Skills for Community Based Development (SCBD) Program
Under this program, AWEC-AFRICA aims to provide the women and girls with an opportunity to have access to resources, knowledge and information and encourage them to attain purpose in the skills acquired. The focus is on life skills to adolescents, vocational skills training to young adult and teenage mothers and school dropouts, leadership skills training, natural resource management, among others. Important to note is that all the efforts of Skills for Community Based Development target the vulnerable rural women and girls. AWEC-AFRICA recognizes the fact that lack of access to information, knowledge and skills is a significant inhibitor to self-reliance.
Economic and Financial Empowerment (E&FE) Program
Under the E&FE program, AWEC-AFRICA aims to provide women with the means to enable them save, invest, increase income, build capital and cope with emergencies for improved food security and reduced vulnerability at household level. This program supports genuine self-reliance. The focus is on Community Managed Micro-Finance, Enterprise development, Business Development Skills, Selection Planning & Management of Income Generating Activities, Financial Literacy. AWEC-AFRICA recognizes that rural women in particular have low/no capacity to access and utilize financial services and this is a significant inhibitor to increase levels of working capital and household income.
Under the E&FE program AWEC-AFRICA has established AWEC SACCO with currently 5 women Saving and Credit groups registered and accessing credit.