We hope to achieve many goals in our three months here, both as a team and with AVO.
As a team:
- To find partners and sponsorship nationally and internationally to help fund a new irrigation system for the farm run by women to help grow maize and create products such as cocoa butter and soap to sell in order to raise income, improve weaving and other income based activities.
- For the children: find partners to provide rice to increase community meals to one a week and to provide educational equipment for the children in order for them to attend school.
- Increase awareness
of women’s rights, the needs of vulnerable children, and womens living
conditions in Koudougou and surrounding villages.
- Provide sessions on
language, health & hygiene, and maths & literacy for children
across the 3 months. For the women, we will provide literacy classes and
marketing sessions to help boost the possibility of gaining greater income
for themselves and their families in the long term.
With AVO:
- Provide frequent
English & IT lessons for the staff alongside project and leadership
sessions
- Decorate the
buildings, make the signs more visible with new logos and new signs, as
well as, create a safe cooking and recreational area for children and open
days within the yard.
- Increasing the exposure of AVO on social networks by creating a Facebook page and a blog which will both be frequently updated.
- Help to implement support networks and buddy systems with the Women and Children respectively. The bigger and stronger the support network for them the greater help and assistance they will have in creating a better, more comfortable life for themselves.
What we hope will continue once we leave?
Whilst each cohort is only here for three months
our plans are looking to the future; we are planning for sustainability. We
want AVO to continue self-sufficiently to truly make a long lasting change and
this will not happen in three months. Only so many volunteers can give their
time and knowledge to help and teach here in Koudougou. We endeavour to teach
the skills and understanding so the people of AVO can continue to earn, help
and teach those who also will need relief in the future years.
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