Soroptimist International Quadrennial Project 2007 to 2011
Our new Quadrennial Project, Project SIerra: a Family and a Future, was launched at Convention in July 2007. The project will support women caring for children in extreme poverty and provide a caring secure family home for children who are alone or at risk of abandonment.
- Project location: Sierra Leone, West Africa
- Our partner: Hope and Homes for Children
Project objectives
- Children aged 6 to 12 years who live on the streets will be helped to return home
- Very young mothers estranged from their families will be empowered to be active community members and where possible reintegrate with their families
- Families at risk of breakdown due to poverty, illness or death of one or both parents will be supported to self-sufficiency
Support to each child and family will be individually tailored to meet their needs, including:
- education
- health care
- counselling and help to strengthen family ties
- securing safe living conditions
- economic support to help families move towards self-sufficiency
Project SIerra addresses all Soroptimist Programme Areas and UN Millennium Development Goals.
New project resources
New resources are available to help Soroptimist advocacy and fundraising for Project SIerra:
- Project SIerra’s dedicated website www.projectSIerra.org has information and downloads. It will be regularly updated to be the main source of information about the project and Soroptimist involvement
- Soroptimist Club Protocol contains information about Project SIerra, our partner and ideas for advocacy and fundraising
- a colour brochure is being released to all Federations
- a DVD specially made for Project SIerra is being released to all Federations
- a limited quantity of lapel pin badges and notelets are for sale (contact SI Project Liaison or your Federation Liaison)
SI International Project Liaison
Contact Alison Sutherland at project.liaison@soroptimistinternational.org to learn how you can support Project SIerra.
To find out more
See the Club Protocol and visit www.projectSIerra.org
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