AIC HAITI - 2005 JEAN DELVA PRIZE

“Accompanying families from Tabarre Fleuriau and neighborhoods to fight against financial dependence of women victims of violence”.

Project Description and activities
Faced with violence towards women detected by the Health Care Center of the parish, AIC-Haiti intended to study the causes of such violence and to remedy it. A lot of victims are unemployed and untrained, that is why they are financially dependent on their husband or companion exclusively, to provide for their needs or their family’s ones. This dependence makes them unable to react when they are confronted with violence. In other cases, husbands or companions have other women and the money they get back home is not sufficient to face household expenses. Then comes escalation: complaints, acid words, cries and finally blows.
The project is aiming at working concretely, thanks to micro-credit, against the causes of violence towards women, and more particularly against women’s financial dependence.

Main activities:
- Training sessions for women to promote their independence;
- Sessions to raise awareness of women and men from the community about violence
- Distribution of micro-credits to provide for their needs and their family’s ones
- Training about responsible paternity for family fathers
- Meetings, exchange and training for couples with a psychologist or a marriage guidance counsellor to help them to better communicate, to define their problems and to find a solution adapted to each situation.

Target Groups:
eprived women or men, AIC volunteers, couples, families from the parish of the municipality of Tabarre-Fleuriau as well as the areas of Carradeux, Morne Visite, Truitier, Nan Galette, Ti Jadin, Goureau, Clercine,
Nan Matelas in Haiti

Granted amount : € 2,000.00

Duration: from November 2005 till October 2008