SOCIAL SECTOR INVESTMENT PROGRAMME
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SUSTAINING GROWTH, SECURING PROSPERITY
CHAPTER 5: REVIEW OF SOCIAL PROGRAMMES
AND INITIATIVES FOR 2013
INITIATIVE
MEDIUM
TERM
PRIORITY
(Where
Applicable)
BENEFICIARY
CATEGORY
PROJECT
OUTPUT
ACHIEVEMENTS
OUTCOME
MINISTRY OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY EDUCATION (SKILLS
DEVELOPMENT) PROGRAMME
The overall objectives of the programme
are to:
•
Generate self and wage
employment opportunities
•
Provide domestic support as skills
learnt enable trainees to engage in
home-based production.
Poverty
Reduction
and Human
Capital
Development
Communities Recipients of
community
based training
and education
For the period October 2012 to March
2013:
•
342 courses in handicraft
development
were conducted in
communities nationwide.
•
A total of
5,850 persons (5,040
women and 810 men)
participated
in classes during the period.
Self-reliant and
sustainable
communities
COMMUNITY MEDIATION
PROGRAMME
Free Mediation Services are provided
in selected communities throughout
the country as an alternative to the
litigation/Court process and as a
mechanism to address some of the
behavioural issues that give rise to
conflicts in our society. Among the core
role and functions of the Community
Mediation Services Division (CMSD)
are:
•
The provision of solutions to current
conflicts in a non-threatening
atmosphere that encourages
mutual respect, understanding and
compromise;
•
The implementation of outreach
programmes which would assist
in ensuring sustained positive
behavioural change in communities
and the restoration of good quality
relationships among individuals in
families and communities.
Crime and
Law and Order
Families
Communities
Individuals
Social
Programmes
to prevent
crime
The following sub-initiatives were
undertaken as part of the programme
and the following was achieved:
Reduction in crime
against property
and person
