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15. Small grant recipients are currently implementing projects in 27 countries and
territories across the trust fund’s active portfolio. Examples of the range of work that
they are carrying out are provided below.
16. In Armenia, the Women’s Support Centre implemented a project for the
prevention of domestic violence that built up a national response programme to
support survivors. People trained through the project provided counselling, shelter
and support services to 443 women and girls, 41 of whom had sought refugee status
or were internally displaced and 336 of whom were survivors of domestic violence.
Guidelines and community action plans were finalized and widely disseminated to
key actors in the field, establishing a framework for greater multisectoral cooperation
and the development of mechanisms for implementing the law on domestic violence.
The Support Centre held several meetings with representatives of the Ministry of
Justice and the Minister for Social Affairs and provided information and feedback on
best practices, in particular with regard to managing a shelter for survivors of
domestic violence. As a direct result of the two-year trust fund-supported project, the
Centre has also been approached by the police to help them with the de velopment of
mechanisms and protocols to address domestic violence.
17. In Cambodia, the Samatapheap Khnom Organization is implementing a project,
including the recruitment and training of three social workers, to strengthen the
capacity and autonomy of victims of family-based violence in Chey District, which
comprises 28 urban communities plagued by high levels of domestic violence. The
project has identified 72 women at risk of, or survivors of, family violence and has
provided them with psychosocial support, including weekly follow-up home visits.
Several women were referred for emergency health care and others benefited from
information about safe shelters and their legal rights. In addition, a coordination
meeting in June brought together 14 local authorities and 11 non-governmental
partners, inter alia, to discuss referral services and future plans to support survivors
of domestic violence.
18. In Guyana, the organization Help and Shelter is implementing a project to
address and prevent sexual and gender-based violence in three schools and two
communities by building consensus, engagement and competencies within a
community-based framework. A total of 298 students – 138 girls and 160 boys
between the ages of 10 to 17 – have participated in awareness-raising sessions. Topics
covered include domestic violence, family violence, child abuse, puberty and
adolescence, children’s rights and how to get help and support. Thus far, a total of
85 students – 45 girls and 40 boys, 44 of whom were new cases – have received
counselling. Four capacity-building training sessions have been attended by
52 teachers. The topics addressed included gender equality, child abuse and
protection and response and referral systems.
III. Strategy-led grant-giving
19. In line with its strategic plan, 2015–2020, the trust fund focuses its grant-giving
on three key objectives: supporting work on primary prevention of violence against
women and girls; increasing and improving the access to multisectoral services for
survivors of violence; and strengthening the implementation of national laws, policies
and action plans. Examples of the key achievements of grantees in those areas are
provided below.
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