ADVO
OCATING FOR JOIN
NT EFFORT
T IN SUPPO
ORTING M
MVC
It is an unquestion
nable fact that,
th SATF program
p
iss a great toool in abridg
dging MVC from
vulnerab
bility. Howeever, this toool cannot function
f
in isolation w
without stroong collaborrative
social prrotection meechanism.
One of th
he ‘take-awayy’ lessons thaat SATF has bagged in onn its journey of implemen
nting its Proggrams
is the neeed to have joiint responsib
bility with oth
her stakeholdders from varrious departm
ments.
This diree need pinpo
ointed the gist
g to bringg together sttakeholders in a forum so that, thrrough
participattory solutions and strateggies towards can
c be aired.
Putting th
hat thought into action, 10 coordinattion meetinggs have beenn conducted b
between Mayy and
June 20144. The eventts drew up participants
p
frrom differennt categories including Lo
ocal leaders aat the
grassrootts level, MV
VC, Head off schools; Guuardians, Teeachers and MVC care givers. The main
objectives of the meeetings were to share wiith stakeholdders on achiievements, leessons learnt and
challengees encountered during th
he implemen
ntation of edducation proogram hencee collectivelyy find
solutions to address th
hem.
Also
A to partlly sensitize stakeholders on their rolees and
responsibility
r
y towards cchild care aand protectio
on in
ensuring thaat beneficiariees stay at sch
hool and perrform
well
w in their studies.
The
T
major challenges discussed iincluded truuancy,
dropouts, prregnancy annd poor perrformance am
mong
MVC.
M
At
A the end oof the meetiings, the partticipants cam
me up
with
w action points that would addrress the observed
challenges iin regards tto their rolle. Among other
issues,
i
actionn plan includded followingg up critical ttruant
MVC
M
and too invite theiir care giverrs and their ward
leaders
l
in sschool meetiings in ordeer to discuss the
olution. Asseessment of the
t implemeentation of th
the agreed acction plan w
will be
problemss and find so
done in th
he next phasse.
SATF loo
oks forward to
t conductin
ng 17 coordin
nation meetinngs by end of July 2014.