Program 01
Capacity Building
Capacity building is the foundation of everything Hiil Bilaang does. Women arrive with knowledge of their own communities. The organization adds technical skill, legal literacy and the confidence to act on both.
Training runs on a continuing cycle rather than as one off workshops. Participants move from awareness sessions into applied skills, and from applied skills into income generating work or community leadership roles. Facilitators are drawn from the communities themselves wherever possible, which keeps the material grounded and keeps knowledge in place after a project cycle closes.
Training and support areas
- 01Women’s leadership and life skills development
- 02Gender based violence and sexual and gender based violence
- 03Community mobilization
- 04Awareness raising on the prevention of female genital mutilation
- 05Human rights education
- 06Protection of women, girls and children
- 07Women’s participation in decision making and governance
- 08Entrepreneurship training
- 09Reporting and referral of violence cases to law enforcement and judicial institutions
- 10Employment advocacy for educated young women in government institutions, private companies and financial institutions
- 11Vocational and livelihood skills training for women headed households
Vocational and income generating skills
- 01Electricity
- 02Mechanics
- 03Carpentry
- 04Tie and dye
- 05Cooking demonstration
- 06Computer skills
- 07Tailoring
- 08Handcraft
- 09Forming small enterprises
Alongside vocational training, Hiil Bilaang supports the formation of farmers cooperatives so that households can produce assorted crops, share equipment and negotiate as a group rather than alone.
Farmers cooperatives
- 01Cereal crop production
- 02Leguminous crops
- 03Fruit and vegetable growing
- 04Beekeeping and poultry
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