Women Initiative for Sustainable Community Development (WISCOD)

The Women Initiative for Sustainable Community Development (WISCOD) is a non – governmental community based organization. It is non-political, non – tribal and non-profit in nature which was founded in 2004 to transform the violent conflict that hampered Jos and its environs

MISSION: uplifting the standard life of communities

VISION: to exploit under developed human and material resources to improve and enhance community potentials.

The organization aims at creating enabling environment for communities to strive for available resources within their reach to enhance the development of their community. The organization work with target communities in the following areas:-

A.Conflict transformation and peace building

Foster unity and encourage peaceful co-existence in conflict prone communities.
Women participation in peace and security in line with the UNSCR 1325
Establishment of peace clubs for the inclusion and participation of children and young people in, gender equality, peace building and child rights promotion.
Provide space for women with special needs (people with disabilities, victims of gender based violence and other forms of violence to interact and proffer solutions to their problems.
Interfaith mediation across divided communities
Trust and Confidence building amongst at intra/inter group space
Trauma counselling and healing to IDPs and target groups in need.
Building the capacity of teenage girls on life skills and gender based violence
Trust and confidence building across conflicting communities
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene to prevent tropical disease in local communities.

B.Education and literacy programmes for identified disadvantage groups.

C.Women and youth empowerment, and skill acquisition livelihood programme to enable target communities realized, make use and sustain development of self and community at large.

D.REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, NUTRITION AND HIV/AIDS

Education and making awareness Home base life saving skills
Infant/mother nutrition, exclusive breast feeding and family nutrition package
Capacity building to peers to serve as peer educators in their communities, work with Islamic teachers and their students in the area of prevention and education HIV/AIDS
Teenage girls peer education programme on STIs, HIV/AIDS, Personal hygiene and puberty.
Work with Traditional birth attendants to reduce maternal and infant mortality/morbidity rate
Capacity building for SAFE EMERGENCY DELIVERY CARE in the area of prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDS and reduce maternal mortality.
Runs voluntary confidential counselling and testing of HIV/AIDS.
Runs home and community based care to the infected and affected by HIV/AIDS
Capacity building and behavioural change for female sex workers in the area of HIV/AIDS and empowerment skills