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A Project for Combating Female Genital Mutilation

in 10 villages in Upper & Middle Egypt

Reports

Female Genital Mutilation “FGM“ is a custom that is deeply rooted in the Egyptian culture. People believe that it preserves female’s chastity and virtue. Although it existed before christianity and Islam in Egypt, it has acquired a religious dimension over time.

FGM is changing the anatomy of female genitalia, there are three common types:

§ First: the clitoris is partly or completely removed;

§ Second: the clitoris and labia minora are partly or completely removed;

§ Third: the clitoris, labia minora and labia majora completely removed.

ö The Egyptian Demographic and Health Surveys (EDHS) undertaken by the Ministry of Health and Population, indicated that FGM is “virtually universal among women of reproductive age in Egypt”. Ninety seven percent of ever-married women interviewed in the EDHS stated that they had undergone FGM.

ö It is more prevalent in rural areas – in particular – in Upper Egypt than in urban areas.

ö The prevalent type in Egypt is partially removal of the clitoris and labia minora

ö Usually FGM is performed for girls between the age of 7 and 14 years.

II. The root causes of FGM in the Egyptian Society:

· If the clitories is not cut off, it will grow and be similar to the penis.

· When the clitories is cut off, the girl will reach maturity.

· The clitories secretes a substance which kills the sperms and thus impedes pregnancy.

III. Effects of FGM on women and society:

ö The most affected groups are young girls and women. However, FGM has negative repercussions on the whole society.

ö FGM has many medical, social and psychological complications:

Medically:

a- Complications at the time of FGM practice:

· Hemorrhage;

· Severe pain and shock;

· Possible damage to surroundings e.g. urethra,

· Urinary retention and infection.

b- Complications during delivery:

· Narrowing of vaginal opening caused by scars or keloids, that obstruct the lator;

· anterior tearing beside the urethra, possibly causing urinary incontinence;

· Occasional development of fistulae.

Socially:

a- Maintaining the dominance of men in marital sexual relations which enhances the status quo of gender relations in the society.

b- FGM has a negative impact on marital sexual relations which in turn affects the whole family life e.g. conflicts, domestic violence against women, divorce, etc…

Psychologically:

World Health Organization “WHO” indicates that “the experience of being cut is mostly remembered as extremely traumatic, leaving a life-long emotional scar”. Moreover women are deprived from healthy life with dignity and intact body as created by God.

IV. BLESS efforts in combating FGM:

BLESS has worked for many years in combating the practice of FGM at community level and more recently at national level:

² At Community Level:

combating FGM is one of the objectives of Health & Environment program which is achieved through health education classes, public meetings, home visits , etc.. in the 30 communities where BLESS is implementing its Comprehensive Integrated Develompent (CID) programs.

² At National Level :

÷ By being part of national civil coalition for advocating against FGM (FGM Task Force) ,

÷ BLESS participated with the Ministry of Health in training 560 priests and Sheikhs across the country on “reproductive health and gender issues”.

A Project for combating Female Genital Mutilation "FGM"

in 10 villages in Upper & Middle Egypt

v BLESS is planning to intensify its efforts in the area of combating FGM. Hence, it is on its way to embark upon a project for combating FGM in 10 villages in Upper & Middle Egypt.

v Project Duration: 3 years.

v The villages are chosen according to the following criteria:

1. The prevalence of FGM practice (proximately 98%.)

2. Priests & Sheikhs in some of these villages had attended before the training course on “ reproductive women Health & Gender issues”, organized by the Ministry of Health , UNFPA , BLESS and El-Awkaf ( endowments affairs)”

3. Well - trained development team in each village.

4. Good co-operation with the government health unit in the framework of awareness - building campaigns related to women reproductive health.

5. Previous experience for some of these communities in the area of combating FGM, for example “Daraw Community“ :

· The development team carried out a social research to identify the socio – cultural aspects of FGM.

· They conducted a series of public meetings, household visitations and led awareness sessions as part of the Health education & literacy classes’ activities on FGM & reproductive health.

