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PREVENTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AMONG WOMEN IN THE NORTHERN PART OF COMAYAGUA AND SOUTHERN CORTES COUNTIES, HONDURAS
For many years domestic violence (DV) in Honduras has been increasing and has become a serious obstacle to women in the home, their participation in the labor market and in community development. In 2001, Proyecto Aldea Global joined together four local municipal governments to address this problem and eventually opened six domestic violence offices staffed by community women with offices located inside each local municipal building. The program was named Deborah, after one of the Jewish counselors mentioned in the Bible. During 2008, PAG inaugurated its 7th D.V. legal office in the municipality of San Francisco de
Yojoa, Cortés.
Deborah program’s main objectives are to build capacity among women groups and civil society to respond "opportunely and effectively" to prevent domestic violence and to also help victims. Deborah’s main activities include: family rights trainings, counseling victims, mediation between couples, legal orientation in cases such as divorce, roperty, goods, child custody and alimony. The Deborah Program sees an average of 1,900 victim cases per year in their regional offices.
2008 Achievements:
(1) 3,848 persons were educated and improved their knowledge about domestic violence issues. (2) 1,869 cases of domestic violence were legally assisted by PAG’s paralegal offices. (3) 598 couples received counseling sessions. (4)1100 domestic violence prevention & management trainings for youth and children were given. (5) 2036 adults received domestic violence prevention & management trainings (6) 831 school teachers were trained in Domestic violence prevention. (7) 61 cases of domestic violence cases, where men were the victims, were attended at the paralegal offices. (8) 312 legal agreements of non-aggression commitments were signed by men. (9) 120 women were trained in counseling skills and labor rights at six different municipalities: Las Lajas, Libertad, Ojos de Agua, Siguatepeque, Taulabe, Santa Cruz de Yojoa and San Francisco de Yojoa. (10) PAG Paralegal officers participated in 41 different radio and TV programs at the target region, promoting program services and educating people about how to prevent domestic violence.
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Throughout Proyecto Aldea Global’s target region, Catholic and Protestant Christian churches have little o no involvement in social or development activities.
Since 2004 Proyecto Aldea Global has implemented a program called DIAKONOS to increase the capacity of local Christian Organizations (COs) to reach out into their communities effectively by implementing community development linked to spiritual growth.
In 2008 DIAKONOS has expanded its actions to three municipalities: Siguatepeque, Santa Cruz de Yojoa and Taulabé. The program’s goals are: a) Strengthen COs administrative, monitoring and evaluation capacity. B) Strengthen COs fundraising capacities. C) Establish strategic alliances between PAG and COs to implement activities related to community development, HIV education and social aid.
2008 Achievements:
a) Leaders of 80 Christian Churches in PAG’s target areas were trained by PAG to learn about Integral Mission concept. b) PAG trained 80 Christian leaders in three different municipalities to learn how to raise funds to implement community development projects c) PAG trained 80 local Christian churches in three municipalities to learn effective communication strategies that will help them to establish important alliances to reach funds for their projects and implement programs to help the very poor in their local neighborhoods.
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