2014 annual report - safigi outreach foundation

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FOREWORD

SHARE YOUR CARE

If one takes time to look around us, it is evident that there are more

marginalized girls in society than girls with equal opportunity for

self -development through education, sanitary living, safe shelter and

access to clean water.

For the latter mentioned reasons, 2014 was themed SAFIGI’s year of

‘Share Your Care.’ in which ten multi-cultural volunteers joined to

create handmade goods to distribute to 30 lacking girls during the

festive season.

The ‘Share Your Care’ project was our pilot initiative as SAFIGI

Outreach Foundation LTD (Safety First for Girls) was registered as a

Not For Profit Organization in Lusaka, Zambia on 18th July 2014

by PACRA Zambia. This was a proud achievement, solidifying us as

a Non Profit, after our work which begun on 9th May 2012.

Our passion for safety continued with us sharing interactive safety

education workshops with children at Srupeer Village in Bangladesh,where beautiful empowering songs where sang after each session.

In addition to these and more grassroots projects, we continue to

work tirelessly to put useful information on the internet and social

media, that will act as a guide for girls going through various life

situations regardless of their livelihood.

Our vision to raise a generation where girls are empowered,

equipped and fulfilled in every aspect of their life for the

development of the entire world, is starting to take shape. None of

which would have been a reality without our over 40 volunteers fromat least 18 different countries of origin, all coming together to join

the cause of safety education and girl empowerment.

SAFIGI’s objectives this year aligned to the Global Sustainable

Developmental Goals in ending poverty, inequality, illiteracy, and

diseases such as HIV/AIDs.

For details on what we’ve achieved, read our Annual Report 2014,

where we see evidence that safety education, empowerment, social

projects, and creativity coupled with volunteerism is the way to go if

we are to achieve the SDGs within the set timeframe.

We may not accomplish everything in one day, but at the very least,

we are on the right path.

“The engagement I had

with SAFIGI was great.

I have to admit that

working with them was

well timed and I was

given a quick response

with enough guidance

throughout my working

time. It was flexible and

I was confident in

proving my worthy in

working as an artist for

them.”

- Thomas Ngede -

Kenyan

(‘Share Your Care’Artist)

Pictured: Hadassah Louis

- Hadassah Louis -Operations irector



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CONTENTS

EMPOWERED .p5

.p8 EQUIPPED

FULFILLED .p11

SAFIGI’s Founding Year

Share Your Care Campaign

Blogging for Safety Education

Girl Safety Signs Booklet

Body Safety for Children

Volunteer Alumni 2014

Srupeer Village Bangladesh

SAFIGI Kit Plan Initiated

Self Defense Training



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SAFIGIs Founding Year

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SAFIGI Outreach Foundation(Safety First for Girls)

Registered by PACRA Zambia

Registration Number 124336

Dated: 2014/07/18

Lusaka, Zambia.

[email protected]+ 260 97 619 0123

www.safetyfirstforgirls.org

100% Volunteer led.Local Touch. Global Outreach.

Mission Statement

To raise a generation where girls areempowered, equipped and fulfilled in

every aspect of their life for

the development of the entire world.

SAFIGI Outreach Foundation LTD, aka, Safety First for Girls, was founded to answer to the need of spreading knowledgeon Safety Education. i.e. skills and knowledge needed in daily life that are not taught in schools. What started as a simple

blog on Blogger is becoming a full fledged Not for Profit Outreach to marginalized girls on a local and international scale

through safety projects, social projects, safety education, workshops, social media and volunteerism.

All SAFIGI activities are guided by EEF Principles. This code is SAFIGI’s guideline that ensures that all our projects are in line to

Empower, Equip and Fulfill the lives of all participants.

SAFIGI is registered in Zambia, Africa. In 2014, all our projects were funded through Fundraising by selling our handmade products.



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The Share Your Care

initiative by SAFIGI saw

us having the youngest

volunteer who was only 9

years old at the time,

draw a beautiful picture

for the Share Your Care

book after being encour-

aged by her teacher.

This campaign is proof

that anyone of any age

can successfully

volunteer and positively

contribute to society.

We also had a majority of

local volunteers from the

local university who hand-made the freely distributed

products.

International volunteers

were all involved via UN

Online Volunteering

Service.

This creative project

helped to give back tothose who had no gifts

during Christmas.

For a list on all volunteers

involved, see page 13.