· They also collaborated with the local health unit in organizing campaigns on reproductive health.

v The target villages:

Villages	Geographic location	Population	BLESS started its CID work in
Daraw	South to Cairo By 930 kms	33976	March 1998
El-Redisia	South to Cairo By 870 kms	6668	March 1998
El-Ayaysha	South to Cairo By 710 kms	690	March 1998
El-Rahmania	South to Cairo By 650 kms	42000	March 1998
Nag El–Kassria	South to Cairo By 530 kms	3206	November 1999
El–Hawawish	South to Cairo By 490 kms	1594	November 1999
Dair El-Gabrawy	South to Cairo By 360 kms	2226	November 1998
El–Mahmodia	South to Cairo By 310 kms	2800	November 1999
Nazlet Abdel–Messieh	South to Cairo By 295 kms	1120	November 1998
Dair El-Malak	South to Cairo By 285 kms	1350	November 1999

v Goal:

To change the community’s perception towards the practice of FGM.

v Objectives:

1- By the end of the 3 years, a committed and well trained team would have become capable of leading the efforts to eliminate the practice of FGM;

2- By the end of the 3 years, two resource centers on FGM & reproductive health would have been established; one in Upper Egypt and the other in Middle Egypt.

3- By the end of the 3 years, about 30 girls in each community would not have undergone FGM.

v Strategies:

1- Formation & training of a “team for combating FGM” composed of concerned people: Some members of the Development Commettee, field workers and other people of influence on the community. The tasks of this Steam would be:

· Building awareness for key persons and community members.

· Networking and collaborating with GO’s & NGO’s.

· Sustaining the efforts for combating the FGM practice.

2- Empowering the key persons such as priests & sheikhs medical doctors, midwives, teachers, social workers, etc… to persuade the community to give up FGM practice.

3- Establishing two resource centers on FGM & reproductive health : one in Upper Egypt serving six communties and another one in middle Egypt serving 4 communties.

4- Addressing FGM as an integral part of women reproductive health in BLESS development work.

v Activities:

1- Capacity building for the teams:

· Basic training course for the teams on:

§ Socio-cultural approaches in combating FGM ;

§ Legal aspects;

§ Communication and networking skills;

§ Advocacy skills;

§ Educate both men and women about reproductive health with special emphasis on FGM.

§ Family education.

· Refresher training courses.

· Workshops for:

§ Exchange of experience;

§ Monitoring;

§ Follow-up.

2- Specialized courses for key persons such as priests & sheikhs, medical doctors , midwives, teachers and social workers.

3- Activities at community level :

· Education on FGM in :

§ Health and litercy classes.

§ Home visitis.

§ Public meetings

· Networking and collaborating with GO’s & NGO’s.

4- Establishing two resource centers on FGM and reproductive health:

· One in Upper Egypt serving six communities and another one in middle Egypt serving four communities.

· The centers will provide communities with information in the form of audio-visual materials, recent researches, publications, pamphlets, booklets, books, … etc.

· The centers also will organize workshops for the teams for exchange of experience, monitoring & assessment of the work.

v Indicators:

ö Concerning BLESS:

· Number of training courses for the teams.

· Number of specialized courses for key persons.

ö Concerning the teams:

· Number of key persons and volunteers, who were mobilized by each team.

· Number of public meetings.

· Number of home visits.

· Number of joint activities with GOs & NGOs.

ö Concerning the resource centers:

· Number of workshops organized for the team.

· Number of recent researches, publications, … in the libraries.

ö Concerning the target girls:

Number of girls, who have not undergone FGM.

v Budget:

ö Training :

· Basic training course for the teams of 10 villages (each team composed of about 7 persons).

70 persons x 7 days x 80 L.E. = 39200L.E.

· 5 refresher training courses for the teams of 10 villages

5 x 70 persons x 2 days x 80 L.E. = 56000L.E.

