Development
CEFoRD continues to strengthen its capacity through support from partners and internal
development strategies that were laid fours ago and below are the capacity development
strategies undertaken
Training of field staff on M&E by WCH
The training was organized by War Child Holland for all its staff and partners in Yei to improveThe training was organized by War Child Holland for all its staff and partners in Yei to improve
documentation of activity progress and insight analysis of the project performance in the areas
of operation. Since that training CEFoRD have realized improved and quality report writing from
its staff including case study documentation.
In Job coaching for finance person by a hired consultant
Early 2014, CEFoRD was able to hire a consultant to help improve the finance section especially
monthly finance report, cash projection and annual report compilation for Finance. Since then
it has relatively improved the finance department as reports are able to go on time though with
some irregularities but had helped improved the finance section.
Other capacity development includes the following
Training of one staff on communication development in Tanzania sponsored by OSIEATraining of one staff on communication development in Tanzania sponsored by OSIEA
Procurement of one Car
CEFoRD Joined NGO Forum
Training of two staff on Advocacy
Recommendation-Organizational Development
CEFoRD have to register with RRCand staff have to collaborate with RCC in all program
CEFoRD have to renew registration with the ministry of legal affairs and constitutional
development
CEFoRD have to resolve the issues of office space
Need for Training on Project planning and Management or FR&GM, M&E and Report
writing
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Fund Raising for 2014
In 2014 CEFoRD have developed and written numerous proposals and concept note to
different development partners both within and outside the country in line with its
strategic plan 2011-2014. In total Six Proposals have been submitted in 2014 to different
funding organization. In all the submitted projects, CEFoRD was awarded one project by
concept not to Youth advocates have not been received in time.
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One project agreement renewed for two years (PFP) One project Won
Potential Funding opportunity
1. ERICKS Development Partner
2. HECKS
Other accomplishment in 2014
In 2014, CEFoRD have registered some accomplishments that comes by the side these includesIn 2014, CEFoRD have registered some accomplishments that comes by the side these includes
the following
Improved external relations with CSOs and the local government. In 2014 CEFoRD had
been closely working with different departments in the local government especially the
department of Gender and social development conducting trainings and dialogue on
Child Protection, Field visits and linking the community monitoring and reporting
mechanism to the county. Similarly CEFoRD had been partnering withthe department of
Youth Culture and Sports by engaging them in conference, issues based radio talk
shows, coordination meeting with development partners and many other activities.
Active participation in Joined Advocacy through protest and press release.CEFoRD had
been actively participating in advocacy evens together with other Civil Society
organizations in Yei, notably when 15 December incident happened in Juba whereorganizations in Yei, notably when 15 December incident happened in Juba where
hundreds of people were murdered in a single night. Jointly CEFoRD and other partners
conducted a peaceful protest condemning the massacre of the innocent civilians in Juba.
Not only that, CEFoRD also participated in a peaceful protest when the former Mayor of
Yei Municipality was murder in Juba which drew the attention of local government, Civil
Society group in the country, the Media and the faith based condemning the act and
arguing the perpetrators to brought to book.
Local donations and support to the municipal and county Authority and The (YCSOF). In
2014, CEFoRD sponsored some activities prepared by the local government notably,
when the labor officer requested a support to conduct training for all civil servants and
employers in Yei on the Labor act. CEFoRD also donated sports materials to the
Municipal veteran club.
Expansion in coverage to two States. CEFoRD have expanded it geographical scope to
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Expansion in coverage to two States. CEFoRD have expanded it geographical scope to
Western Equatoria state for the NED funded project. Chances are high that CEFoRD
equally reach other state should funds be realised.
CBOs and CSOs learns from CEFoRD best practices through exchange visit it to CEFoRD.
CEFoRD was invited to take part in training organized by the National Peace Healing and
Reconciliation Committee. CEFoRD was able facilitate scheduled training on Forum
Theatre as an approach to help communities find solutions to local problems and
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advance transformation. Participants were able to understand the uniqueness of Forum
Theatre as a tool and how to use it in addressing conflict in different communities and
settings
Comparison of Existing/current project with and the Strategic Plan
The organization (CEFoRD) has five main focus namely; Governance, Social Health, Child
Protection, GBV and livelihood(Poverty Reduction). In 2014 CEFoRD was able to cover up to
70% of its main focus areas with support from development partners. However, during the
annual meeting the members have urged for the coverage of all the focus areas by identifyingannual meeting the members have urged for the coverage of all the focus areas by identifying
funding partners on areas that were not talked and increase geographical coverage as well. The
members also recommended for the revision of the Strategic plan for the organization to
analyze current political, social and economic challenges engulfing the country and identify
potential development partners to address the identified challenges to advance human
development in all sphere of life.
Illustration of focus areas in terms of resources used.
Percentage of Fund utilised by CEFoRD to Social, plotical
and economic Challenges in South Sudan
Governance
Peace Building/Conflict resolutions
Child Protection
The above illustration was influenced by the political situation in South Sudan as organizations
were circumstantially forced to revert their focus areas to emergency response strategies.
Secondly, the availability of potential donors to support other focus areas has also influenced
the chart.
61%21%
18%
0% 0%
Child Protection
Social Health
Livelihood
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the chart.
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Designed, Planned and Implemented activities (all projects)
In 2014 CEFoRD has 4 active projects; we will next look at the activities planned and
implemented and others that were sifted to 2015 based on project duration and adjustments
made by the management of CEFoRD.
Participatory Governance and accountability Project
The participatory governance and accountability (PGA) focuses on enhancing participation ofThe participatory governance and accountability (PGA) focuses on enhancing participation of
citizens and accountability in governance in South Sudan.The PGA is been implemented in the
three counties of Central Equatoria state namely; Yei, Morobo and Lainya. The target uadeince
for the projects are the Youth and Women groups in the three mentioned counties. The
activities for this project includes; Interschool debate,Round table talk shows, Training of civil
society Organization membersand Democracy Bus Tour (later modified to fit the current
political set up). This report combines both the first and the second interim report for the
participatory governance and accountability project phase II with emphasis on aspect of
accountability (Not only governmental institutions but also the private sectors in South Sudan
to be accountable to the public and their stakeholders) and participation in governance in all
levels of government and institutions.(participation in an informed and organized manner) The
startingperiod for activity implementation was on December 2013 though, but with spark of
violence in South Sudan it interrupted the flow of activity implementation. Based on theviolence in South Sudan it interrupted the flow of activity implementation. Based on the
previous experience in the implementation of the participatory governance and accountability
project in the different communities of Lainya, Yei, and Morobo, it has utmost made this first
phase of PGA part II easier. The start of the implementation this time begins with interschool
debates. Reflected in this report are the far we have gone and some few challenges
encountered in the due.
It should be noted that, In this phase II we have modified our approach for inter-school debates
into round table talk show to bring in, local government constitutional duty bearers including
the civil society to address the numerous changes that the students and the young people are
facing. Second, the modification was aimed at broadening the discussion to reach many
audiences, intellectuals and influential people on board given the complexity of the our the
current situation in South Sudan.
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current situation in South Sudan.
Below are the planned activities for PGA in 214
Two Interschool debate
8 Round table talk shows
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Training of civil society Organization members(To be done jointly with members
organizations
Democracy Bus Tour.
Activities overall findings
In the findings, we realized that the schools were in a stressed situation due to south
Sudan syllabus against Ugandan syllabus. The ministry of Education science andSudan syllabus against Ugandan syllabus. The ministry of Education science and
Technology has passed a resolution stopping the use of Uganda syllabus in all secondary
schools
The senior four students were affected confused of the sudden changes in the Ministry
of education science and technology not until most of them have to leave studies and go
home which also created a lot of tensionfrom the parents or guardians of the students
from the respective schools.
Some secondary schools and students feel unsafe and uncertian about the ongoing
conflict in the country
zens lack
information and it has been an opportunity for them to share, their ideas and reflect on
the challenges they are going through, Yakani Mobuto a follower of the program
appreciated the initiative and called on the government to come out and support theappreciated the initiative and called on the government to come out and support the
youth farmers and youth business.
Yeka Joel as well mentioned a challenge of the market for the produce from agriculture
and he asked the civil society call on the government to open roads and markets.
Mr. Leone called on the government to have access on information and freedom of
association including making it affordable for legality in terms of registration. And Mr.
