National Domestic Violence Prevention Initiative
Overall Objective: To promote and enable national prevention and response to domestic violence.

Specific Objectives

To increase the number of community-based domestic violence prevention programs in Uganda by 2008.
To enhance capacity of CSOs to design, implement and evaluate community-based domestic violence prevention programs by 2008.
To strengthen the quality of domestic violence prevention efforts in Uganda by 2008.

This program is run in collaboration with Raising Voices and aims to strengthen the capacity of CSOs in Uganda to plan and implement effective domestic violence prevention programs. CEDOVIP’s programs, based on an award winning program tool, demonstrate an effective holistic approach to violence prevention. As such CEDOVIP is committed to partnering with other CSOs from around the country to strengthen their capacity to implement domestic violence prevention programs.

Through an extensive application process, the following 10 organizations were selected and are now partners in the National Domestic Violence Prevention Initiative.

Action for Community Development Uganda (ACODEV-U), Kasese
Campaign Against Domestic Violence In the Community (CADOVIC), Apac
Community Volunteer Initiative for Development (COVOID), Bushenyi
Empower Children and Communities against Abuse (ECCA), Ntungamo
Good Hope Foundation for Rural Development, Kasese
Health Integrated Development (HIDO), Gulu
International Rescue Committee (IRC), Kampala
Kamwokya Christian Caring Community (KCCC), Kampala
Nsumbi Vision for Development Association (NVIDA), Wakiso
Safe Homes And Respect for Everyone Project (SHARE Project), Rakai

Key activities:

National Training course
This includes the design and facilitation of a comprehensive National Training Course to enable at least 10 organizations from different communities/districts in Uganda to become skilled at domestic violence prevention.

Learning Center
This hosts colleagues from Uganda to work alongside staff of CEDOVIP and Raising Voices to gain exposure to and experience in community mobilization strategies and become skilled at domestic violence prevention programming. The Learning Center demonstrates the community mobilization project and strengthens the capacity of others to address domestic violence in their own communities and organizations.

Technical support
CEDOVIP staff visits each participating organization and gives at least one week each year to onsite technical support. The technical support also includes monitoring and assessment of organizational issues that may hamper effective implementation of the domestic violence prevention project.