· Specialized course every 6 months for key persons in each village. The cost of each course will be about 500 L.E. So,

10 villages x 6 courses x 500 L.E. = 30000L.E.

ö 2 resource centers:

· Furniture for 2 centers: 5000L.E.

· Books for the library in the 2 centers: 5000L.E.

· Equipment for 2 centers: 20000L.E. (computers, telephones,…. )

· 2 employees for each center :

4 x 12 x 300L.E. x 3 years = 43200L.E.

· A workshop every 2 months in each center. The cost of each workshop will be about 500L.E.

So, 6 workshops x 3 years x 2 centers x 500L.E. = 18000L.E.

ö The activities in the communities:

· 2 field workers in each village: 10 villages x 2 workers x 12 month x 200L.E x 3 years =144000L.E.

· Public meetings in the 10 villages during the 3 years: about 10000L.E.

· Joint activities with GOs & NGOs in the 10 villages during

the 3 years: about 10000L.E. ]

So, the total budget for the 3 years is 380400L.E.

LESS local contribution is 95100L.E.

The external request is 285300L.E.

Equivalency in USD is approximately 60,000$U.S.

The Narrative report of the project for combating FGM and improving women reproductive health in

10 communities in El-Giza & Beni suef governorates For the year 2008

Project duration: 3 years (2007- 2009)

The target communities:

Population	Geogarphic location	communities	No.
1300	South to Cairo by 105 km	Saft - Maidoom	1
660	South to Cairo by 100 km	Maidoom	2
1560	South to Cairo by 85 km	Atfeh we El - dair	3
1620	South to Cairo by 80 km	El-Kobabat	4
2000	South to Cairo by 75 km	Abo-Faar	5
720	South to Cairo by 70 km	El-kedaya	6
800	South to Cairo by 60 km	Kafer EL wasslien	7
1200	South to Cairo by 22 km	Terssa	8
850	South to Cairo by 20 km	El-Konayesa	9
3000	South to Cairo by 20 km	El- mounib	10

General

General Objective

To change the community’s perception & attitude towards the practice of FGM.

Major achievements of the project for the year 2008:

Number of team members has been increased in each community (at least 2 more persons).

· Effective participation of the anti-FGM team members has been obvious in the various activities of the project.

· 46 persons (field workers & volunteers) have been participated effectively in the refresher-training course in August, which helped them to be more knowledgeable & active in their daily work.

· The field workers became more skillful and creative in developing their activities after having exchange of experiences by exchanging the work in their local villages for one month.

· Three targeted girls (with the age 17, 17, 18) became members of the anti FGM teams in two different communities.

· The participation of the community leaders in the activities has increased.

· The resource centers were provided with some materials, which made them more updated for various activities.

· Number of families who stopped FGM practice increased in all communities as they became more aware of the hazards of FGM practice.

· Domestic violence decreased among the participants as a result of family education classes in the local communities.

· 68 couples of young people practiced the pre-marriage examination & analysis due to the awareness made through the various activities of the project.

Project narrative report for the year 2008:

Objective	Planned activities	Progress made
1) By the end of the year 2008, a well-trained team would have become more capable of leading the efforts to eliminate the practice of FGM.	· Refresher training course for the field workers and supervisors.	· One refresher course / one planned was held, attended by 20 field workers & 2 supervisors and 24 volunteers.
	· Workshops for key persons.	· 2 Workshops / 2 planned were held, attended by approximately 30 persons each.
	· Regular meetings for field workers	· 12 regular meetings/12 planed were held for filed workers and supervisors.
2) By the end of the year 2008, the resource centers on reproductive health and combating FGM would have been upgraded.	· Supply books, pamphlets,….for the libraries	· 10 books, 2 video tapes, 10 posters and 5 training manuals have been supplied for each center.