SAFIGI Founder holds a SYC handmade book. 2014/10

Share Your Care

The Share Your Care (SYC) Kit included a whistle, a handmade book,

handmade bracelet and a bag. All resources, funds and products were

made by ten volunteers for thirty marginalized girls between the ages of

8 and 15 in a period of 3 months leading to Christmas 2014.

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Safety Education is crucial for

informed living because it teaches

young people on issues that are not

covered in classes at school.

SAFIGI saw a need for content

online that would help answer any

girls question. Through our interna-

tional volunteers, we are steadily

covering every topic affecting the

life of the average and marginalized

girl.

SAFIGI first began as a blog and thus,

even though we are slowly reaching out

on a grassroots level, we still under-

stand how online media is effective in

spreading education to girls in different

cultures and various livelihoods.

All articles published on our website

aim to educate, empower, and inform,

for the sake of personal growth for

girls, which in turn leads to world

development.

For a full list of volunteers, see pg. 13.

Pictured on left. SAFIGI bloggers Karin, Stefani and Diana. 2014.

Blogging for SED

As of 2014, SAFIGI’s website www.safetyfirstforgirls.org had over 50,000

unique page views. We had the most diverse readership with the majority of

our readers coming from the United States of America, closely followed by

India, Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Germany, Thailand and Zambia, to name a few.

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The internet has opened

many windows of oppor-

tunity for development.

One such opportunity wasthe two interactive sessions

SAFIGI had with Srupeer

Village in Bangladesh via

Skype in November 2014.

Srupeer Village is the

cradle of hope for the

marginalized in Bangladesh

to learn skills that will helpthem build a life in society.

It was SAFIGI’s privilege

to host a Skype session to

educate children between

the ages of 8 - 15 on

importance of safety, how

to identify danger and

how to report it when they

encounter it.

The students were very

excited to participate in

these lessons, and thus,

each session was closed

by a song for SAFIGI ‘s

workshop facilitator, and

she would return the favor

and close the class by

singing as well.

Srupeer Village gifted

SAFIGI with some of

their handmade products.

Safety Workshops

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Pictured below: A class being supervised by Srupeer Village class coordinator Shudha Ayen.

Main Picture: A group of students listening actively to the lesson as Hadassah Louis (insert picture) gives the lesson.



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The SAFIGI Kit will be a revolutionary set of tools to equip marginalize girls with

useful items that will help them be safer, empowered, and fulfilled, in key aspects of

their life.

In a committee that consisted of seven volunteers of both genders and from diverse

countries, we were able to pinpoint safe tools that could help improve the lives of

girls.

What we intend to go for are tools that are non-harmful and yet can still be a useful

self defense and health tool. The SAFIGI Kit is like the First Aid tool box for the

marginalized girl for use in her every day life.

For the full list of volunteers involved, go to page 13.

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SAFIGI KIT — Plans

The SAFIGI Safety Kit is a utility package that will be

distributed to marginalized girls. It will include:

A whistle.

First Aid Practice Book.

Disinfectant tissue.

Cotton Wool.

Flashlight.

Water purification tablets I Filtration Bottles

Self defense tool. Etc.



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Self Defense Training

On December 10, a group of student volunteers in Thailand gathered to shoot an educational video on

basic self defense tips. In one interactive session, we went through basic training on how to escape

dangerous situations, defend one self against an attacker and how to build confidence in difficult

situations.

This was our first training video as an organization and so, with the help of media students we

managed to conclude the lesson with a photo-shoot to display what had been learnt during the day.

The activity was done outside a national stadium and the photoshoot and training done within a

skateboarding range with beautiful graffiti on the walls to match. This was the first of many more self

defense trainings to come.

For volunteers involved, see page 13.

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Pictured: (L-R) Augustine Efosa, Amy Chang, & Hadassah Louis



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In stories ranging from surviving

an abusive marriage, stopping

discrimination, eradicating child

abuse and ending illiteracy in

Zambia, we captured the essence

of what women want the future

to be, and what evils need to be

rid of if that reality is to be

achieved for todays generation.

There are billions of survivors in

the world whose stories are never

heard. These stories have the

capability to empower and

change lives, therefore, SAFIGI

took the initiative to spread

empowerment stories in our ‘Girl

Safety Booklet’ which is an

online magazine that was printed

and sent around the world.

In a compilation of 10 stories andadditional safety articles, we also

inform the reader on tips for self

defense as well as how to

empower oneself in any situation.

