| 31 March 2016
Syrian Family Planning Association
The Syrian Family Planning Association was created at 1974. SFPA's strategic framework for the period 2016-2022 includes: Our vision: Syrian society enjoys sexual and reproductive health and rights based on free choices without any discrimination. Our mission: To lead a locally owned, globally connected civil society movement that provides and enables services and champions sexual and reproductive health and rights for all especially undeserved. Our values: Social inclusion, commitment, diversity, respect, passion, volunteerism, accountability. To achieve the mission and vision the Syrian Family Planning strategic framework have the number of 4 outcomes each one includes 2 priority objectives as following: Outcome 1: The government respects, protects and activates sexual and reproductive rights and equal gender opportunities. Gaining support of decision-makers, opinion leaders and parliamentarians obligation to carry out the necessary amendments in legislation, policies and practices. Empowerment of youth and women's leaders and their engagement as advocates for change. Outcome 2: 2,300,000 people have free choices regarding their sexual and reproductive health and rights and protected from gender based violence. Enable young people to access comprehensive sexual education. Raising community awareness through engagement of champions, opinion formers and the media to promote health, choice and rights. Outcome 3: 24.5 million quality integrated sexual and reproductive health services delivered, particularly in humanitarian cases. Deliver integrated package of sexual and reproductive health services, especially in humanitarian cases. Enable sexual and reproductive health services among partners, particularly in humanitarian cases. Outcome 4: A high performing, united, committed and accountable association. Enhance operational effectiveness and double income at the national level. Enhance our volunteer and activist supporter base. SFPA branches distributed all over Syria in 13 governorates (Syria have 14 governorate, AlRaqa still out of the government control). SFPA is running several projects related sexual reproductive health, focusing on maternal and child health, during the crisis SFPA expand its services delivery points and do integration for gender base violence counselling services in all its health services using psychosocial support, and case manager. The SFPA Services delivery points at the 13th governorates are as following: 43 paediatric static clinics. 29 mobile team paediatricians. 14 mobile teams for malnutrition screening. 38 RH static clinics. 25 medical RH mobile teams. 1 obstetric and delivery hospital. 1 mammogram. 18 women and girls safe spaces /WGSS/. 24 PSS mobile teams supporting WGSS. 12 youth centers. The framework of SFPA activities focus on the following fields: SRH, Sexual reproductive health. GBV, gender base violence. Child health. Malnutrition prevention for pregnant woman and children under 5. Number of SFPA volunteers around 650, number of SFPA employees around 980.
| 08 March 2024
Community Healthcare Initiative (CHI)
Community Healthcare Initiative (CHI) is a local non-governmental organization that has been providing healthcare and social services to women and children in underserved and hard-to-reach communities in Liberia since 2014. CHI prime mandate is to strengthen and promote healthcare and social services, women’s rights, child’s rights and peace in Liberia through awareness, service delivery, and outreach programs in hard-to-reach communities and persons living in impoverished and disadvantaged urban communities. We improve mother’s and children's health. We promote and educate on women and child rights. Our programs and services focus on youth development, healthy living, and social responsibilities according to their unique needs. Vision Access to Healthcare, freedom, and dignity to everyone regardless of race, ethnicity, and sex, free of violence and human rights abuses. Mission Working together for socio-economic development in communities, through strengthening their capacity and the implementation of the programs and health, protection, and humanitarian interventions with a participatory approach at all levels of society to defeat poverty and promote healthcare and social services throughout Liberia. CHI has many years of experience working with partners in Liberia on women and girls’ rights, CSOs strengthening, community development, and improving communities’ access to quality education, health & SRHR, sustainable livelihoods, and Community Resilience to conflict. CHI has an excellent experience in awareness-raising around sexual violence issues and providing psychosocial support for survivors. Currently, CHI is part of the Civil Society National Reference Group working with UNWOMEN on the Spotlight Initiative which aims at a global financing mechanism to support the implementation of SDGs mainly goals 5 and 16, and will contribute to the alignment and synergy of the United Nations Development System. Beneficiaries and target groups CHI beneficiaries and target groups include vulnerable women and girls, post-abortion care providers, Law and policymakers, young people survivors of any form of GBV including survivors of IVP (Intimate Partner Violence), survivors of harmful traditional practices, survivors who are members of marginalized groups (LGBTI+, sex workers, extremely poor, people living with disabilities,) Network and Partnership: CHI is a part of the coalition, networks, and partnerships including the Working Group on FGM in Liberia, the County Development Coalition, Consortium of Women Rights in Liberia, the Women NGOs Secretariat, the National Civil Society Council; and the Liberian Women Humanitarian Network. Globally; the Network of Emergency Aid Responders (NEAR) and Feminist Humanitarian Network (FHN). Building on Community Healthcare Initiative services, we opened the first SRHR services clinic in Liberia in 2023. The SRHR services provided at the clinic includes family planning, comprehensive sexuality education, maternal health and safe and legal abortion services. The SRHR clinic use women-centered and right-based approaches to provide comprehensive SRHR healthcare including abortion. Additionally, CHI operates a women and children clinic since November 2021, that addresses the healthcare needs of vulnerable population in Margibi County.