Objective	Planned activities	Progress made
3) By the end of the year 2008, more than 30 girls in each community would not have been subject to FGM.	§ Home visits.	· An average of 1400 home visits was paid in each community.
	§ Awareness classes.	· 37 awareness classes/40 planed were held attended by an average of 17 persons each.
	§ Seminars.	· 37 seminars/40 planed were held in the 10 communities attended by an average of 150 persons each.
	§ Sessions on combating FGM in Church women meetings.	· 62 Sessions/60 planed were held in Church women meetings attended by approximately 150 women each.
	§ Sessions on combating FGM in Church youth meetings (male & female).	· 31 Sessions/30 planed were held in Church youth meetings, attended by approximately 70 Youth each.
	§ Sessions on combating FGM in literacy classes.	· 30 Sessions /30 planed were held in literacy classes attended by an average of 18 learners each.
	§ Trips.	· 10 trips /10 planed were held for the volunteers in 10 communities for motivation.
	§ Networking with GOs & NGOs.	· 2 health campaigns were held in cooperation with health units (GOs) in El-Kobabat, Kafer EL wasslien communities. · 2 seminars were held in cooperation with local public hospital (GOs) in Atfeh we El– dair community. · 6 seminars were held in cooperation with health units (GOs) in El-Kobabat, Konayasa , EL mounibe and Abo Far communities.

The Narrative report of the project for combating FGM for the Year 2009

General introduction

Brief Update on Recent Events and Trends

1- project duration: 3 years {2009- 2011}

2- the target communities:

No.	Villages	Governorates	Geographic location	Population
1	Ezbet rostom	kaloubia	north to cairo by25kms	2100 families
2	Kalioub elbalad	kaloubia	north to cairo by40kms	1200 families
3	Kalioub el mehata	kaloubia	north to cairo by 45 kms	1800 families
4	Kom eshfeen	kaloubia	north to cairo by 50 kms	2300 families
5	Tanan	kaloubia	north to cairo by 60 kms	1400 families
6	El mounira	kaloubia	north to cairo by 64 kms	900 families
7	El hewala	kaloubia	north to cairo by 67 kms	1100 families
8	Senduon	kaloubia	north to cairo by 67 kms	2000 families
9	Sedebies	kaloubia	north to cairo by 45 kms	1000 families
10	Basows	kaloubia	north to cairo by 30 kms	800 families
11	Elshorafa	Giza	south to cairo by 60 kms	850 families
12	Eskour	Giza	south to cairo by 70 kms	800 families
13	Ghamaza	Giza	south to cairo by 80 kms	700 families
14	Eprombel	Giza	south to cairo by 85 kms	1650 families
15	Soul	Giza	south to cairo by 90 kms	1800 families
16	El koum elakhdar	Menia	south to cairo by130 kms	2000 families
17	Ashneen elnasara	Menia	south to cairo by132 kms	5000 families
18	Dear elgarnous	Menia	south to cairo by135 kms	4000 families
19	Giziret sharona	Menia	south to cairo by137 kms	4500 families
20	Abaad sharona	Menia	south to cairo by138 kms	1000 families
21	kefada	Menia	south to cairo by139 kms	300 families
22	Barmasha	Menia	south to cairo by140 kms	400 families
23	Shams eldeen	Menia	south to cairo by143 kms	600 families
24	Tahet eltarad	Menia	south to cairo by145 kms	1200 families
25	Ezbet el saaida	Menia	south to cairo by150 kms	2000 families

3- starting of the project :

· The project started on the 25^th of February 2009 ,the date of signing the agreement by Mr. Sorensen Geir Moe representing the Embassy

, H.G. Bishop Youannes the director of BLESS & Ms. Nahed Talaat the director of the project.

· On the 4^th & 5^thof January 2009, Mr Geir visited two of BLESS’ FGM projects near Aswan. In addition he got briefings of BLESS activities in the region.

4-Selection of field workers and supervisors:

· In February 2009, project manager& BLESS staff conducted 12 field visits and interviewed 80 candidates to select 4 supervisors for following up the activities as well as 2 field workers for each community.

· The selection criteria were:

1- Obtaining a suitable certificate (bachelor or secondary school at least).

2-Active person & good communicator.

3-Acseptable from the community & Having good relationship with community members.

