CRS Tanzania’s OVC project is looking at how mobile technologies may improve data collection efficiency and accuracy over traditional pen and paper methods when used by community volunteers to monitor project beneficiaries.
CRS/Rwanda has integrated SILC across programming in projects such as agriculture, health, nutrition and HIV & AIDS since 2005. Recently, 942 SILC groups saved a total of $128,473 and provided $34,463 in loans to help members meet household and productive needs.
Malnutrition is not always due to food unavailability but is often the result of misutilization as people may not be sufficiently educated about how to maximize their nutritional status. Ibyiringiro is a five-year project that is focused on food and nutrition intervention for PLWHA and OVC in Rwanda.
The key to helping Zimbabwean orphans, vulnerable children and youth
Savings and Internal Lending Communities (SILC) are helping youth in Zimbabwe develop basic skills in financial management. Youth participating in SILC are also learning to appreciate the importance of saving for emergencies and investments. This poster outlines how the SILC process works and how it is being used by youth in Zimbabwe.
Catholic Relief Services in Rwanda promotes HIV prevention for adult couples by promoting the reduction of multiple concurrent partners. The curriculum used for this activity is entitled Faithful House. This poster outlines results from research conducted to determine if lay couples or catechist couples are the best facilitators for yielding long-term and wide-spread results from Faithful House workshops.
