Enabling single-parent families in São Pedro
to provide quality care for their children
Cape Verde has a very young population: 37.7% of its inhabitants are children aged 0 to 14, and 60% of the population is under 30. In this country where the average age is 24, the family structure is characterised by the absence of the father (this is the case for 55.9% of children – INE data for 2021) and 53% of households are headed by single women living in poor conditions. Single mothers are particularly vulnerable: they depend on low and unreliable incomes, often earned without a real employment contract, through short-term and precarious seasonal jobs such as street vending, fish selling or domestic help.
To address the current unemployment situation, our project will focus on strengthening the beneficiaries’ capacities through practical training. Sixty beneficiaries from the communities of São Pedro are targeted: they will be trained and prepared for the job market. Through this project, we aim to enable the children of families participating in the project to grow up in a caring and protective family environment. The aim is to enable vulnerable families to provide quality care for their children. On the one hand, this involves strengthening their parenting skills so that they can adopt positive parenting methods (through training in parenting skills that promote quality care, awareness-raising activities on everyday issues and on children’s rights and protection, alcohol and drug abuse, etc.). . On the other hand, it is necessary to strengthen their economic skills so that they can earn enough income to meet their children’s basic needs (through vocational training in the fields of beauty therapy, hospitality and fish processing). While families participate in the project, children will have access to preschool and recreational services.
PHASE 1 :
PERIOD:
July 2024 to June 2025
- 60 vulnerable single-parent families aged 15 to 35 (55 women and 5 men)
- 130 children aged 2 to 14
Enabling children from families participating in the project to grow up in a caring and protective family environment.
PHASE 2:
PERIOD:
January 2026 to July 2026
BENEFICIARIES:
- 120 teenagers, 80 girls and 40 boys
OBJECTIVE:
Strengthen the situation of adolescents and young people in the community of São Pedro by ensuring their access to alternative educational pathways, sexual health education and life skills tools, preventing abuse, early pregnancy and STIs.
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