John at at labara in Yei blamed the local government on poor implementation of policies
that are meant for service deliverance. While Mr. Yakani Edmond a civil society activist
called on the youth to be creative and think outside the box. He said there are no
opportunities that exist but the youth should be able to ensure that the little knowledge
they have is practiced. Mr. William an agricultural specialist mentioned that youth
should take agric as a business to create more employment opportunity for other youths
as well.
1. Outcome
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1. Outcome
this is on how they contribute during the program, a follower from the hoka line blamed the
this crimes and the dependency syndrome is gone, we would not be victims of the
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Two young men from Morobo were able to open up four fedan of farm for onion and they were
able to find a market for the produce through the program. It attracted investors to reach their
The meeting resolved the use of the an
interschool school radio debated, Spirit fm shall be used and 14 secondary schools will be
participating,
Due to the need CEFoRD and Yei community Resource Centre have merged four debates to
make one program.
Challenges encountered while implementing the PGA projectChallenges encountered while implementing the PGA project
The December 15th
crisis had direct negative impact on the project, where activity
implementation at the community was not allowed by the community leaders.
Delay in disbursement of funds is another challenge that cannot be for gotten as well
Irresponsive invited speakers would turn down the invitation for the radio discussion
and it leaves a gap in terms of responding to concerns rose by the listeners.
Speakers sometimes could have limited knowledge on the matter of discussion and they
were not giving enough time for preparation, does not give feedback as well.
Recommendation for the PGA Project
We recommend that earlier disbursement is done to fasten the implementation of the
project according to the schedules of the project time frame.
It is our plea that the international community exert more pressure to the warring
parties to stop the ongoing conflict for peace to prevail in the communities where the
project in targeting
We will as CEFoRD continue to invite, and also ensure that the importance of sharing
with the people on the radio stationsand make continues follow up with the invited
speakers and guide the moderator as well is posing questions.
The Youth for Youth Project.
Introduction.
Funded by Foundation Open Society Initiative (FOSI) and administered by the Open Society
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Funded by Foundation Open Society Initiative (FOSI) and administered by the Open Society
youth,
government and other non-state actors in through informed dialogues/discussions that aim at
increasing and improving youth representation and participation in governance and other
democratic processes at different levels of government. The project further looks at supporting
formation and re-organization of strong youth groups or associations and empowering them to
influence change in policy (ies) and practice. The project is implemented in three counties
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within Central Equatoria state of South Sudan namely; Yei River County, Morobo County and
Lainya County.
The project has two key components; (1) Enhancing youth participation and representation at
all levels of government in South Sudan (2) Strengthening and reorganizing Youth associations
in the three Counties of Central Equatoria State. The project activitiesstarted with research in
the three counties of Yei, Lainya and Morobo to find the views of young people on the currentthe three counties of Yei, Lainya and Morobo to find the views of young people on the current
political crisis in the country including other political, social, and economic challenges
surrounding youth in the area. The research finding highlighted a number of challenges facing
the youth in South Sudan especially, Manipulation, miss-representation at different levels of
government, lack of involvement in decision making processes especially when handling issues
that directly affect the youth.
The start date for the project was the 1st
/Jan 2014. However the 15 December incident in Juba
affected the smooth running of the activities in the areas of operation especially in the first
month as the conflicts quickly spread to the other parts of the country thus restricting peoples'
movement, close monitoring of organizations activities by the security operatives, Robbery
incidents and road blocks and many other inhuman treatment of humanitarian aid workers
across the country. Nevertheless, we had to start towards the end of February by meeting foracross the country. Nevertheless, we had to start towards the end of February by meeting for
the inception of the project due to the fact that in Yei, Lainya and Morobo the situation came
back to normal.
The second phase of the project started by a training on Democracy, Governance, advocacy and
human right training at Lainya with Lainya youth Union, which brought about 19 young ladies
and gentlemen from the five payams of Kenyi, Kupera, Wuji, Mukaya and Lainya. The second
activity was the conference that gathered participants from all the payams of Lainya county
including the honorable members of the state legislative assembly. The A. commissioner youth
and sport Lainya county took an upper hand in ensuring the conference had taken place and
this indicates the ownership of the project inLainya county.
Therefore this report reflects the activities implemented within the annual Calender year of the
organizatio, the achievements got, challenges encountered, lessons learnt and some
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organizatio, the achievements got, challenges encountered, lessons learnt and some
recommendations for the future.
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Outline of planned activities
Annual Youth festival
Three conference
Three Trainings
2 Interface meeting
10 Radio Talk shows
Two interface meeting
One Radio Drama
Outline of Implemented activities
Three trainings on Advocacy, Human right based approach, Democracy and good
governance
1 Forum theatre refresher training
Three Youth conferencesThree Youth conferences
One public Lecture
15 issue based Radio talk show
11 forum theatre performance
3 Public lectures
1 Interface meeting
Research on the topical issues in the targeted areas of operation
Based on the trend of events in the country, CEFoRD conducted a research in the three counties
of Yei, Morobo and Lainya in Central Equatoria State to update information and shape the
project implementation to address current issues in relation to meaningful youth participation
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project implementation to address current issues in relation to meaningful youth participation
in governance in the country, their level of involvement in the Constitutional making/review
process as well as discover the level of their organization into groups and map out capacity
needs for the organized groups to enable them to advocate and influence policy change at an
informed point of view. The research also looked at mapping out social and economic issues
affecting young people in CES and South Sudan at large. Among other issues, lack of meaningful
youth involvement and participation within the governance structures and at different levels of
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government, unemployment and poor education system were key challenges highlighted by the
youth.
The research was done through a focused group discussions (FGDs) and in some cases one-to-
one interactions was employed to find a wider understanding and information in Lainya County,
Morobo County and Yei Municipality and County. It targeted the age group between 15 35
respectively and a total of 50 Youth are able identify the following issuesrespectively and a total of 50 Youth are able identify the following issues
Lack of representation and inclusion in decision making process
Manipulation of Youth political leaders
Corruption and nepotism
Lack of technical skills
Absence of Organized youth associations at Payam and County levels.
Youth are neglected by the government
No Youth representative in the national and state level
Unemployment You can read the full research report here
This research has shaped the trainings, conferences, interface meetings and the public lectures
that were organized after wards.
1 forum theatre refresher training
A forum theatre refresher training was conducted for all ten (10) CEFoRD volunteers 4 (four) of
whom were females whereas 6 (six) were males. This refresher training was aimed at making
the volunteers understand project and its targets which in turn will help them in developing
content based dramas for the Forum theatre performances. Topics covered included Forum
theatre/participatory dramaand its components, the transitional constitution with focus on key
articles targeting youth and the also the review process, good governance and its characteristic
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articles targeting youth and the also the review process, good governance and its characteristic
and understanding basics on advocacy.
The pre and post training assessment indicated that the participants were able to refresh their
knowledge on Participatory drama, gain and increase their knowledge on the translational
constitution and the review process, good governance and its characteristics, and gaining basic
advocacy knowledge. This was further evident in the dramas they formulated for the
awareness raising conducted in schools and in the communities.
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CEFoRD Volunteers during the Forum theatre refresher training.
Conducted three (3) trainings on Advocacy, Human Right, Democracy and good governance
to three organized youth groups in Yei Municipality, Yei County and Morobo County.
Following series of meetings with youths and local government officials in the three counties
especially members of the county associations on the need to re-organize the youths which
became a success. CEFoRD organized three trainings; one in Morobo County, one in Lainya and
another one in Yei. The first training was conducted in Morobo which brought in 21 participantsanother one in Yei. The first training was conducted in Morobo which brought in 21 participants
in total. The training was very interesting and participatory. During these training, the
participants expressed satisfaction as the training was broader and comprehensive which
covers all the governance related issues andincreased knowledge on Advocacy, Human Right
based approach, democracy and good governance
Each training lasted for three (3) days and they opened up the minds of the participants as they
were able to identify Administrative vacuum in the county level especially the office of the
youth department been absent in the county. In the training the youth also identified social
economic problems that limit youth progress economically and socially. Economically the youth
have identified dependence and lack of positive thinking and creativity to better off their lives
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and live to meaningful contribute to the development processes in the Country. In the social
effect the identified increased number of youth in consumption of harmful substances and
drugs that retards the progress and reasoning capacity, increased in the number of school
dropout, unemployment and many other social challenges. While in Yei, the training drew up
25 participants in total. The 25 participants are members of the two Youth association existing
in Yei, Yei County Youth Association (YECOYA) and the newly established Yei Municipal Youth
Association (YEMYA). The Youth were able to demonstrate increase in knowledge on Advocacy,
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Democracy, and good governance and how they can better address issues affecting young
people in both Yei municipality and the County as well. In Lainya the training was conducted
successfully, with 18 attendances that came from the five payams of the county, 5 of whom
were ladies. The planned topics were covered and the training in its nature had been practical
enough. Participants were able to participately actively and sight leave example of bad
governance, deliberate failure by the local government to follow the South Sudan local
government act and other human rights abuses in the county especially freedom of expression
on the current conflict in South Sudan.on the current conflict in South Sudan.
