Bolivia

Quality education for poor children and youth in the Potosi region

The project aims to provide children and young people with linguistic, cultural and vocational skills that enable them to break out of poverty and participate in social life as active and equal citizens in Bolivia. The project's primary target group is children and young people from the indigenous Quechua people, living in villages in four municipalities in the Potosí region, one of the poorest regions in the Bolivian highlands. Three main efforts will pave the way to achieving the project's...

Exile Tibet

Danish support for education for Tibetans in exile – phase 5

Since 1992, Denmark has supported the Tibetan community in exile in India.  The overall purpose of the grant is to contribute to the preservation of Tibetan culture and the democratization of the Tibetan community in exile. Since 2006, Danish aid is designed to support the Central Tibetan Administration in Exile (CTA) and its Department of Education (DoE) to implement the Basic Education Policy (BEP), which aims to "develop an education system that has Tibetan traditional education as its core, and...

Mongolia

Better School Start
Better School Life

This new joint MAPSSD-CICED project has two main objectives: One: home-based support for preschoolers' all-round development. The initiative includes nomadic families and their children aged 3-5 years, i.e. children who do not have the opportunity to attend kindergarten. Two: developing better and more family-like care and recreational opportunities for children in rural schools' boarding departments During the first year of the project, the 62 local branches of MAPSSD, in close cooperation with local authorities, will identify families to be involved...

Mongolia

Children’s Ger – a second chance

Since its inception in 1997, Children's Ger has provided schooling for over 1,000 children and young people who would otherwise not have attended school. 'Ger' is the name of the traditional Mongolian felt tent that has housed Mongolian nomads for centuries. Dozens of extremely poor and vulnerable families have been helped to move on with their lives through the project.  The project was originally established on private initiative in a Mongolian-German collaboration in response to the large wave of street...

Mongolia

Mongolization of civil society development in rural Mongolia

As the title indicates the project supported the development of vibrant civil societies in rural Mongolia based on Mongolian traditions of social collaboration in pastoralist communities.  57 rural districts (soums) across all 20 provinces (animals) with local branches of the Mongolian Association for Primary and Secondary School Development engaged in the project in operation 2014-2018 with a budget of 1.6 million DKK.

Nepal

Better Life – Educating & Keeping Children Safe in Helambu

A better life - educating and protecting children in Helambu, Nepal  Quality education is a cornerstone in the fight against poverty and inequality. It plays a key role in the development of social and economic justice, gender equality and the development of a robust democracy. Inclusive and equitable quality education, the right of all children to receive education in the context of their communities, rooted in their cultural context is highlighted in SDG 4 'Quality Education'. It is with this...

Nepal

Better locally led climate adaptation, Helambu, Nepal

The overall objective of this project is to support vulnerable communities and local government in Helambu rural municipality to design and establish flexible, inclusive institutional arrangements that can manage climate risks and deliver locally-led adaptation. This strengthens resilience to climate change.  The project has three specific goals: Capacity building of local disaster management committees' knowledge and technical capacity on climate change adaptation and participation. Strengthening the capacity of key municipal officials responsible for climate adaptation and management Strengthening the capacity...

Nepal

The Everest Network

"To effectively adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change, those with lived experience must be consulted".  Much research suggests that one of the greatest assets after a disaster is the people who experience them, but this asset is hugely underutilized. People often experience increased community cohesion after a disaster, and this cohesion is greatest in the immediate aftermath of a disaster. As community-based organizations, the ten members of the network are an integral part of this phenomenon. But...

Nepal

Putting Youth on the Center Stage

The project 'Putting Youth on the Centre Stage' is aimed at strengthening the opportunities and interest of Nepalese youth to participate in the country's social and economic development processes and actively participate in its governance.  The Sindhupalchok project area has been severely affected by war, trafficking, youth migration and earthquakes. While 60 percent of Nepal's population is under the age of 25, cultural traditions, gender bias and caste hierarchies effectively prevent the majority of young people from participating in politics...

Nepal

Helambu Youth Taking Their Place

The project follows in the footsteps of some of the successes of the Putting Youth on Center Stage initiative. The focus of the new collaboration with JUST Nepal Foundation is to support young Nepalese to build strong, inclusive civil society platforms in their local communities. The ambition is for young people to participate peacefully and productively in Nepal's social and economic development processes.  When the project is completed at the end of 2021, the following objectives should be met: Poor...

Nepal

Micro-credits for young people in Helambu

At the youth camps during the 'Putting Youth at the Center Staget' project, it was clear that several participants had great ideas on how to earn money for themselves and their families  But they lacked start-up capital. Not a lot of money, typically around $1000 USD to get started. Inspired by the energy and great ideas from the youth camps, CICED decided to earmark DKK 70,000 of our savings for micro-credits for young people in the Helambu region. So far,...

Nepal

Emergency response to the spread of Covid-19

When the corona pandemic hit Nepal this spring, JUST Nepal Foundation and CICED joined forces to protect the people of Helambu as much as possible. There was a need for information and support for basic hygiene in public spaces.  Masks, water tanks, hand soap were distributed to healthcare workers. Volunteer doctors conducted health checks among the elderly. Young people from the previous youth camps were engaged in information chains. As of the October 2020 website update, there are no COVID-19...

Peru

Education for a sustainable life in the Peruvian Amazon

The project focuses on developing intercultural social and environmental education for forest regeneration and sustainable living in the Peruvian Amazon for the Kichwa, Kukama and Shawi indigenous peoples.  The Amazonian indigenous peoples of Peru and other countries in the Amazon Basin have been invisible and ignored in national society for centuries. At the same time, their fundamental rights have been systematically violated by the colonization and occupation of the Amazon. The appropriation of indigenous territories by the state and powerful...

Tanzania

Decent work options for young deaf persons

The overall purpose of the intervention is to improve young deaf persons’ options to enter the formal labourmarket and/or establish their own small business in Tanzania and thus improve their chances for decentlivelihoods.While Tanzania has ratified all relevant international conventions on human rights and the rightsof people with disabilities and has its own valuable legislation, nothing much has happened in real life.Thus, the intervention will focus on know-your-rights and offer skills workshops for young deaf persons, who willalso be supported...

Tanzania

Boosting Sign Language as the Language of the Deaf in Tanzania

Without sign language and without proper access to sign language interpretation, deaf people are excluded from most social life. Tanzania has ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and since 2010 the country has had its own very fine supplementary legislation. Unfortunately, the legislation is largely unknown outside of very narrow circles.  The division of tasks between different authorities and levels in Tanzania's public sector requires local authorities, corresponding to Danish regions and municipalities, to ensure...

Tanzania

Supporting Quality Sign Language Interpretation Services in Tanzania

The purpose of the initiative is to strengthen the inclusion of deaf people in Tanzanian society. This will be done by increasing the capacity and quality of sign language interpreting.  Sign language interpreting in Tanzania is currently of poor quality and the number of interpreters is too small to meet a constantly increasing demand for interpreting. Sign language interpreting is one of the most important keys to the integration and active participation of deaf people in society. The project targets...

Tanzania

Inclusion of the Deaf in Tanzania

Tanzania

Urgent Covid-19 response for the Deaf in Tanzania

Covid-19 also knocked on the doors of Tanzania in the spring of 2020. Among the deaf organization CHAVITA, there was extra concern. How to get information about protection against the virus to the deaf in general or the poorest and most isolated in particular.  With support from CISU, CHAVITA and CICED launched a 3-month emergency project. Sign language interpreting videos were produced, meetings were held with government and authorities, and sign language interpreting was introduced on all national TV channels....