Soroptimist International Projects

Quadrennial Project 2007 to 2011
"Project Sierra: a Family and a Future"

Every four years, Soroptimist International launches a major international project in partnership with a charity, NGO or United Nations agency. Each project is designed to be self-sustaining by the end of SI's four-year commitment. Soroptimist members around the world join forces to give active support to the chosen project and, in doing so, have improved the lives of many thousands of women and children across the globe.

Each Federation takes it in turn to propose an international project. Our current project was initiated by Soroptimist International of Great Britain & Ireland. Project Sierra: a Family and a Future, will support women caring for children in extreme poverty and provide a caring, secure family home for children who are alone or at risk of abandonment. 

• Project location: Sierra Leone, West Africa
• Our partner: Hope and Homes for Children
  

Project objectives

• Children aged 6 to 12 years who live on the streets will be helped to return home.
• Very young mothers estranged from their families will be empowered to be active community members and, where possible, to reintegrate with their families.
• Families at risk of breakdown due to poverty, illness or death of one or both parents will be supported to self-sufficiency.

Support to each child and family will be individually tailored to meet their needs, including: 

• education
• health care
• counseling and help to strengthen family ties
• securing safe living conditions
• economic support to help families move towards self-sufficiency

 

To learn more about Project Sierra, visit http://www.soroptimistinternational.org/html/quadrennial_project.html and
http://www.projectsierra.org/.

 

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