Ticko Emly presenting an group work (MUYA training in Morobo Participants practicing
Advocacy in demonstrationAdvocacy in demonstration
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Participants keenly attending to facilitator in Morobo. Participants in warm up exercise during
training in Yei
Immediate effect of the Trainings.
2. The Youth in Morobo planned to write a petition and do follow up on the establishment of
the Youth office at the county level
3. Expression of interest to ask duty bearers
4. Follow up on the representation of the Payams in Morobo county in the Morobo United
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Youth association
5. Identification of challenges facing the youth association and reasons for its closure and the
coming up with recommendations for re-organisation including establishment of Payam
youth Associations.
6. Youth develop plans to address the issues affecting young people in the sponsored issue
based Radio Talk shows
7. Youth called for the speedy organisationfor the youth conference.
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Conducted three youth conferences in Morobo County, Lainya and Yei Municipality.
Nothing about us without us
Morobo and 288 in Yei youths and 150 Participants in Lainya which comprises of MPS and
stakeholders in their respective positions to talk about the trending issues affecting the youth
and the communities at large. The conferences was facilitated the deputy director for Lands
and Planning at the national government Mr. Aggrey Cyrus, the former director of planning inand Planning at the national government Mr. Aggrey Cyrus, the former director of planning in
the Ministry of local government in central Equatoria state. The conferences opened the eyes
of the participants on the system of the governances in the country, gave an understanding to
the participants on national, state and county youth policies and enabled the youth to identify
ways to report youth issues, gave a better understanding of the roles of the three arms of
government and offered a platform for the youth to interact with members of parliament, State
officials and County officials. It also looked directly to the associations how they function to
spear head the activities of the youth in terms of planning in their respective locations. A
number of issues/challenges facing youth were enumerated which resulted into drawing of
strong conference resolutions that are based on the topics of discussion especially on the issue
of governance and how to involved Youth to meaningfully participate, how youth can be
creative to break dependency, how youth can re-organise themselves to ensure easy support
from the government and many others. The conference resolutions were later presented to thefrom the government and many others. The conference resolutions were later presented to the
members of parliament at the state level and to the county authorities.
The conference in Lainya was successfully conducted. In the last day participants, (Youth)
Consitutuency representatives and local government representatives were able to come
with key recommendation/Resolutions can be shared with key stakeholders for
implementation and follow up to be made by the youth Union and its leadership. With the
nothing about us without us
based on the socio, economical, political situation of the country and Lainya County in
particular. The conference came at the right time, when there are many issues trending i.e.
The county council dissolve, gap between the youth and the government, land disputes
among others. As did mentioned. Youth, MPs and local government representative were
able to deliberate and drew resolution on these issues.
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able to deliberate and drew resolution on these issues.
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Commissioner responding to you questions during the Conference in Yei Ismail
expressing his views on the current system of governance. Morobo
Participants expressing their views in the conferences.
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Yei MPs, Mayor of Yei, Commissioner of Yei, Local Councilors and Chairperson of Commissions
and directors of Central Equatoria State taking seats to take questions from the youth and
respond to accordingly.
Key recommendations of the Youth includes;
20% Representation of Young people in all levels of government and it has to be included in20% Representation of Young people in all levels of government and it has to be included in
permanent constitution
Legislation on Early marriage
Establishment of resources center in Morobo
Establishment of Technical/Vocational school to build the capacity of young people who
are out of school
Youth have also recommended Parliamentary Federalism that will best situation of South
Sudan and its diversity. (Youth can read report of the full recommendations for Yei Youth
conference here and Morobo Youth Conference here
7 forum theatre performances in schools7 forum theatre performances in schools
Forum theatre or Participatory drama is a creative, entertaining and highly interactive
methodology, where an open-ended problem or dilemma is being dramatized and the
audiences contribute solutions by getting into the drama to suggest what can be done to end
the
box and suggest as many solutions as possible to a single problem. As one of many activities of
eers organized and
conducted seven 7 forum theatre performances in secondary schools which include; Nile High
Secondary school, kanyara SS, St. Samson SS and St. Obadiah Secondary school, Ras secondary
school and Excel Secondary School. Issues dramatized include governance within the schools,
local governments and understanding of governance in the country. Due to its interactive
nature, the audience suggested solutions and the actors improvised further which encouraged
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nature, the audience suggested solutions and the actors improvised further which encouraged
participation of the audiences. Key discussions were focused on is fighting dependency
from the schools and then into the government. The participation of student was very live and
the student pointed out that what is been dramatized are the real scenario in the government,
in schools and the community and they called for change.
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Students participating in Forum Theatre performances and contributing solutions.
Two Interface meetings conducted in Morobo and Yei respectively
The interface meetings drew up members of parliament, government representatives, Youth
and other civil society members. In the meetings the Youth are able to ask their constituency
representatives on the promise of their manifesto during the campaign period and also shared
the challenges with the MPs and government representatives and get feedbacks on their
questions instantly which created a convenient forum of discussion and opened up anquestions instantly which created a convenient forum of discussion and opened up an
understanding of how to follow-up issues within the government structures. The youth also
used these meetings to express their concerns especially about lack of involvement policy
formulation and in decision making processes. The MPs and the other government officials also
urged the youth to get organized into groups to ensure easy consultation on policy issues and
plan support for them. 30 youth and 3 members of parliament representing Morobo County at
the State Legislative Assembly, 5 local government Councilors and 4 county departmental heads
attended the interface meeting in Morobo while in Yei, 40 youth, 8 local government Councilors
drawn from the Yei County Legislative Council and the Yei Municipal council, 3 MPs, 2
Chairpersons of commissions (i.e. the commission on conflict mitigation and the public service,
justice and grievances commission) and two directors from the state ministry of education and
ministry of Land.
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Two public lectures
The public lecture were intended to bring the Youth and their elected members of parliament,
local authorities at the level county, state, national level and other stake holders who are
basked within the local government. The public lectures handled key issues about system of
governance and its types in the country South Sudan, and how it can be applied at the lower
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level. Key facilitators were identified such as Hon. Manoah Aligo a retired politician and
Aggrey Cyrus Kanyikwa a former executive director of Yei County who late was transferred to
the Ministry of local government and now Deputy Director for land and planning in Central
Equatoria State. The members of parliament who are representatives of the citizens spoke
about the current issues and the steps taken to address some questions asked by the citizens.
The student and the youth in general were educated and gained knowledge on the systems of
democracy and good governance during the public lectures. While the flaming issue
(federalism) which is the talk of the day was explained by the facilitator and the members of(federalism) which is the talk of the day was explained by the facilitator and the members of
the parliament were able to indicate their position. Most of the mps are from the state
parliament. While in Morobo we hosted three mps and the executive director of trade and
investment, central Equatoria state. It should also be noted that we connected the public
lectures to the conferences. We added one day for the public lecture as the attendance of the
two conferences were encouraging.
Hon Manoah Aligo lecturing on Federalism as a system of governance along side Mayor
Cicilia Oba and Commissioner Juma David Augustine
Seven (15) issues based radio talk show
The purpose of the issue based round table radio discussion is to deliberate on the matters
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The purpose of the issue based round table radio discussion is to deliberate on the matters
affecting youth either directly or indirectly, many issues were discussed during the program
which in the short run is causing some immediate impact in the lives of the youth in the
communities where the radio covers. Among them are the roles youth play in the socio-
economic and political development, the role of the councilors in policy development for youth,
the courts systems and procedures, and other issues like early and forced marriages among
others. These programs are run every Saturdays and within the course of the week, the youth
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come together to develop messages for the talk shows. Morobo community radio is being used
because it has a wider coverage in central Equatoria and in Yei, Spirit fm and radio Easter were
both used. In this case stakeholders are engaged to answer questions raised by the youths in
the different capacities in their different communities.
Activities not implemented.
a) 2 Radio drama recording.
Major Achievements
1. A number of activities have already been implemented and in each activity, there is a
positive turn up and interesting discussions to.
2. The recommendations of the two conferences were widely shared and taken seriously by
the different institutions of government, NGOs and the youth themselves. A number of
follow up calls were made by the MPs, the mayor and commissioners of the two counties
and different state institutions.
