The two women at the helm of the Samoa Victim Support Group and the Samoa Family Health Association, have signed a Collaboration Agreement as co-partners in implementing the Nofotane Samoa Social Enterprise (NSSE) Project, over the next three years.
Funded by the European Union, the NSSE Project is the next step in the empowerment journey of the nofotane women survivors of violence.
The overall objective of the NSSE Project is to support the transition of the Nofotane Program to a social enterprise set up from 2027 onwards, providing employment, education and empowerment opportunities, to Nofotane women, inclusive of women with disabilities.
The SFHA is the leading sexual reproductive health rights (SRHR) service provider in Samoa, therefore, a valuable partner to the achievement of the NSSE project objective, specifically the health and wellbeing of the women, under the empowerment pillar.
During the Agreement signing, the Executive Director of the Samoa Family Health Association, Lealaiauloto Liai Siitia acknowledged the collaboration with the Samoa Victim Support Group, in achieving gender equality, through empowerment. “Thank you SVGS President Siliniu for the opportunity to collaborate with the SFHA in this exciting project. We are stronger together.”
The collaboration will see the SFHA conducting workshops on sexual reproductive health as well as ongoing awareness on family planning, in which the nofotane women under the NSSE Project will be referred to (and vice versa) for the clients of the SFHA.
According to the SVSG President Siliniu Lina Chang, “for the Nofotane women to achieve their dreams, they need to be healthy, happy and safe. As such, the health and wellbeing component of the NSSE Project implemented by the SFHA plays a pivotal role in ensuring that the nofotane women under the Program are not only economically and socially empowered, but they are also healthy, happy and safe.”
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SOURCE – Samoa Victim Support Group
