ࡱ> dfcq` $bjbjqPqP eh::$&h;&=&=&=&=&=&=&$$(h*a&rrra&v&r ;&r;&!/" | !"|&0&",$+v$+/"$+/":[a&a& &rrrrdZDZ CLOSE THE GAP NIGERIA-A GYCA NIGERIA PROJECT 2008. Problem Statement A country that has only 30% of her population living in urban areas and the other 70% in rural areas; Nigeria needs a program that will close the gap between urban and rural residents. In Nigeria, HIV prevalence is categorized as generalized with a 3.9% prevalence rate among adults (15-49.) With a population of 144.4 million comprised of over 373 ethnic groups (50% Muslim, 40% Christian and 10% Indigenous beliefs), the response to HIV has varied throughout the 36 federal states and capital territory. Nigeria is one of the wealthiest countries on the African continent, primarily due to its burgeoning oil industry. However, it is also one of the most corrupt countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, ranking 147th out of 179 countries studied. Little of the oil wealth reaches Nigerian citizens, with 70.8% of the population living on less than USD $1/day. 34% of Nigerias total population is between the ages of 10 and 24. By 2025, the number of Nigerian youth will exceed 60 million.15 Lack of sexual health information and services places these young people at risk for pregnancy, abortion, sexually transmitted, infections (STI), and HIV. According to UNAIDS (2006), 2,900,000 youth ages 10-24 are living with HIV in Nigeria (2008 National Youth Shadow report, Nigeria). Major programmes and basic information on health related issues are published in the big cities, forgetting the rural people. This has resulted in the under-development, exploitation, poverty and ignorance that characterize rural dwellers in Nigeria. This project Close the Gap Nigeria is designed to focus on advocacy for a close in the communication gap and access to essential services. It will also sensitize and build the capacity of the rural people to constructively enhance their standard of living, contribute to national development and demand justice using the appropriate channels that are available to them even at the community level. Policy makers and government agencies responsible for the development of rural areas will be sensitized for improved service delivery and accountability in the utilization of public funds for rural development; focusing on the economic effect it has on rural residents, who are mostly farmers. Objectives of the Project To carryout intensive sensitization and capacity building for rural young people in 36 communities in Nigeria by the end of the project. To fully equip 1,850 (with 50 beneficiaries per state; given 37 states in the country) rural young people with communication skills to demand justice through the right channel. To produce a documentary of the difficulties faced by rural dweller in Nigeria using the selected communities as case studies for advocacy. To pay advocacy visits to the Traditional rulers, Councillors and other stakeholders from these communities to advocate for better living conditions in the rural communities in Nigeria. To carryout a campaign against poverty and under-development in rural areas. To encourage meaningful rural youth productive self-development activities, thereby checkmating rural-urban migration. To fast track youth rural development programs. How the project will promote advocacy This project will promote advocacy greatly at the local level, which is where we have the problem; we have decided to concentrate on empowering rural dwellers to demand for justice themselves using the right channels. This will help make the project a community owned outreach/initiative to policy makers and other stakeholders at the other levels of government. What are the innovative aspects of the project? One very innovative part of this project is the fact that advocacy will be starting at the grassroots with sensitization of the rural residents who will then be involved in advocacy to policy makers through the documentary, newsletters and rally. This project has also being innovative in focusing on the young people who have both physical and mental energy to implement the project; this makes the project community owned and sustainable. The project is being implemented in rural areas not cities as in other interventions. What are the projected outcomes of the project? More rural residents will be adequately educated on HIV/AIDS and other RH issues. Urban residents will be sensitized on the issues facing rural dwellers Information on health and other relevant development issues will be accessible to rural residents. There will be an improvement in the standard of living as a result of essential services in rural areas. Primary Beneficiaries: Young people between ages 12- 25years and Other Beneficiaries: Men and women who live in these rural areas TIME LINE S/NACTIVITYOBJECTIVEMILESTONESWHO IS RESP.START DATE STOP DATE1Planning meetingsDevelopment of broad and short term plans and implementation strategyAdoption of a strategy for implementationNFP and national team22nd May, 200823rd May, 20082Stakeholders/gatekeepers meetingTo get their approval and support for the projectGatekeepers acquiescence of the projectNFP 1st June, 0814th June, 083Community facilitators selection and trainingTo get young people with a can-do mentality and equip them with the requisite trainingHolding the trainings and selection of committed facilitators/volunteersNFP in conjunction with partner organizations16th June, 0812th July, 084 State forum/planning with GYCA membersHolding meetings and organization of community-wide rallies to create awareness on the projectActual conduction of rallyState Project team & community facilitators14th July, 0830th August, 085Community meeting and advocacy visits to traditional rulersTo meet with government officials (state & LGA), brief them on the suffering of the rural people and their poor living conditionsDevelopment project of policies to redress the situation and the eliciting of their commitment for changeProject manager25th August,085th Sept. 086Community youth meetings and capacity buildingTo equip the rural dwellers with communication skillsIncreased youth participation in policy articulations in their respective LGACommunity facilitators30th August, 081st Dec., 087Retraining of facilitatorsTo empower them for self realization and greater participationEnhanced communication skills, wide awareness on health issues and other social issuesProgramme officerDuring the project field work8Production of NewslettersTo furnish the government and the donor agency with the progress made so farComplete circulation of the letters to government officials and donor agenciesM&E officer & programme officerMonthly 9Production of documentaryTo show the situation before, during and after the projectCompletion of the documentary and the presentation to media houses and GYCAProgramme officerAt the end of the project10MonitoringTo evaluate the implementation processAttainment of project objectivesM&E officerThroughout the projectThroughout the project11EvaluationTo appraise the impact of the projectAttainment of project goals and prospects of sustainability.M&E officerEvery month12Report writingTo state the impact of the projectConclusion and circulation of findingsM&E officer/Programme officer5th Dec. 085th Dec.,08 ,134FY Z   U V V W  ? 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