For a list of those involved, go to

page 13.

Pictured: Extracts of the Girl SafetyGirl Safety Signs

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BODY SAFETY

for Children

A Secret Safe to Tell - Children’s Story Book

The need to teach children about safety, especially

when it comes to the right they have over their own

body is crucial. However, some parents and educa-

tors may feel uncomfortable when it comes to teach-

ing children the truth about their bodies.

In a bid to raise awareness on the importance of safe-

ty education for children in regards to their body, SA-

FIGI is actively looking for and sharing information

on the right books, videos and content that educa-

tors, guardians and parents can use to safely share

with children around them about their bodies in a

child-friendly manner.

Through social media outreach, we have been able to

share helpful reviews on children illustration

books, such as ‘A Secret Safe to Tell’ by Naomi

Hunter and illustrated by Karen Erasmus.

And in our ‘Girl Safety Signs’ Educational Booklet

we shared an article about Body Safety for Kids

from the author of the book ‘Some Secrets Should

Never Be Kept’ by Jayneen Sanders, and illustrated

by Craig Smith.

These two children books are exemplary in showing

how easy and beneficial teaching children about the

right to their bodies and saying no to improper touch

can be done in a safe, effective and fun way.

WWW.SOMESECRETS.INFO

WWW.NAOMIHUNTER.COM.AU

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BRAINSTORMING FOR SAFETY KIT

Activity supervised by Hadassah Louis

Volunteers involved (alphabetical order):

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Anmol Varma-

India

2. Christopher Kujat - Germany

3. Itzel Cruz - Mexico

4. Mane Mohamed Abdillahi - Djibouti

5. Natalia Walker Saez - Spain

6. Richa Jairaj - India

7. Zhenrui Wu - China



1. Deborah Mwema - Zambia

2. Grace Ruane - USA

3. Kat Uytiepo - Philippines

4. Lia Perez - USA

5. Moe Pwint - Myanmar

6. Nang Hla Khin - Myanmar

7. Nang Shwe Yin - Myanmar

8. Thomas Ngede - Kenya

9. Wassana Payungsakul - Thailand

SHARE YOUR CARE BRACELETS & KIT

This activity was organized twice on:

Thur, Nov 6, 2014 & Sun, Nov 16, 2014 by:

1. Shudha Ayen - Bangladesh

2. Hadassah Louis - Thailand



1. Bwalya Chibale - Zambia

2. Buumba Malambo - Zambia


4. Jayneen Sanders - Australia

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Jamie Sumers- Canada

6. Lela A. Albert - USA

7. Moondo Lee - USA

8. Pat Brennan - UK

9. Sharlene Ferizi - USA

10. Sontia Levy - USA




2. Gargi Sharma - India

3. Wajeeha Kanwal - India

4. Sarah Kristine - Philippines

5. Shucheesmita Simonti - Bangladesh

6.

Susana Feliz- Canada



1.

Adedayo Emmanuel- South Africa

2. Alexandra Baltaretu - South Africa

3. Diana Huaman - Peru

4. Eren Ergin - Turkey

5. Emeperu Albert - Nigeria

6. Ginger Kadlec - Australia

7. Isabelle Pan - France l UK

8. Karin Phillipczyk - Germany l France

9. Mary Mwema - Zambia

10. Rachel Rivers - USA

11. Ronke Ojoikere-ikoro - Nigeria

12. Stefani Marjanovic - Bosnia & Herzeg

13. Zenith Chua - Singapore

Volunteer Alumni

2014 SAFIGIANS

SAFETY EDUCATION SKYPE CLASS

SRUPEER VILLAGE

BLOGGING FOR SAFETY &

EMPOWERMENTTSAFIGI KIT PLANNERS

GIRL SAFETY SIGNS BOOKLET

SOCIAL MEDIA ADMINISTRATORS

SELF DEFENSE PHOTOSHOOT



1. Amy Chang - China

2.

Augustine Efosa- Nigeria

3. Sai Min Zaw - Myanmar



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Thank You

for a Wonderful Year.

2014

“I really liked writing for this organization.

All the responses came quickly and they

had an immediate answers for all my

questions and concerns.”

- Karin Philippczyk -

German-French

(Blogging for Safety & Empowerment)

“It was a great experience working with

the organization (SAFIGI) as it gave me

an opportunity to learn and contribute inwhatever way I could.”

- Richa Jairaj -

India

(SAFIGI KIT Planner)

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