{"id":30,"date":"2011-06-21T23:16:47","date_gmt":"2011-06-21T22:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soroptimist-gbi.org\/london-greater\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2023-09-12T11:12:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T10:12:48","slug":"program-action-reports","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london-greater\/program-action-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Programme Action Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Programme Action- about our work<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n
\"\"<\/a>London Collective Project: Special Domestic Violence Court Observation Project.<\/h5>\n

You can read the full report on the SIGBI website here: https:\/\/sigbi.org\/2023\/specialist-domestic-abuse-courts\/, or you can download using the link below.<\/p>\n

Specialist Domestic Abuse Courts \u2013 How Special Are They in 2022?<\/a><\/h5>\n

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Previous local project: Collection of Knickers for Yarl\u2019s Wood Immigration Removal Centre<\/h5>\n

Soroptimist International Greater London worked with the Yarl\u2019s Wood Befrienders to provide knickers, and other essentials to the women who were detained at Yarl\u2019s Wood Immigration Removal Centre. The Yarl\u2019s Wood Befrienders is a charity that offers both emotional and practical support for the women detained in Yarl\u2019s Wood IRC. The detainees arrive with little to nothing, often only the clothes they are wearing. The items donated offer a small token of kindness during a distressing time, and many have said it has improved their well-being.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”378″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]To date, SIGL has donated more that 50 packs of knickers. We are continuing to collect and donate these quarterly. For more information, please see\u00a0www.ywbefrienders.org.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”379″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Organisation-wide Projects:<\/h4>\n

Meru Women\u2019s Garden Project 2016-2019<\/h5>\n

Meru County has a largely rural population with HIV\/AIDs prevalent in the region. \u00a0Meru Women\u2019s Garden Project will support some of the poorest women-led households in Kenya, and is entirely focussed on providing opportunities to women and girls who may never otherwise be given the chance to earn an income, and gives them status within their community. It fully embraces the three key areas at the heart of SIGBI\u2019s Programme Focus Goals \u2013 Educate, Empower and Enable. Improved food production and education will support women and girls to transform their lives and those of others through a process of cascade learning and mentoring thereby reducing poverty, improving health and increasing employment.<\/p>\n

International President\u2019s Appeal<\/strong>\u00a02017-2019 \u2013 Women, Water and Leadership
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