Bonga Girls Empowerment Program This program was created to help girls, in the age group 13-19, learn basic literacy and numeracy skills, life and occupational skills. The program goes on for 9 months and then the girls get the opportunity to join Bonga Forum which is as program after finished Bonga. The program is supposed to help the girls learn about their rights in the community and encourage them to be independent and confident. Some of the things we do with the girls during the stay is to have English, computer and entrepreneurship classes. We will also will teach them about sustainability and waste management. SabaSaba Special School This school is not a part of SEMA’s projects but an extra project we have engaged in. This is a school for disabled students to learn either how to managed daily life or prepare for work later in life. There are also some students that are not disabled, but are a part of the electrical engineering program. This are the classes we have been teaching, and we have had English so far, and will continue with both English and computer. Vocational Training Center (VTC) This is a center located where the SEMA office is. Here there are boys and some girls that learn mechanical engineering and prepare for getting a job after the program. The things we do here is to have English and entrepreneurship classes. We have them both in level one and two. Community Vocational Skills Training (CVST) This project contains a lot of different trainings. Some of the trainings are at centers where they learn mechanical engineering, English and entrepreneurship. In other trainings they learn backyard gardening and how to grow different plants. The main goal of all the trainings is that the participants can get skills they can use to get a living. The things we do in these groups is learn some English and entrepreneurship and also observing and learning. Nutrition The main goal for the nutrition project is to improve the knowledge of what kind of nutrition children under two years should have. They also teach about backyard gardening and how to grow different vegetables right, and how to use if efficiently in the house and selling. We are learning how to teach about nutrition and also participate in the groups when they have them in the fields. Community Managed Microfinance (CMMF) These groups are supposed to help the participants learn about saving and loaning and how to use the money in an effective way. The participant save money and when they meet up, they put the money in a box and the participants can come with wished to loan so they can use it to get more income. This project helps a lot of woman I rural areas with economical empowerment. The things we do in these groups is to observe and learn for our self, and also share if we have ideas for improvement or encouragement.
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