3. , Lainya and Morobo
Counties. In addition, the use of social media (especially facebook and twitter) in posting
activities has further popularized the project and gained support of the youth.
4. Re-organization of the Youth Associations. In Morobo, the Morobo United Youth
association (MUYA) which was disintegrated four years ago due to internal conflicts was re-
organized and an interim body was elected to review the constitution and conduct general
assembly.
5. There is building of strong network between the different youth groups in Morobo County,
Lainya and in Yei County as well and between the youth and CEFoRD too. The associations
are now organized and recognized by the different levels of government.
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6. Youth farmers groups, cooperative societies are coming up in response to fighting
dependency which was identified as a big disease among youth in the three counties.
7. The Youth in Morobo were able to follow the establishment of the Youth Office in the
county and the government responded by establishing the department.
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8. Formation of Other Youth groups at the Payam level to better address concerns
meaningfully
9. In Yei, the two association (Yei County Youth Association and Yei Municipal Youth
Association were legitimized and given a go ahead in implementing their planned activities
by the Youth
10. Within just 7 months of implementation, the project has widely spread and outcomes are
enormous. This is evidence by the commitment of the government officials, the local
government councilors and members of parliament who always make it to attend and
participate fully in the activities of this project. In addition, the project objectives and
activities are relevant for South Sudan and this further made us to achieve a lot within this
short time.
Lesson learned
1. It is important to have a project start assessment. Due to the crisis in South Sudan,
CEFoRD quickly thought of doing an assessment to get the impression of the youth and
the communities on the project and the data collected greatly shaped the projectthe communities on the project and the data collected greatly shaped the project
implementation.
2. The youth groups trained in Yei and Morobo counties were not fully structured to the
best. Yei is being divided in to two i.e. Municipality and County and all were disunited
with not clear structure and yet same people doubling positions. A consultation meeting
was done between the two associations and a Conesus was reached
3. The communities did not know the role played by the members of the parliament and
this happened when the members of parliament and the youth were joined together
during the conference and the public lectures in Yei and Morobo respectively.
4. The youth and the general population were aware about the socio-economic and
political situations in the Country in their respective communities but lack general
knowledge of the role they can play in shaping this nation. The activities of this project
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were found relevant in addressing this.
5. Grouping youth based on tallents will better organized the youth at the grass root and
at the urban setting-Thus the Union at county level will act as the overseer for all the
talent groups
6. The draft of the state youth policy (Currently in use for planning Youth activities in the
counties but not passed) was presented, which highlights livelihood, job creation, fight
illiterate among others which is done not in consultation with the youth in in Central
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Equatoria State.
7. We also learned that the youth union is not structured, but rather the union is being led
by an interim committee, now still requires that general elections for new leadership.
Challenges encountered
The breakout of the conflicts in the country delayed the start of the activities therebyThe breakout of the conflicts in the country delayed the start of the activities thereby
affecting planning. It has also brought a lot of security threats that we have to deal with
before kicking off with activities.
The local government in Lainya is not cooperating with the nongovernmental
organizations; they perceive the NGO activities as a treat to their positions. This makes the
project activties to halt in Lainya County.
Late receipt of the funds due to the political crisis in South Sudan delayed the achievement
of the planned activities. Many planned activities were not implemented and sifted to the
second phase implementation.
Change in the price of commoditChange in the price of commodit
against the current situation,
The number of the participants from the far payams was limited due to high cost of the
transport, and also this is because the budget was very. The conference scheduled in a time
when there was a fuel crisis in Lainya and it affected the participation so much on the
mobility of the participants.
Recommendation
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Recommendation
A. There is a need to approach youth issues holistically, i.e. socially, economically and
politically as well. Establishment of platforms that target youth as beneficiaries such as
Intellectual symposium, Innovation scheme, and entrepreneurial scheme would better
tackle some challenges of the Youth as the discussions mirrored out that social and
economic empowerment of youth greatly affect political participation of youth.
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B. The Yei civil society and the Human Right activist will need to issue a statement about
the misconception of the nongovernmental organizations by the local government in
Lainya, while CEFoRD and the team of the civil society forum in Yei will travel to meet
the Lainya county commissioner for face to face discussions on how the decision can be
reversed to allow the civil society organizations to operate in the county.
C. We also intend to focus more on implementation for activities in Lainya come the
second part of this project.
D. Due to the relevance of this project and how it is being felt by the youth, communities,
government and other actors like the civil society organizations and other NGOs, we
recommend that OSIEA supports CEFoRD to get beyond the three Counties as this will
help us build the capacity of youth across the country which will further enhance their
participation in governance processes at all levels of government.
E. CEFoRD and the project team will have to Act as mentors to the reorganized youth
association to ensure broader mobilization and bringing MPS and local government
representatives on board in the next remaining activities
F. There is need to increase the budget for Lainya in times to come since prices differs
from the rest of the countiesfrom the rest of the counties
Encouraging statement and Live stories
Taban Noel a youth said during advocacy training.
Youth must be given the opportunity to take active part in politics. Failure to do that will lead
to creation of vacuum in leadership as the current politicians are aging. Organizing many
forums like this conference and allowing a positive interaction between the elders and youth will
help develop good leaders. So the time for youth is now Khemis Benz; Chairperson of the
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help develop good leaders. So the time for youth is now Khemis Benz; Chairperson of the
Commission for conflict mitigation, Central Equatoria State speaking during the conference in
yei.
While a young lady miss. my parents have refused
at education is a right where parents are to give,
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now I am going to ask my parents to pay my school fees for me to be in class like the rest of the
she said this during an advocacy training in Morobo.
Lagu Benjamine YEMYA Yei. The Major Achievement I got from this Association is the training
CEFoRD conducted on Advocacy, Human Rights, Democracy and Good Governance and if You
ask me now I know what Human Rights, good governance and advocacy are.
Juma David Augustine Commissioner Yei: CEFoRD has done a great Job, if we want see change
Mrs. Hellen girl child education supervisor Lainya county central Equatoria state said
pleased for the initiative that CEFoRD has initiated, we as youth of Lainya county have for long
t
Miss Hellen
Hon. SubaSamuel is his comments is responding to a question raised by the participants on the
I appreciate the inventiveness
CEFoRD have come with something that none of the leaderships/representatives in the county
has done, information is power, and I want sure youth that why election is not done at the local
government level is the failure of the implementation of the local government act 2009 and now
you youth must get organized and advocate to bring change in Lainya county and as part of his
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you youth must get organized and advocate to bring change in Lainya county and as part of his
contribution to reorganized the youth, Hon. Suba raised 5000 SSP and the youth raised from
Selected social media reactions to the CEFoRD activities are here as well;
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The Governance and Youth Participation Project
Introduction
Endowment for Democracy (NED) and implemented by Community Empowerment for
Rehabilitation and development (CEFoRD) in four Counties of western Equatoria state
namely Nzara, Ibba, Maridi and Mundri west.
The project has two key components namely; 1 Governance which emphasizes meaningful
participation and involvement of youth in policy making processes at all level of
government. Component 2 is conflict resolution. Here emphasis are put on empowering the
youth take active and leading role in conflict resolution and peace building activities in
their respective localities and or Counties given the ongoing conflicts in the country and
other internal conflicts which are either inter-county border conflicts, conflicts between
cattle keepers and farmers and others. This is meant to combat the problem of idle youth
turning to violence,
The project activities started with introductory meeting in the state capital in Yambio then
a round up visit to all four counties selected for the project implementation by two CEFoRD
staff The youth union played a vital role during the introductory meetings with all thestaff The youth union played a vital role during the introductory meetings with all the
respective offices.
The authorities received the message positively and welcomed the project to the respective
Counties.The state authority and the local government at County level was very positive
and all welcomed the idea and hoped for the best. The State youth president too said the
project came at the right time when the youths are organized and the project is within the
priority areas of the youths and he is very delight and welcomed the project. It is safe to say
that the first quarter of the implementation of this project was a busy but mostly a
successful one
Therefore this report reflects the activities implemented within the first quarter of this
project, the achievements realized, challenges encountered, lessons learnt and some
recommendations for the future.
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recommendations for the future.
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Outline of planned activities (phase I)
a) Introductory meeting with the state authority in western equatoria state and the four
Counties
b) Four trainings in the four Counties
Activities successfully implemented.
