Making Woman in Qaranri self-reliant through Self Help group approach: Deeqo’s experience
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Deeqo Salad Mohamed, aged 35, is a widow mother of four children (a boy and three girls) lives in Qaranri
village. The father was the only one contributing to the household income. this wasn’t enough for the family
sustenance so, Deeqo started going to the forest to collect firewood to sell and increase family income. She
would walk up 10km to sell the fire wood in Belet-hawa town market btaining an average of 3 USD every two
days (thus 1.5 USD/day) which is insufficient to cover the households daily basic needs. This made that most
Empowering the vulnerable communities towards sustainable economic opportunities: Case study of self help groups in south-central Somalia
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The DFID funded programme Building Resilient Communities in Somalia (BRCiS II) aims to support and
accompany vulnerable Somali communities and systems on their path to restoring and strengthening their
resilience to shocks and stresses. Supporting Self Help Groups (SHGs) and Village Savings and Loans
Associations (VSLAs) has become a component of work under BRCiS, and Concern Worldwide commissioned
The Share Trust –to develop a scalable plan for investing in the SHG ecosystem in Somalia by 1) Developing
a systems level plan for scaling SHGs in Somalia; and 2) Adapting and scaling the SHG digital platform,
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Gone with 2020 Written by Yudaya Nangonzi
It is quite hard to think of something good to say about 2020. This year’s coronavirus health crisis has left our way of life in shambles. 2020 will be vividly remembered for having had one of the largest single-year death tolls brought on by the outbreak of Covid-19.
The highly infectious viral disease has killed millions worldwide. Locally as of December 25, 2020, official statistics from the ministry of Health show that at least 245 Ugandans have died from Covid-19 while the cumulative confirmed cases have shot to 33,563 since the disease emerged in the country in March.
YUDAYA NANGONZI brings you some of the notable deaths of 2020.
Somalia: Knowledge Matters: Community Engagement, Issue 29 | December 2020 22 December, 2020 - 04:50
Countries: Bangladesh, Central African Republic, Kenya, Somalia Source: Concern Worldwide
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This issue of Knowledge Matters is an opportunity to examine some of the different ways we work in communities in different countries and contexts.
The issue begins with a thought piece on the evolution of approaches to community engagement since the 1990s and how Concern engages with communities in 2020. Next, we visit Somalia to explore the Building Resilient Communities in Somalia consortium’s approach to community engagement. We then have two articles from Kenya, firstly examining the results of research into the Community Conversations approach and secondly exploring the rich experience of using this approach across all sectors and programme types in Kenya.