PROMUNDO "Young men clubs against violence in Kinshasa"
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The Young Men Clubs Against Violence (YMCAV) is a proposed four-year project aimed at preventing and responding to urban violence perpetrated by the Kuluna street gangs - developed by PROMUNDO and the Living Peace Institute. The project will tackle street violence by preventing young men and boys (ages 10-19) from joining, as well as helping them leave, the lo...
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The Young Men Clubs Against Violence (YMCAV) is a proposed four-year project aimed at preventing and responding to urban violence perpetrated by the Kuluna street gangs - developed by PROMUNDO and the Living Peace Institute. The project will tackle street violence by preventing young men and boys (ages 10-19) from joining, as well as helping them leave, the local street gangs – the Kulunas - in three municipalities in Kinshasa (Kintambo, Bumbu and Makala) which are increasingly affected by such gangs. To this aim, the project will encourage positive youth development by building life skills and positive coping mechanisms for young men and boys in schools and youth centers for “street children.” The project is designed to provide support to young men and boys who are growing up in high urban violence settings while also engaging them as agents of change. The proposed project serves as both primary and secondary prevention measures and will address physical as well as psychological violence. Key project activities will include evidence-based group education to encourage young men’s critical reflection on the problem of violence while strengthening their coping mechanisms to avoid it; the creation of positive peer groups (i.e. youth clubs and school/youth centers); and youth-led community campaigns. Such activities are inspired by PROMUNDO’s past work with young men (Program H ) and with men affected by trauma and violence in post-conflict and high-violence settings (Living Peace). Simultaneously, the capacities of key NGO networks working in schools and/or doing outreach to “street children” in the community will be strengthened.
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Result -Objectif 1 : several changes to the methodology and its implementation and respondents are largely satisfied with these improvements. Project partners improved their ability to implement group education sessions. Immediate positive effect on youth. Result -Objectif 2 : significant training, awareness-raising and capacity-building efforts have led to a strong supportive environment of the project. These included activities featuring YMCAV youth as agents of change: community celebration and local campaigns, and the development of radio spots and a documentary film. The police force, communauté protectrice and other key actors at various levels have been sensitized on gender transformative approaches and are supportive of the YMCAV mission. Result -Objectif 3 : the project's approach and philosophy has been institutionalized, i.e. included in modules in school and youth center curricula. Despite the turnover caused by the elections, the project managed to develop an advocacy strategy and train the Technical Advisory Group on this topic. Three municipalities in Kinshasa have officially adopted YMCAV approach as their methodology to deal with youth perpetrating violence in communities.
The overall goal of the programme is to prevent that young and adolescent boys (ages 10-19) join the Kulunas or violent groups as a result of group education (young men’s clubs); promote supportive environments in school and youth center implementation sites; and sustainable program and policy support from NGOs, schools, institutions and relevant ministries in DRC.Objectives by level of intervention:1. Individual: reduction of violence-supportive attitudes, increase of self-efficacy and gender equitable attitudes and behaviors amongst adolescent boys (10-19) in 3 municipalities in Kinshasa;2. Relationship/Community: Schools and community youth centers for “street children” effectively create supportive environments to prevent young men’s involvement in violent groups; 3. Institutional: Congolese NGOs, schools, institutions and relevant ministries exhibit sustainable program and policy support in the form of resources framework for the prevention of and response to young men joining violent groups, in form of guidelines that tackle the issue.
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