1- The introductory meeting done at state level and four Counties
Two CEFoRD staff went for a one round trip to western equatoria state to majorly find facts
selected Counties also meant to strengthen relationship and familiarize with institutions
and youth groups right from the project inception.
The state authority welcomed the project and these introductory meeting gave CEFoRD the
chance to also know the cost of local movement within each County, the cost of
accommodations and other necessities the project will need to know. During the first visit
we found out that though the state is said to be a peaceful state, but there are intra conflicts
in the Counties selected so the intervention of CEFoRD was much needed to give trainings
and build the capacity of youths on good governance, conflict resolution and peace building
skills which was attended by other youth in the other counties of Western Equatoria.skills which was attended by other youth in the other counties of Western Equatoria.
The one round trip to all thestate capital (Yambio) and to all four Counties enable CEFoRD
to map out some issues that are affecting the youths, through both formal meetings and
informal interactions with institutions, individuals and youth groups both at state and
county levels. These issues look crosscutting across Counties and among others, some key
ones are highlighted below;
The insecurity in the Country resulting from the December 15th 2014 Juba incident and
state that left
many displaced persons from their home most of them being youth. They miss school
and many are recruited to the army by the government in the name of defending the
nation against the rebels. In the process many died in this conflict that started on 15/
Dec/2013 and interestingly, their deaths remain under-reported
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Dec/2013 and interestingly, their deaths remain under-reported
The cattle from the neighboring state eating crops in the garden hence it create conflict
between the pastoralists and farmers which the youths are actively involved in
reacting violently to such situation
Land dispute the youths are involved in the border conflicts that creates hatred among
the youths in different Counties.
Manipulation of youths by politicians
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Increasing spread of HIV/AIDS among youth especially in Nzara County.
processes as another challenge they face. Those who happen to be in offices do not
have meaningful influence in terms of influencing decisions apart from just being
present.
Lack of technical and or livelihood skills due to lack of vocational skills training schools
in most of the counties.
Youth unemployment
Lack support for youth development initiatives
Absence of Youth representative in the national and state level
It should be noted that these identified issues shaped and are still shaping the
implementation of the project as it opened up new dimensions of thinking especially on
how to approach youth issues there.
2- Training in Nzara
The first training kicked off in Nzara County on 25/11 to 27/11/2014, the participants
were from all payams of Nzara and three other youth representatives/leaders from the
neighboring Counties (Ezo, Nagero, and Tombura) whom CEFoRD invited to attend on the
request of the State Ministry of Culture, antiquities, Youth and Sports; directorate of Youth
and Sports and the State youth Union. The training was opened by honorableand Sports and the State youth Union. The training was opened by honorable
Commissioner of Nzara County who encouraged the youth to make use of the three days to
learn a lot from the facilitators on governance, conflict resolution, peace building,
democracy and advocacy, and he urged that such topics like good governance, conflict
resolution Democracy and conflict resolution, will open the eyes and the mine of the youths
to always think of constructive ideas instated of involving in conflict. The CEFoRD
facilitatorsused a range of participatory approaches with issue based discussion and group
work and presentations, role plays, plenary discussions, and question and answer
approach which kept the participants alive and highly active and participative.
In the three days training the participant really showed interest for the training and
participated actively, they came up with issues affecting them as youths and these includes
the following; the ideas also participated actively in presentations and group discussions.
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the following; the ideas also participated actively in presentations and group discussions.
Generally the youths received the training with great interest and committed themselves to
first absorb the learning and make it their daily life practice and pledged to go back to their
respective places and start awareness campaigns to other youths especially on the topics
covered within the training. They so much appreciated the support given to CEFoRD by the
National Endowment for Democracy and urged that the trainings be extended for 5 days
and be spread to all ten counties of the state.
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Topics covered in this training and the other three trainings include; Youth Participation,
governance and the principles of good governance, understanding of peace and conflict,
tools and ways to resolve conflict without violence and advocacy and the advocacy cycle
including developing simple advocacy strategy.
Below are some of the challenges facing the youth in Nzara County?
I. Insecurity both internally and the threat caused by the famous Lord Resistance
Army. In most cases, the youth suffer from this as they are mobilized and formedArmy. In most cases, the youth suffer from this as they are mobilized and formed
the LRA. Most ends up wounded, others suffer abduction and others killed.
II. Early marriage and high bride price which make young boys end up in jail
III. Still due to idleness causes conflict in the community of Nzara County.
IV. HIV/AIDS is spreading faster.
V. Poor education system
VI. Youth Unemployment
The youths in Nzara also came up with the following recommendation and ways to
addressing some of the challenges facing them;
The youths needs to go to school in order to change their attitude
The youths need to organisecommunity policing to address internal conflicts.The youths need to organisecommunity policing to address internal conflicts.
Carry out awareness to the community about the importance of peace and the
dangers of conflict through the talk shows that are to be conducted.
The two states should come up with laws that controls the cattle grassing
The youths need to respect the rule of law by the rule of law institutions
Review of the state education policy to promote quality education and making
education attractive
Engagement of youth in peace promotion
Promotion of unity among youths and make proper consultation about issues in
state of imposing things on youths
Involve youth decision making at all levels of government, participation of youths in
governance should be encouraged.
Youths should be creative to enhance development; they also need to form a
relevant association that keeps them busy.
Formation of water committees to avoid conflicts at the water source in the
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Formation of water committees to avoid conflicts at the water source in the
communities
The training was closed by the Minister of Labour and public; Hon. Backsilia who conceded
that they have failed as leaders to create meaningful interaction with the youth. She
admitted that this was her first time to meet with the youth. A statement which the
Director general for youth also reiterated and said that they did not organise for such a
forum that can make them discuss with the youth. They learnt a lot from it and will plan for
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more regular meetings with the County youth associations. They both commended CEFoRD
and the National Endowment for Democracy for the support. They called for continuous
engagement for realization of empowered and useful youth who can engage in constructive
discussions of development in the state and the Country.
See photos taken during the Nzara Training
Female participant making presentation on ways of resolving conflicts (L), Participants for group
discussions on mechanisms for youth participation in governance processes (C), and Participant
from Ezo County making presentation on advocacy cycle (R)
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Some participants posing in a group photo with the Director General (Middle), President of the
State youth Union and the Coordinator of CEFoRD to his left in Nzara.
3- Training in Mundri westCounty;
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Similar training as elaborated above was conducted in Mundri West County and proposed
in the project proposal. This training started on the 2/12, 2014 to 4/12/2014 with
participants drawn from all the five Payams of Mundri west and one representative from
Mundri East and another representative from Mvolo County. The turn up for ladies was
very encouraging and their participation was extra-ordinary as they were actively engaged
in leading group discussions and presentations, dominating contribution during plenary
etc. The Payam Administrator who opened the training conceded that this is the first of its
kind to happen in greater Mundri and urged the participants to participate actively and
gain the knowledge to address the existing governance gaps and conflicts in the
communities.
Most of the participants in Mundri were teachers and graduates but unemployed. They
were highly critical and explored more on local understanding and approaches to handling
conflicts and traditional approaches to advocacy.
In the training, they came up with common issues affecting the youths in the three Counties
of grater Mundri;
Lack of youth representation in key decision making processes.
Youth participation narrowed to games and sports.Youth participation narrowed to games and sports.
Cattles destroying crops that causing conflict in the community,
High bride price which influence the youths to kill and raid cattle for bride price
Unemployment is one of the major problems affecting the youths in grater Mundri
Poor health, the health services are not well equipped with drugs to be given to
patience
Poor quality of education in the Counties and down to the payams.
After analyzing these issues they came up with the following list of recommendations;
Conduct a peace conference between pastoralist and farmers
Formation of peace committees in the County by the youths
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Engaged in developmental activities that keeps them busy.
Early intervention to conflict prevention before it escalates
Support the exciting groups with skills on conflict resolution in order to prevent
conflicts not to escalate.
The law enforcement agents in place should observe the rule of low to minimize
crimes in the County.
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Call for 20% affirmative action for representation of youth in all institutions of
government and that it should be constitutionally provided.
There must be fair trial in the courts of low because many youths end up behind bars
not taken to be tried in the courts of low.
The counselors in the County should come up with bylaws for the movement of
animals in the County and should be implemented.
Carry out awareness about the importance of peace or the benefit of peace to the
community.community.
