Major Themes

The major themes and areas where CEDAR works.

Social Justice and Governance

  • Promoting good governance, accountability and transparency
  • Strengthening and supporting civil society organizations
  • Promoting minority rights and fight against exclusion
  • Cultural exchange and Peace-building
  • Experience-sharing Networks

HIV/AIDS

  • Awareness creation on the risk-factors for infecting HIV/STIs
  • Prevention education and awareness building
  • Providing care and support for people living with HIV and AIDS
  • Supporting orphans and vulnerable groups

Campaign for Quality Education

  • Promotes and catalyses universal education among underprivileged children
  • Achieving 100% universal access, enrollment, retention and quality education for all
  • Promoting girl child education
  • Capacitating teachers to be effective as facilitators of learning
  • Promoting the culture of reading
  • Equipping children with skills for life
  • Providing conducive learning environment
  • Community participation that supports learning
  • Improving the quality of primary & secondary education, particularly in math, science and English
  • Intervention support in student's health
  • Advocacy for quality education

Secure Livelihoods and Enterprise Development

  • Promoting income generation activities by providing micro-credit to disadvantaged in particular of rural women
  • Supporting enterprise development where it provides livelihood opportunities for disadvantaged people
  • Appropriate technology and ICT for livelihoods
  • Promoting resource conservation
  • Building the capacity of organizations through management training, advocacy and networking support

Health and Social Well-being

  • Advocacy for Patient rights and Health for All
  • Intervention in Arsenic problem
  • Delivering health and social services, particularly in community settings
  • Addressing causes of ill health, including sanitation and drinking water supply
  • Promoting health and health education
  • Promoting Health Insurance and raise social capital
  • Access specialized medical services through Tele medicine

Disability

  • Promoting independence for people with disabilities and their families through child development, education, daily living skills, mobility assistance and employment training
  • Increasing opportunities for people with disabilities to participate fully in society by strengthening the capacity of social service organizations