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the financial independence of women, and the acquisition
of knowledge and skills.
Close link with local communities and their cultural milieu
The Groupement concept is utilized to its fullest. It is
the nucleus for the establishment of groups. It is also the
major determinant of the activities carried out in specific
locations. It also determines the choice of facilitators for
activities, and the methodology for the conduct
of such activities.
Peasants are also experts
Fspecific
in their own right.
Moreover, training programmes are carried out in tradi-
tional structures (homesteads, fields, traditional assembly
points, etc.), while the calendar of activities is made to fit
into women’s traditional free time.
Direct access with decentralized structures and with donors
The larger international NGOs (e.g. Catholic Relief Services,
Suisse d’Entraide Ouvrière, Promo Femmes) do
receive direct subventions from their external sponsors,
even though they also raise funds from other sources.
iOeuvre
i) The interesting point here is that the smaller NGOs
are also able to enlist the support of the in-country mis-
sions of donor agencies: ILO, FAO, UNDP, UNESCO, UNICEF,
women and church groups in industrialized countries,
and various diplomatic missions. There are, in fact, exam-
ples of NGOs serving as executing agencies for eternally
funded girls education projects.
A good case here is Promo Femmes which, in 2002,
successfully made a bid for the management of a couple
of schools built for the state with World Bank assistance.
Promo Femmes also had an interesting co-operation
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