The participants expressed happiness for receiving such important training for the first
time in life and first time in the County. They requested that CEFoRD should come up with
more of such trainings to empower the youths to enhance their participation in governance
and policy making processes. The deputy executive director in his closing remarks said this
should not the last training but the beginning of more training of such to the youths and
next time urged CEFoRD to involve the chiefs in such trainings. He remarked that good
governance is very essential in all institutions and urged the youths to use the knowledge
and skills to advocate for good governance practices beginning at the family, to the schools
and other institutions, the Payam and
See some selected picture taken during the Mundri Training.
A group developing advocacy strategies on how to improve the performance of students in western
equatoria state (L) and Participants identifying common causes of Conflict in greater Mundri (R)
4- Training in Ibba County
The training in Ibba started on the 8th/12 and ended on 10th/2014. Participants came from
all the five payams of Ibba County. The local authority were very pleased receive such
training specifically for youths.
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training specifically for youths.
Just like the rest of the trainings, the Ibba training also covered the same topics and same
approaches were employed. A little more attention was paid to encouraging women
participation just as it was in Nzara but on the second and third days, the women gained
confidence and participated well.
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During this training, the youth pointed out the below issues as the major governance and
conflicts issues facing the youth in the County.
Politics of division where politicians create hatred between youth and County
authorities. This resulted to some youth presenting a memo to the State Governor
requesting for the removal of the County Commissioner. This further resulted to
imprisonment of 10 youth and since then the relationship between the youth
association in the County and the County Authority remained tense.
Cattle eating crops leading to misunderstandings among communities and between
individuals.
Gender based violence issues in the communities e.g. men killing women and vies
visa.
No support for the youth and sport office which is a line department of the Ministry
of Culture, antiquities, youth and Sports making it hard to engage youth
constructively. The Inspector is not in the government pay roll as opposed to the rest
of the counties.
High bride price.
Youth unemployment
Land disputes i.e. border conflict especially between Maridi County and Ibba County.
This has even resulted to lack of cooperation between the Maridi youth and the Ibba
youth.
The youth then came up with ways to addressing these issues. Among others, one is to
summon for a reconciliation meeting between the youth leadership and the County
Authority. CEFoRD spearheaded this and brought together the Hon. Commissioner, State
Youth Union and the County youth Association. They forgave each other and reconciled and
pledged to work together for the development of the County.
In her closing remarks, the honorable commissioner Ibba County came for the closing and
she said she had been waiting for such initiative that engages with the youth. She
appreciated CEFoRD and the national Endowment for Democracy for selecting Ibba as one
of the Counties to benefit from this project and asked for continuous support to the youth
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of the Counties to benefit from this project and asked for continuous support to the youth
through more trainings and support to skills development through establishment of
Vocational skills training schools. She further encouraged the youth to use the knowledge
and sill they learnt on conflict resolution to address the internal conflicts within Ibba
County.
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See some selected pictures from the Ibba Training.
Participant in Ibba identifying common conflicts affecting the youths in County (L) and
participants lying down advocacy strategy (R)
5- Training in Maridi
The training in Maridi was the last training done under this grant. This training started on
the 11/12 to 13/2014. The training was officially opened by a youth state member
parliament representing Maridi County who appreciated the organizations behind such an
important training especially on good governance and Conflict resolution.
He stressed that with good governance there will be no conflict in south Sudan. So goodHe stressed that with good governance there will be no conflict in south Sudan. So good
governance is done in order to have stability, practicing democracy at family, churches,
NGOs and government will lead to respect of human dignity and rights as well. He noted
that lack of knowledge skills is the primary cause for hostility and aggressiveness and
urged the youth to take the training very important. The participants in Maridi were more
so like in Mundri west where the female participants took lead in participation and their
turn up was very great too. Most of the participants were intellectual from different
institutions and associations. The same training approach used in Mundri West was the
same employed in Maridi given the level of understanding of the participants.
A very unique thing about Maridi is that they have seven organized youth groups or
association and all are under the County Youth Association which also reports to the line
department of the directorate of youth and sports at the County.
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The post training evaluation clearly showed how the participants gained more knowledge
as some of them remarked that they have attended such trainings before but the approach
used and the depth of knowledge shared further widened their understanding.
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See some selected pictures from the Maridi training.
Participant presenting a conflict tree showing the root courses of conflict, the core issues and the effects
(L) and participantsbrainstorming on the principles of good governance (R)
Major Achievements so far.Major Achievements so far.
Just after two trainings and given the close collaboration between CEFoRD, the
Ministry and the State youth Union, where the recommendations of the trainings
were shared, the State Ministry in partnership with UNICEF organized a youth peace
conference in Maridi and the participants from Nzara and Mundri training became
of great help to shaping the discussions of the conference.
The Western Equatoria State youth Union and the County Associations have gained
more recognition after these trainings. This is shown during the peace conference in
Maridi organized by the Ministry of Culture, Antiquities, youth and sports with
support from UNICEF where selected youth from our project operational areas were
transported to Maridi for the conference.
In the recommendation given by the youths during our training; one is already been
done by the government of western equatoria state, the youths needed a peace
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done by the government of western equatoria state, the youths needed a peace
conference between the famers and pastoralist. The government of the state
organized for a two days peace conference in Mundri West County which was
attended fully by the State governor and brought in IDP cattle keepers from Lakes
State, Central Equatoria State and the farmers from Western Equatoria. Most of the
youths who participated in the training were able to participate actively in the
conference. Resolutions were unanimously agreed upon by both parties and passed
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at the end of the conference. Among others, one of the resolutions called for the
return of the cattle keepers and their cattle to their original areas and leave western
equatoria by latest 9th/2/2015 in order to have peace and encourage food
production.
The youths in Ibba had some differences among themselves and with the County
Authority. CEFoRD and the state youth Union brought them together and at theend
of the second day of the training and they were able to settle their differences and
reconciled. The Honorable commissioner after the reconciliation meeting done at
her residence said that she can smile again because the youths are now organize
and they can handle their issues in an amicable manna. She added that the youth
know how much they have worked for her downfall which went unsuccessful and
she believes that the reconciliatory meeting opens a new chapter of cooperation and
working together for the development of the County and urged for continuous
support from the donors for this project to ensure that the youth are fully
empowered politically, socially and economically.
The youths in the four counties were able to schedule days for reviewing their
constitutions and reorganize themselves again which they said must lead them to
There is a great coordination and communication between the youth associations,
departments of youth at County levels, state youth union, some of the trained youth
and CEFoRD for continuous engagement. They call regularly, write emails and chatand CEFoRD for continuous engagement. They call regularly, write emails and chat
on social media with the staff of CEFoRD asking about next steps. This shows how
they owned the project and how enthusiastic they are to see change in their
communities.
Through the trainings and the project in general, the voice of the youth is magnified
and youth are now feeling more empowered and contributing to the governance
processes in the state. The inspector of Youth and Sports department in Maridi
County in an interview with Gurtong Trust remarked that the youth are being
engaged in the governance processes. This interview came after three trainings
were done and on the second day of training in Maridi. See his Comments here:
http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/ArticleView/mid/519/artic
leId/15937/Western-Equatoria-Lauded-for-Inclusion-of-Youth.aspx
Lessons learned
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Lessons learned
Western equatoria state is relatively peaceful when it comes to the Dec 15th, 2013 conflicts.
But internal conflicts are enormous which are either caused due to inter county border
demarcation issues of between IDP cattle keepers and predominant farmers. In summary,
there are major conflicts that happen down in the villages and they are not addressed and
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some of these conflicts have lasted for generations but are not address especially border
conflicts between Maridi and Ibba.
There are governance efforts in place to ensure representation and participation of youth
in decision making processes but not formalized yet. Informal mechanisms which are weak
to give the youth a strong voice exist and it is important to formalize and strengthen these
mechanisms.mechanisms.
Female participants from the eastern counties (Maridi and Mundri) were highly
empowered as they dominated participation during the training. Whereas in the Western
Counties (Ibba and Nzara), women participation was quite low and we (facilitators) had to
pay keen attention to them. During day one, they felt sigh but due to change of facilitation
strategies, they picked up in day two and three and became confident.
It is important to partner with already existing mechanisms/institutions. This project is a
big success because we worked closely with the Ministry of Culture, Antiquities, youth and
sports Directorate of Youth and the State youth Union. They have presence in the varioussports Directorate of Youth and the State youth Union. They have presence in the various
counties and therefore mobilization was much easier and this helped activities to flow
normally.
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Challenges encountered
Although all the four trainings were successfully done, there were some challenges that we
faced;
There are bad roads which makes it difficult to reach some destination by car timely. We
end up using motorbike to reach the training venue in time. See sample pictures of the bad
spots of the road.
