S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS - PAPUA NEW GUINEA

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 PORT MORESBY 000028 SIPDIS STATE FOR S/GWI AND EAP/ANP E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY PP SUBJECT: S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS - PAPUA NEW GUINEA REF: STATE 132094, STATE 012531 ¶1. Embassy Port Moresby is pleased to submit a proposal received from the Papua New Guinea Women in Agriculture Development Foundation (PNGWiADF) - to establish an Infrastructure Training Facility and also Capacity Building Training for women is Papua New Guinea's fourth preference from post. SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSED PROGRAM ¶2. The PNG Women in Agriculture (PNGiA) Resource Centre has two components to this proposal which will address the full context of this idea. Firstly the issue of proper Infrastructure Training Facilities and, a dormitory for women and girls to be trained and accommodated as part of the enrichment training program. The PNGWIA Resource Centre Building idea wishes to address issues such as promoting issues related to educating illiterate women and disadvantaged young girls to learn more in working in partnership with literacy programs. In the resource centre there will be classes running from elementary to grade 6. In the curriculum we have: a) Literacy -Reading and writing b) Health -Simple nutrition classes (piggy bank on literacy) -Baking, sewing, teaching natural remedies and simple ways of treating sicknesses. c) Agriculture -Downstream processing and preservation of food in preparation of droughts, addressing climate change needs funding to run these program on regular basis. -Resource centre are the vocal point of a one step shop for training, Economic opportunities information dissemination of all aspects of Post-harvest Marketing, Pest and Diseases and other related needs. -Also supporting and training of women farmers in Food Security. -Enhance women's groups' participation for training, in adaption and mitigation in climate change problem solving. d) Leadership and Good Governance -Train women in Leadership and Good Governance. -Educating women on the issues of Land Reform and its benefits. e) Capacity Building Enrichment -To enrich this training building a classroom and dormitory would be the answer to support the trainings. -Resource centre will be the vocal point for training women in the community on Climate Change problem solving and in adaptation and mitigation. -Capacity Building Enrichment Program will address all issues of Gender Based Violence. f) Desired Outcome -We would like to strengthen the Papua New Guinea Government's vision 2050 in empowering the people through Improved Education and Life's skills through Literacy Programs and also in working our Land and Benefiting from spin-off businesses and enhancing PORT MORES 00000028 002 OF 003 the level of service delivery and basic infrastructure and increasing trade volume. -There must be economic growth and an efficient and effective service delivery mechanism. Improved distribution of public goods and better trained human capital, will lead to the increased participation of people who are healthy, skilled and knowledgeable. This will ensure that rural and remote communities contribute positively to the development process. -PNGWiA will fulfill some of its goals and achieve its plans in the strategic plan To achieve the above Capacity Building Enrichment Program funding of a training centre with a dormitory will support the initiatives. PROJECT DESCRIPTION ¶3. The funding will be used to enrich the proposal and build a Resource Training Facility to house women and girls who come to attend classes at the Centre. Secondly, part of the funding will be used to run trainings as indicated in the proposal. (A) DESIRED OUTCOMES/PERFORMANCE MEASURES -Women who attend the centre will be literate women who will pursue further education, can read write and calculate their gross income from selling their farm produce. -They will be able to learn to keep their homes and families clean with clean environment and provide nutritious food from their farms to their families and in times of drought or disaster they will already have had some training on food preservation -Thirdly, these women will already have the leadership skills to train other young girls and women and will address social issues affecting their indigenous communities. -The PNGWIA Resource Centre Building: will be a Pilot Project to be adapted to other provinces in PNG if it's successful in these 18 months of operation with the method used to train other girls and mothers. (B) PROJECT TIMELINE March to May 2010 Stock-take and mapping of resources available to use. People and lessons learned and issues to address. Participatory Rural Appraisal Program (PRAP) exercises to be conducted. Develop data base and link with Training and Packages on problems identified. Collection of Quotes. Provide feedback to U.S. Embassy. June - August 2010 Building of Resource Centre and provide report to US Embassy September - November 2010 Training in progress, and provide report to US Embassy. December 2010 - August 2011 Maintain stock-take of trainings done. Regular updates and management, techniques and trainings. Program planning for future training. Review training agreements and how best we can deliver based on needs of rural women. Provide final report to US Embassy. BUDGET PORT MORES 00000028 003 OF 003 ¶4. Component (1) Capacity Building Enrichment Component- Budget Design and Landscaping: $3000.00 Building Classroom and dormitory: $37,000.00 Furniture: $5500.00 Utilities: $7500.00 Sub-total: $53,000.00 Component (2) Activities - Budget Literacy classes: $9300.00 Horticulture Trainings: $9300.00 Health/Nutrition Trainings: $9300.00 Leadership and Good Governance: $9300.00 Gender: $9300.00 Sub-total: $46,500.00 Overall Total: $99,500.00 ORGANIZATION ¶5. PNGWIA is a recognized and registered organization and has worked in partnership with organizations such as Papua New Guinea National Agriculture and Research Institute (NARI), Department of Agriculture and Livestock (DAL),Australia Women In Agriculture (AWIA),Donor partners such as AUSAID, NZAid, South Pacific Commission (SPC) and other partners. It has a membership of well over 3-4000 members throughout PNG registered in all sectors of Agriculture activities. Currently PNGWIA's Bank Accounts are managed by NARI and, provides audited reports on PNGWIA and when requested. PNGWIA has its own Executives and office bearers and Committee members who manage its affairs with women made up of Farmers, Scientists and Female Extension Officers and in Partnership with NARI and other stakeholders. The organization had a good reputation since its inception in 2006 - 2010 now and in a short span of time it has 3-4000 members. With the support of other collaborating Partners such as Australian Women in Agriculture, (Crawford Fund) NARI and other collaborating partners and its registered members the organization is successful. BERG