A few words about
What We Do
Our projects
NWERO THEMANTIC AREAS CATEGORIES
Women’s Leadership empowerment
NWERO is promoting economic empowerment for women, adolescent young girls and youth in its areas of operations. In addition, we undertake a gender sensitive community based approach through which empowerment, capacity building and social transformation of women and girls are attempted. More so, we adopt the Village Savings and Lending Associations (VSLA) to economically empower marginalized segments of our population. Furthermore, our interventions programming towards support for women and youths economic initiatives is through entrepreneurial skills development and promotion of income generating activities such as bakery, liquid soap making, vegetables production, small business management and etc.
Gender based Violence prevention
GBV interventions is focused on conducting awareness rising, community dialoques with stakeholders and advocacy to prevent and response against Gender Base Violence (GBV) in the communities such as harmful cultural norms/practices including child abuse, forced/ early marriage, child marriages, teenage pregnancies, blood compensation and domestic violence among others . Referral of survivors of GBV for Case management and economic support provision through income generating activities for young women and girls groups facing economic and gender based violence as well as psychosocial support to victims of GBV.
Peace Building
We promote peace building initiatives through sports, drama, use of media houses/talk shows and peace/civic education in our programming. Peace is a key factor for development and provision of humanitarian and social services. Moreover, NWERO strengthen the capacity of young women in conflict mediation, mitigation and promote community reconciliation to enhance peaceful co-existence among households.
HIV/AIDS
NWERO key activities on HIV/AIDS prevention and response among others includes; HIV testing and counseling, condom usage promotion and distribution, community awareness on prevention of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) and Tuberculosis (TB) and Reproductive Health managment such as family planning, health education, linkages and referral provision of services for the client.
WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE (WASH)
Water is life” and many communities in South Sudan do not have access to clean and safe drinking water as they only depend on surface water from unprotected water sources. Hence, there is increased prevalence of water-borne diseases in our communities. Hence, NWERO lobby for investments in the WASH sector to provide access to safe and clean drinking water to all people in the communities and promote good hygiene and sanitation practices. Moreover, our interventions cover formation and training of water source committees, establishment and training of home hygiene and sanitation promoters including water source sanitation services to protect water sources from contamination. Carry out water and hygiene awareness creation, distribution of soaps and hand washing facilities, distribution of dignity kits for women and girls/sanitary pads and provision of tools/pit latrine slabs etc.
AGRICULTURE & LIVELIHOODS
South Sudan is currently facing severe food insecurity and this may persist and/or even get worst without appropriate food security interventions and programming. Based on this context, food security and livelihoods interventions and programming is a key priority area in investment to improve and save lives. Hence, we support potential farmers to form farming groups and cooperatives associations, training farmers in appropriate modern skills to boost food and agricultural productivity in the communities where we operate in South Sudan. In addition, we provide farm implements/inputs to farming groups and communities. Beside, Our intervention strategy among others includes; provision of storage and market opportunities to farming communities, agricultural extension services, youth entrepreneurship skills trainings and development.