Not only bad road but we also faced the challenge of fluctuations of prices of food items,
beverages (soda and water) from one location to another. The cost of refreshment and local
transport was higher than anticipated and planned.transport was higher than anticipated and planned.
There was insecurity in same Counties like Mundri west one of the youth was killed on the
road by cattle keepers and this further caused fear of movement.
There was low turn up of women for the training even though the few who turned up
showed great participation in the trainings.
Recommendation
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The already started initiative should be sustained in all the four locations and has to
be scaled up to cover the whole state as the project has shown great outcome in a
short period. Continuous engagement will change the attitudes of the youth and
government towards youth participation in decision making processes and other
development projects.
There is need to organise for inter-generational dialogue between the youth and
traditional authority and elders so as to address the cultural challenges of bride
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price, jungle punishment for youth in regards to marital issues, etc which appears to
be a cross cutting issue.
There is need to strengthen the youth union and the county association to be more
proactive and push for policy changes.
There is need to increase training cost since the roads are bad making the transport
expensive and the distances between counties are far.
Selected statements from some participants and leaders.Selected statements from some participants and leaders.
I.
m able to build peace with my family in my place of work and am going to try as much
as I can to prevent conflict among the youths to manage some of this negative
scen
department of water and sanitation and a member of the youth association Ibba
County.
II.
after receiving CEFoRD in my office with a program specifically for youth and with
genuine topic governance and youths participation this is a very great opportunity for
Director General of Youth and Sports Western Equatoria State in the opening of the
first training in Nzara.first training in Nzara.
III.
governance starts and the family level. It is about how you relate with your husband,
how you share information in a transparent way, how accountable you are and how
you collectively reach decisions. I feel that when we embrace this at a family level, we
shall build a more democratic and accountable leadership in all institutions including
Mundri West County training.
Media Coverage of Activities:
For social media updates and reactions to the CEFoRD activities, our page:
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https://www.facebook.com/pages/CEFoRD/172235956179435?ref=br_rs
There are also media houses; both print and radio stations that covered the activities and they
are listed below;
- Miraya fm conducted interviews with the participants and the project officer
during the training in Nzara County.
- Gurtong covered all the trainings and published in their news letter, see link below:
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http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/ArticleView/mid/519/articleId/15905
/Youth-Trained-on-Good-Governance-Conflict-Resolution.aspx
- Catholic radio Network reported through Anisa FM in Yambio and Yambio fm
interviewed participants and the project officer in Nzara, and Mundri and here is a
link to one of the stories they covered;
http://catholicradionetwork.org/?q=node/16220
- Spirit fm Yei also covered the trainings through telephone interview with the
CEFoRD program Coordinator and the president of the Western Equatoria State
youth Union.
- Maridi FM also conducted live interviews at the training venue with the participant
and project officer.
However, our efforts to get interviews by the Nigeria based online radio did not work out
appointment emails.
Activities planned for the next quarter
1. Radio talk shows
2. 1 State wide conference
3. 2 Interface meetings.3. 2 Interface meetings.
Annex I: Attendance/Data base
S/No. Training Location # of Male
participants
# of Female
Participants
Age
Group
Total # of
participants
1 Nzara 19 5 18-38 24
2 Mundri West 25 11 18-38 36
3 Ibba 19 11 18-40 30
4 Maridi 21 9 18-39 30
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4 Maridi 21 9 18-39 30
Total 120
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Partnership for Peace
The partnership for peae project is funded by the EU and administered by War Child Holland.
The project is implemented witihin Yei River County specifically, Goli, Pakula and Logo Boma.
The overall object of the project isto ensure that Children and Young people in South release
their rights to participation by meaningfully contributing to all decisions affecting them in order
to fully support the realization of their rights at every level of society. In 2014 CEFoRD have
implemented several activities to achieve the stated goal of the project as outline below.implemented several activities to achieve the stated goal of the project as outline below.
Planned activities for PFP
Conduct participatory assessments of child rights and child participation at community
level.
Assessment of the child rights monitoring mechanisms/mapping of stakeholders and
establishment of coordination between them
Facilitation of community dialogue through drama, songs etc
Awareness raising and promotion of child rights and participation among traditionalAwareness raising and promotion of child rights and participation among traditional
leadership structures/faith based civil-social groups/organizations
Implemented activities
Conducted 3 participatory assessments of child rights and child participation at
community level
3 Assessment of the child rights monitoring mechanisms/mapping of stakeholders and
establishment of coordination between them
6 Facilitation of community dialogue through drama, songs
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on child rights and responsibilities.
3 Refresher training for adult groups on the rights of Children, responsibilities of
children and parents
Development of community monitoring and reporting mechanisms
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4 Awareness raising and promotion of child rights and participation among traditional
leadership structures/faith based civil-social groups/organizations
3 meetings on community monitoring and reporting mechanism
Overall outcome and achievements
In the year 2014 CEFoRD registered some achievements based on the midterm assessmentIn the year 2014 CEFoRD registered some achievements based on the midterm assessment
conducted by all implementing organization and this includes the following.
Child Participation
Through the focus group discussions, the children and young people shared
working together, sharing ideas as a group, the involvement in children in decision making,
when a father asks the views of his child, working together in the family and the participation in
anything e.g. helping mother with digging, sharing or work and decisions with the parents and
teachers, a way that children can contribute to their community at home and school without
being forced. One focus group discussion in Goli
children share our ideas together with our parents, commenting in any issues which affect us,
in the community we focus group
discussions, the majority of the Children & Young people understand Child Participation and
what this entails
involvement of children in any activity that concerns them at home and at school, when adults
and children share ideas and work together, is sharing with child in decision making, involving
children in meetings so that they have ways of expressing themselves, asking the views of the
child, sharing with children and family members to make the a child know his/her issues within
Generally across 18 out of the 19 focus group discussions, adults are
supportive of Child Participation and understand what this entails and this is reflected in the
record of their discussion.
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In comparison with the baseline assessment, there seems to be an increase in knowledge and
understanding by the Children & Young People and Adults on Child Participation. The baseline
assessment report states that the parents seem to have little knowledge of what child
participation is. A review of the baseline data reflects that adults surveyed reported as: 49% =
concerning them; 24% =Parents/caregivers inform children of the decisions they have already
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made concerning issues that affect children; 5% = 3. Parents/caregivers don't discuss with
children anything; and 22% = No idea of what Child Participation means. In this Mid Term
Assessment, 18 of the 19 adult focus group discussions report that they understand what Child
Participation means and have knowledge and how/examples of how children can participate
within their community.
The below illustration was extracted from our midterm assessment conducted in 2014
The graph above presents that both Children & Young People and Adults report that they have
a high level of knowledge of how Children can participate in making decisions. This is also
supplemented by the focusgroup discussion data whereby it is reported that Children and
Young People can participate in decision making through: participating in family meetings,
sharing their ideas at the school, home and community level, attending workshops in churches,
participating in clubs/groups, sharing with elders and parents, participating in debates and
sports, and raising their concerns and issues during meetings.
Child Rights
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As well as being focused on Child Participation, the Partnerships for Peace project is also
focused on Child Protection as the project aims to empower children and young people to
realize their right to participation by meaningfully contributing to all decisions affecting them
and this is only possible through the realization of their rights at every level of society. In
addition to this, the project also aims to support civil society organizations to support children
and young people to communicate the issues they face in their communities, and call for
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response at every level in society, at national and international level. Based on our intervention
and the Mid Term assessment explored what Child Rights means to the target children & young
people and adults as well as the Child Right and Protection issues within the target
communities. All children, young people and adults who are directly involved in the project and
participatedin this mid-term assessment was asked a series of questions regarding their
understanding of Child Rights and if they know where to report Child Right abuses and if they
are doing so.
It is important to know the Child Rights and Protection issues affecting the target communitiesIt is important to know the Child Rights and Protection issues affecting the target communities
and which issues are the most common; to guide our work in supporting the target
communities to monitor, report and respond to these issues. The baseline assessment
identified five priority child rights and protection issues. The issues identified were: 1. Child
neglect, 2. Severe beating (Corporal Punishment) by caretakers, 3. Too much work at home, 4.
Early or forced marriage; and 5. Sexual and Child exploitation. Based on our Mid Term
Assessment, the Child Right and Protection issues that are most common and affecting the
communities were discussed and explored through the focus group discussions. The
participants were requested to list all child right and protection issues and then from these
select the most common and priority child rights and protection issues. All these most common
child right and protection issues are presented in the table below; with the top five issues
being:
1. Child marriage,
2. Child labour,
3.Corporal punishment,
4. Alcohol/drinking abuse,
5. Parents not paying school fees.
Both Children & Young People and Adults were asked if they were aware of Child Rights and
both groups reported that the majority were aware of Child Rights; with 89% for Children &
Young People and 87% for Adults. The percentage increase suggest that our intervention have
positive impact on the communities.
