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Introduction
Malawi’s
constitutional democracy and
human rights are hard won.The
concepts
are in addition new to Malawians.There
are two primary duties for Malawians; to safeguard jealously those hard
won
freedoms and to mature grow and make democracy work.It is only a
democratic society that is
better placed to fight HIV/AIDS and contribute to community development.
Youth conducting child rights
campaign
Vision
A
self reliant HIV/AIDS - free society that respects democratic values
and principles”
Mission
A
non-governmental organization, which is committed to empowering the
youth, women and children, combating the spread of HIV infection,
mitigating the impact of AIDS and promoting democracy and human rights
for socio – economic development”
Goal
To
empower the communities to demand their fundamental human rights and
promote good governance.
Strategic
Objective
Empower
the communities to understand, respect, defend and demand their
fundamental human rights responsibly
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Strategies
- Civic education
on human rights, democracy,
citizenship and responsibilities
- Community
mobilization against human rights
violations and abuse of power
- Advocacy,
lobbying, networking and information
sharing
- Information,
communication and technology for
HIV/AIDS prevention and promotion of human rights and democracy
- Training and
capacity building for community
members on human rights, democracy and governance issues
- Research and
development for community development
Activities
- Conduct community
public debates on community
development
- Conduct advocacy
work on youth, women and children
reproductive health issues
- Organize national
and international forums on
youth, women and children development
- Establish
community information and resource
centers in the rural areas
- Develop and
produce I.E.C. materials on youth,
women and children issues
- Train
traditional, community and youth leaders in
human rights and democracy
- Train community
members how to monitor,
investigate, documentation and reporting of human rights
- Train community
members how to monitor and evaluate
the effectiveness of their Member of Parliament
- Conduct research
in youth,
women and children
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