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Thematic focus and
Activities
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ACORD
Rwanda area program works mainly in Seven districts of 7 provinces of Rwanda
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The ACORD
programming framework is made up of the
following
components :
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Livelihood and Gender
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Local
Governance
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Livelihood and gender :
in attempt to respond to the genocide effects that
generated hundred of thousand of households headed by
women and children without any political and policy
framework, ACORD is supporting those groups in securing
their livelihood through rehabilitation of their
livestock and income generating activities, basic
services like water, health insurance as well as
legal assistance in courts , creation of awareness on
rights, creation of caucuses, HIV/aids preventions and
unwanted pregnancies. Acord is supporting 9000 women
headed household, 3000 children headed households,
Local governance :
ACORD is supporting 30 sub counties of about 6000
household where elected community development comities(
CDC) are involved in community development planning and
management. ACORD is supporting this process in
providing training to the local authorities and CDCs in
participatory processes, monitoring and evaluation and
planning and creation of awareness on social exclusion
and gender equality.
ACORD has been supporting the creation of space for
debate on poverty issues involving the partners we work
with in area of involvement of ordinary citizens in
civil society movement, ownership by ordinary citizen of
poverty reduction strategies. This has been supported by
a process of research on social movement in Rwanda and
the setting up of network of local ngos involved in
poverty reduction issues and livelihood.
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Geographic
Area Programmes
These are programmes that
are working beyond national borders where
necessary, which are self-managed and combining
practical activities with research / critical
analysis and social action and seeking changes
in their particular geographic areas both at
local global . Area Programs are defined by a
shared/common problem, informed by social
exclusion analysis. . ... more
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Thematic Programmes
Its aim is to address
crosscutting issues, which affect the Africa
continent. Thematic programmes in ACORD are
about the issues within area programmes and
those that go beyond the geographical proximity
of the area programmes. They are strategic
interventions on interrelated issues to bring
about change at different levels - from local to
global. They are research-based, link area
programmes together that scale-up and amplify
the work of area programmes , work around a
particular issue.... more
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Social Action Programme
The aim of the Social
Action Programme is to address policies,
systems, attitudes, practices and institutions,
which lead to social injustice by supporting
people in the margin of African societies into
joining and strengthening the African and global
social movement, whilst ensuring that ACORD is
part of the process, across Africa and globally.
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Organizational Development Programme
The aim of the
Organisational Development Programme is to try
and develop an institution, for which
governance, staff and systems reflect its
engagement for social justice and development
both inside and outside. In this context, for
instance, the programme is ensuring a process of
transformation of 500 members of ACORD staff
across Africa into active citizens in their own
countries and globally.
Northern Programme: The presence of the
ACORD Secretariat in Europe was intended,
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