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positive impact on the communities.
Reporting of Child Abuses
A key component if this project is the strengthening of the community monitoring, reporting,
response and referral mechanisms for Child Rights and Protection issues. Questions on the
survey and focus group discussions focused on where to report child rights abuse cases and the
structures that currently exist at the community level for these. When asked, Children & Young
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People reported that 90% of them are aware of where to report child right abuse cases. The
percentage of Adults was similarly high at 91%. 27% of Children & Young Report state that they
will report such child abuse cases to the Police, 25% state the community
elders/leaders/headman and 15% the Chief. 33% of the Adults state community leaders as the
people to go to for reporting child abuse cases, 18% the police, 8% the community (at large),
7% the school and 7% the local authorities.
It is important to know that beyond just knowing which people/persons to go to for the
reporting of child rights abuse cases; whether Children & Young People and Adults are actuallyreporting of child rights abuse cases; whether Children & Young People and Adults are actually
reporting these cases that they encounter. A question was posed to the Children & Young
People regarding if they report the child abuse that they see/hear in their community. 75% of
the Children & Young People report that they report the child abuses within their community.
On the other hand, Adults were asked to assess how Children report the Child Right abuses that
they see/hear in the community and only 58% of adults believe that Children & Young People
are reporting these child issues. This is demonstrated in the graph below(Extracted from mid
Term report)
Key Point: The data collected and presented on Child Rights and Protection highlights the many issues
that are prevalent within the target communities and some are the top issues as listed above but some
are not; and overall child protection is still an area for more concentrated focus within the target areas.
It is important to note that that both Children & Young People have almost 87% and 89% know about
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their child rights and 90% and 91% know where to go if child rights are abused; but only 75% of Children
and Young People report the child abuse cases that they see and hear. Furthermore only 58% of Adults
believe that Children report the Child Abuse cases. Therefore it could be interpreted that knowledge is
not fully being practiced that there are barriers faced in reporting Child abuse cases
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Financial Report (Volume of Fund and Projected Funds for 2015
The graph below demonstrate the increase in the Volume of fund to address political Social and
Economic Challenges
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CEFoRD Annual Income and Expenditure Report 2013/2014
Year Particulars
Income
Received
in USD
Income
Received
in Euros
Amount
Expended
in USD
Amount
Expended
in Euro
Balance
in USD
Summary of Annual income
2013/2014
Participatory governance and
accountability - funded by OSIEA 55,500.00
2013/2014
Partnership for Peace- Funded by
European Union through War Child
Holland 30,189.60
2,014.00
Youth for Youth project-Foundation
Open Society Initiative (FOSI) 75,000.00
2013/2014
Funded by UNESCO through War Child
Holland 4,700.00
2013/2014
Income received from hiring of CEFoRD
drama group and facilitators 4,800.00
General annual income 140,000.00 30,189.60
Annual expenditure
Participatory governance and
accountability - funded by OSIEA -
1.10 Personnel 14,400.00 14,400.00 -
1.20 Democracy Bus project 17,500.00 17,500.00 -
1.30 12 Public debates/dialogue meetings 8,232.00 8,232.00 -
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1.40 Public Lecture 4,108.13 4,108.13 -
1.50 Inter seconady school debates 6,179.40 6,179.40 -
1.60 3 Interfere meetings 1,380.00 1,380.00 -
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1.70 Project running cost 3,700.47 3,700.47 -
Sub - total 55,500.00 - 55,500.00 - -
Youth for Youth project- Foundation
Open Society Initiative (FOSI)
2.10
Personal
22,500.00 8,750.00 13,750.00
2.20
Equipments,computer acessories and
public adress systems 2,000.00 2,000.00 -
2.30
Youth theatre festival
2,200.00 - 2,200.00
2.40
Youth conferences
11,400.00 7,600.00 3,800.00
2.50
Recorded radio dramas
600.00 - 600.00
2.60
Public lectures for youth on governance
4,050.00 2,700.00 1,350.002.60
Public lectures for youth on governance
4,050.00 2,700.00 1,350.00
2.70
Issue based youth round table talk shows
3,510.00 1,365.00 2,145.00
2.80
Interface meeting between youth and
MPs 2,580.00 860.00 1,720.00
2.90
Youth training on advocacy
4,140.00 2,760.00 1,380.00
2.10
Conducted forum theatre performance
12,240.00 2,380.00 9,860.00
2.11
Project running cost
9,780.00 3,803.00 5,977.00
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Sub - total 75,000.00 - 32,218.00 - 42,782.00
Community partnership ...Funded by
UNESCO through War Child Holland
3.1 Incentives for 2 voluteers 750 750.00 -
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3.2
Training of youths on community peace
initiatives and Participatory Video 2450 2,450.00 -
3.3 Field monitoring visits 600 600.00 -
3.4 Community video screenings 900 900.00 -
Sub- total 4700 - 4,700.00 - -
Income received from hiring of CEFoRD
drama group and facilitators
4.1
Income received from hiring of volunteers
& CEFoRD consultants 4800 - 4,800.00
Sub- total 4800 - - - 4,800.00
Partnership for Peace- Funded by
European Union
5.10 Personnel 8,450.00 6,689.59
5.20
Training adults on child right
responsibility 1,247.40 1,247.40
5.30 Training children on child rights 2,755.80 2,755.80
5.40
Development of community monitoring
mechanism 901.50 901.50
5.50
Awareness raising on child rights and
responsibilities 5,878.07 3,918.71
5.60
Series of workships with community
leaders and children 3,050.99 1,525.50
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5.60 leaders and children 3,050.99 1,525.50
5.70 Suporting child led events. 2,752.11 2,752.11
5.80 Caoching children on presentation skills 1,151.80 575.90
Dialoque meetings
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5.90 2,442.52 1,221.26
5.10 Project running cost 1,559.41 1,234.53
Sub - total - 30,189.60 - 22,822.30 -
Grand Totals 140,000.00 30,189.60 92,418.00 22,822.30 47,582.00
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Conclusion
Child Protection and Participation
In regards to Child Rights, all of the Children & Young People are aware of the Child Rights and
protection issues happening in their communities and the most common five child right and
protection issues are: 1. Child marriage, 2. Child labor, 3.Corporal punishment, 4.protection issues are: 1. Child marriage, 2. Child labor, 3.Corporal punishment, 4.
Alcohol/drinking abuse, 5. Parents not paying school fees. Some of these are also the most
common issues at the Baseline Point. In regards to Child Participation in decision making, the
majority of the Children & Young People and Adults participating in this Mid Term Assessment
understandwhat Child Participation is and can share examples of how children participate in
decision making. Generally, the adults understanding and support of Child Participation in
decision making is high. Children & Young People and Adults have a high level of knowledge of
how Children can participate in making decisions. 88% of both Children & Young People and
Adults report that they are involved in activities that involve children in decision making.
In summary, CEFoRD has done a very tremendous work in regardto Child protection and
participation. However, CEFoRD need to continue delivering trainings to children, parents,
community leaders and community members on Child Participation and Child Rights, with a
particular focus on training being able to be put into practice and follow up on this. Continueparticular focus on training being able to be put into practice and follow up on this. Continue
support to Children and Young People in clubs and groups to increase their participation in
decision making. Creation or strengthening of a forum for Children and Young People to share,
discuss and voice their ideas to the community Include program activities aimed specifically at
parents and their role in supporting Children and Young People to participate in decision
making; including a focus on drug/ alcohol abuse. Advocacy on Child Participation and Rights
and invent more innovative approach to address Child protection.
Governance
In regard to all projects addressing governance issues, CEFoRD experience in implementing the
three projects focusing on governance has seen a growing recognition of the importance of
citizen participation in decision-making, as successful efforts by the local governments to
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citizen participation in decision-making, as successful efforts by the local governments to
engage youth and women which will lead to better policy formulation, implementation and
evaluation. Thus, our previous activities has attracted a growing consensus that participation
has not only demonstrated an intrinsic value, but it is a political right as reflected in the Unite
Nation convention on the Rights of the Child which demand for Public recognition of citizen as
key actors in social development processes as well as their participation in decision making
process that affects them. Additionally, looking at our interventions it is increasingly clear that