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Presented by:
I.L. Thowfeek
Deputy Project Director
NECCDEP
Project Background
Project Impact: Reduce poverty
and meet basic needs of coastal
communities in eastern province
Tender
MF
IP NGO LEDS NGO
IP
NGO
IP
NGO Calling Tender
for
Implementing
Activities
Project Area
Name of TAARP NECCDEP
District GN GN
Trinconmalee 53 27
Batticaloa 90 74
Ampara 111 29
Jaffna 32
Killinochchi 10
Mullithivu 35
Total 331 130
NECCDEP GENDER ACTION PLAN (GAP)
AREAS OF FOCUS
• Equal participation of women and men in urban planning and
village reconstruction and development activities and
processes;
• Recovery of livelihood and economic activities for women and
men while paying special attention to the introduction and
support for livelihood and enterprise activities for war
widows and female headed households in the conflict-
affected areas;
• Equal access of women and men to infrastructure activities in
relation to planning, construction and maintenance;
• Involvement of women and men in environmental
management and coastal resource management.
Women’s Constraints in Access to Finance
• Women, within the overall target group, were recognized as being socially
and economically disadvantaged on the basis of gender
• Women, especially in rural areas, depend on the earnings of men and
their earnings are seen as secondary and supplementary to the income of
the male breadwinner
• Women have less experience in interacting with government authorities
and formal financial institutions
• Women hesitate to go to formal financial institutions, e.g. Banks, as they
are not used to dealing with such institutions and are given little attention
by bank staff
• Banks need an asset guarantee or collateral to issue loans and women
often do not have such resources
• Banks and other financial institution are more interested in loans for
bigger enterprises and business activities in the formal sector.
NECCDEP: Sustainable Livelihood
Improvement Component-GAP Activities
• Support re-establishment of Women’s Rural Development
Societies (WRDSs) and promote women’s livelihood activities
through them
• Use WRDSs to channel credit and training to poor women in
coastal communities
• Educate extension service providers for better outreach to
women, especially those with mobility constraints
• Provide seed packets for women to grow high-nutrition
vegetables in their home gardens
• Arrange post-harvest technology training, links with technical
assistance and service providers for women and men
• Promote and facilitate women’s participation in skill training.
Objectives of WRDS
Tsunami affected Area
Promote women’s empowerment
Increase income of vulnerable groups
B. NDTF
District Released No. of Beneficiaries
Amount
Male Female Total
Trincomalee 31.810 274 488 762
Batticaloa 95.920 205 2775 2980
Ampara 128.836 461 3257 3718
Total 256.566 940 6520 7460
WRDS: Livelihood Improvement Achievements
1. Livelihood related training programmes conducted on
Agriculture, Fisheries, Food processing, Tailoring, Beauty
culture, Embroidery, Leather products, Screen printing etc.