SDI empowers teenage mothers and their families to become leaders and promoters of reproductive health, family planning and sustainable livelihood in their communities. Consequently, they will become agents for change in adolescent pregnancy, child bearing, teenage abortion, education, development, growth and contribute in making a positive change in the society. Women are agents of change. Invest in teen mothers, improve their communities and the world at large.
Teen mothers in Cameroon face significant threats to their health and well being (HIV and AIDS pandemic, high rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), maternal morbidity and/or mortality. Teen pregnancy and motherhood are associated with many societal issues including, lower educational levels, family systems breakdown, child hawking, higher rates of poverty, social stigma and other poorer "life outcomes" in children of teen mothers. Teen pregnancy and child bearing increases daily.
SDI will provide learning and sharing opportunities in communities with formal and informal education for life and livelihood enhancement. Communities will be empowered to build self sustaining and independent personalities which will serve as agents of change in promoting adolescent's education and development within their communities. Teen mothers and communities sensitization and education remain the way forward. Our greatest challenge is obtaining resources to address this epidemic.
This project will serve as a catalyst for adolescents to delay sexual initiation, reduce the risk among sexually active youths, and reduce the incidence of pregnancy and/or STIs by targeting 100 adolescents and teenage mothers yearly in 10 communities of 3 identified regions in Cameroon. By 2015, SDI will establish an Institute to provide life and livelihood education to pregnant and nursing teenage mothers, thus giving teenage mothers an opportunity to become leaders of their own cause
Teenage pregnancy and child bearing continues to be an impediment to improvement in the educational, economic and social status of teenage mothers. Lets change attitudes and empower teens in Cameroon
- Sulaiman Turay, Pioneer Project Leader
Total Funding Received to Date: $4,164
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $16,836
Total Funding Goal: $21,000
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
Donate by US Mobile Phone
Buea,
South West Region,
Cameroon
http://greatnonprofits.org/reviews/social-development-international-sdi
Jersey City,,
New Jersey,
United States
Promote This Project On Your Site
Get Updates via EmailProjects on globalgiving.org undergo compliance checks to ensure they have a bona fide charitable purpose and meet applicable laws relating to international philanthropy. Organizations listed as partners do not necessarily endorse or support any particular project listed on globalgiving.org. The GlobalGiving Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization (EIN: 30-0108263).
GlobalGiving
1023 15th Street, NW, 12th Floor, Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 232-5784 Fax: (202) 315-2558
Contact us
