| Baby Kits for Displaced Women in Burma |
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| Agency: Karen Women’s Organization (KWO) |
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| Amount: 300,000 baht (US$8,600) |
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For three years RIJ has provided funds for the purchase of baby kits for pregnant women in Karen State, Burma. Each basic kit costs about 250 baht (¥850) and contains a sarong, body soap for mother and baby, laundry soap and a health message; most of them also include three diapers for the baby. If the mother is illiterate, staff read the health message to them. In the last year KWO distributed kits to more than 1,000 women. |
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| Basic Computer Skills Training |
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| Agency: Mon National Education Committee |
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| Amount: 91,600 baht (US$2,700) |
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RIJ funds covered the cost of the purchase of two computers and one-month’s training for 20 people at the Nyi Sar IDP camp in Mon state, Burma. The computer training included word processing, e-mail and internet, maintenance of computers, accounting programs and program installation. Afterwards, the trainees returned to their schools and communities. The Mon National Education Committee is responsible for 387 schools with about 60,000 students.
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| Publishing Mon Textbooks |
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| Agency: Mon National Education Committee |
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| Amount: 272,000 baht (US$7,700) |
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These funds will cover the cost of printing five different history books and an education journal, a total of 15,000 copies, in Mon state, Burma. Mon national schools have not received Mon language textbooks for many years, and this will provide textbooks for students of all ages and help them maintain Mon traditions. A textbook committee will oversee the editing and printing of all the books.
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| SMILE technologies to enhance livelihoods of Western Division hosting families and Casamance refugees |
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| Agency: Concern Universal |
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| Amount: US$25,044 |
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The Smallholder Irrigation for Livelihood Enhancement (SMILE) project aims to make affordable small-scale irrigation technologies in the Casamance region of Senegal where existing wells do not provide sufficient water and are often polluted. This project will install 20 pumps that will benefit approximately 8,000 people. It will improve food security (and thus nutrition and income) through better irrigation, health through cleaner drinking water, and reduce the amount of time women and girls spend collecting water.
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| Ophthalmic Care and Provision of Eye Glasses to IDPs in Townships around Khartoum |
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| Agency: Together for Sudan (TFS) |
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| Amount: £7,800 (US$15,600) |
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Previously funded by RIJ in 2005, the Eye Care project is conducted in IDP settlements around Khartoum, Sudan. This small, community-based project treats up to 200 people bi-monthly. Free prescription glasses and reading glasses are provided by Vision Aid Overseas, and a health and hygiene trainer gives advice and information on health and environmental issues, which include personal hygiene, reproductive and sexual health, contagious diseases, appropriate and inappropriate traditional treatments, the harm done by female genital mutilation, AIDS, environmental sanitation, clean water and rehydration of sick children.
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| Center for Vulnerable Women and Children in Johannesburg, South Africa |
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| Agency: Bienvenue Shelter |
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| Amount: US$10,000 |
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Established in 2001 for women and children refugees, Bienvenue Shelter provides accommodation and nutrition support as well as skills’ training to prepare them for eventual return to their countries. RIJ is supporting the training classes, which include sewing and beadwork and computer literacy. There are nine bedrooms accommodating up to 60 residents who can stay in the center for up to six months, which allows them time to prepare for life in the city.
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| Design and Tailoring Project for Returnee Women in Moxico Province, Angola |
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| Agency: Association for Aid and Relief, Japan (AAR) |
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| Amount: US$4,670 |
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The project will provide 14 vulnerable returnee women with design and tailoring skills to make clothes to earn an income for their families. This will indirectly benefit 70 to 140 people in their families. The course will last six months and at the end graduates will be helped to set up a small business. Organized by AAR, the project will be implemented by a local NGO, Program for Academic Education and Vocational Training (PAEVT), which will set up a community-based activity, which can later be expanded to include carpentry, joinery, basic computer skills and primary education.
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| Development of Overseas Market for Women’s Groups in Thailand |
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| Agency: Borderline Women’s Collective |
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| Amount: US$5,550 |
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Borderline Women’s Collective, Gallery and Tea Garden in Mae Sot, Thailand is a collectively managed market for women from Burma and others living along the Thai-Burma border to sell their hand-made items. It aims to build their capacity for running income-generation projects. RIJ funds will help Borderline to develop its overseas market to provide the women’s groups with more opportunities for sales via a website, online catalogue and links with Fairtrade organizations around the world.
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| School Support Project in Ombasi, Yei Country, South Sudan |
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| Agency: Lokita Charitable Society (LCS) |
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This project, a school for 743 returnee pupils (430 boys and 340 girls) with 10 teachers, will help provide poor, orphaned children with educational opportunities through active community participation. RIJ funds will support the provision of basic infrastructure such as the rehabilitation of classrooms and offices, provision of desks and benches, uniforms and school items for the poorest, and the purchase some learning materials. The community and parents will play a significant role in school management, and in the development/creation of a school environment that is supportive of learning and gender sensitivity.
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| Karen Women’s Center and Vocational Training |
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| Agency: Karen Women’s Organization (KWO) |
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| Amount: 465,000 baht (¥1,750,000) |
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KWO established a contact center at Ho Kay village in 2001 to improve communication with the four northern districts in Karen State, Burma, provide access to training, offer shelter, and provide a venue for the women in those districts to hold meetings. The center provides training in sewing, tailoring, weaving, as well as safe accommodation for unaccompanied girls, safe transport of goods, and assistance to those seeking medical treatment. Through the training, the women become more actively involved in community decision-making and development.
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