Implementing Programs in Developing Countries

In addition to mentoring servant leaders (founding members) on the SA franchise model for developed countries, the SA Foundation also initiates, implements, develops, oversees and coordinates the delivery of its program model for developing countries through hiring local charitable groups in the country in which it is situated. In such cases, the SA Foundation is directly responsible for all program activities and their funding.

The SA program model for developing countries includes the following program components:

Level One Development

Awareness Raising Campaign: Raises awareness about sexual exploitation, the associated risks and ways to prevent it through performing street dramas, distribution of information and educational materials, public radio announcements, and billboard advertising.

Informal Education Classes: Focus on educating and empowering mothers and other young women living in high risk areas by teaching literacy and life skills with a special emphasis on nutrition, childcare, health, reproduction, and STD and HIV/AIDS awareness.

Skill Development & Income Generation Projects: Are individualized projects designed to make young women employable and/or provide them with an opportunity to start their own small enterprise. The SA program provides start-up funds, training and on-going assistance to sustain the projects, which include Kitchen Gardening, Goat/Pig/Cow Keeping and Sewing.

Border Monitoring: Is a key SA intervention program and has been designed to identify and intercept girls and young women who are being trafficked for sexual slavery and to educate those who might find themselves at risk once they have reached their destination. With the support of local police and community leaders, the SA program is also designed to apprehend suspected traffickers. The SA program includes emergency shelters that are provided at border posts.

Front-line Housing & On-the-job Shadowing & Training Centre: Housing is offered to young women who have been sexually exploited or rescued while being trafficked. Participants deal with recovery and life skill issues for half of the day, and during the rest of the day they develop employability skills through on-the-job training in handicraft making, giving them the ability to earn an income while in the SA program.

Level Two Development

Phase II development is comprised of transitional housing and a followcare program that continues to assist program participants into reintegration in society. At this level program participants either continue working in the handicraft factory, return to school, seek outside employment or raise their children full time while being involved in an income-generating program.

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