4-Having team work sprit & cooperative.

5-To be anti-FGM & committed .

6-The age 20- 40 years old.

7- Having experience is preferable.

5-Basic training course for the field workers and supervisors:

· In March 2009, a basic training course (about 80 hours) was held in BLESS training center in Cairo, attended by 50-field workers & 4 supervisors. At the opening session H.G. Bishop Youannes and Mr Geir attended the opening session and offered speeches.

· The course addressed the flowing topics:

1-Socio- cultural approach in combating FGM.

2-Legal aspects related to FGM.

3-Communication and networking skills.

4-Advocacy skills.

5-Family education.

6-Women & child related issues.

Kindly refer to the attached file (training materials).

also there was a session held by Mr. Sorensen Geir Moe focused on the importance of the cooperation of the various actors of the community to eliminate the practice of FGM as well as the vital role of the filed workers on that. another session held by H.G. bishop Youannes on the church role to facilitate a better life for all people specially women, the church consider the practice of FGM as a sort of violence against women

6-Field research in the communities:

· In April 2009, the field workers undertook a preliminary study in each community to Identify;

¶ The various aspects of FGM in the communities.

¶ The classification of the target families.

¶ The key persons in the community.

7- A Field visit for following up:

· On 25th of June, Mr. Geir as well as Ms. Nahed paid a field visit to the 10 villages of Maghagha which started by a meeting with the 20 filed workers and the two supervisors in the local office, where they discussed the following:

a-The progress made till that day in the 10 villages (using data show).

b- The situation of the 10 villages as well as the preliminary studies of the communities.

c-The enhancing and hindering points they met at the beginning.

d- Number of field visits every day .it differ from one village to other but the average was 7-10 visits per day.

· After the meeting, Mr. Geir, Ms. Nahed, the two filed workers: Ambarka Zaher & Tresa mosaad and the two supervisors Mervat Ezat& chathren Magdy paid two home visits in a village called Abad sharouna.

The first one was for the family of Samir &Mary and their four children.

The second was for the family of Om randa and her three girls.

there was a discussion on their opinion of combating FGM as well as Family planning issues.

· During this visit Mr. Geir observed that the salaries of the staff are low in comparison with the costs of living. He suggested that salaries in the second half of the year should be increased by 25 % in second part of 2009 to be financed by delaying some activities until next year.

He also suggested that salaries should be increased with another 25 % in the year 2010. Salary level for field workers become around 400 EGP. (NOK 480 per month) in the year 2010.

8-Another meeting and field visit by Mr.Geir for following up:

*On the 2^nd of February 2010 a meeting was held in BLESS central office attended by Bishop youannes , Mr.Geir , the project manger, 50 field workers,48 volunteers and 4 supervisors

During that meeting there were three presentations by three field workers about the work done through the year 2009 in their communities, and presentation by a supervisor named Ebtesam about the various methods used for monitoring.

In addition to the speeches of H.G. Bishop Youannes and Mr. Geir.

* On the 3^rd of February, a field visit paied by Mr. Geir, Stina & Ms.Nahed to 2 villages called Soul and Elprombel.

In Soul, the visit started by attending the awareness class for women where we had a discussion with a group of 12 women about the reproductive health and combating FGM and their feedbacks about the project activities. Mr.Geir also encouraged them to join literacy classes.

We had two home visits in Soul,

The first one was for the big family of Reiad mekhaeel , his wife and their daughters in low (3 wives of their sons")

The second was for the big family of Mrs.Aiad Meseed and her four daughters in low.

Through these visits, there was a discussion on their opinion on combating FGM and Family planning issues, as well as the avoidness of swain flu and bird flu.,

In Elprombel the visit started by attending the awareness class for girls where we had a discussion with a group of 18 girls about the various activities of the project and Ms. Nahed invited them to play a good role with the field workers to target a concidrable number of people and raise their awareness and to form a team to eliminate the violence against women in general

Networking with GOs & NGOs:

1-In Tahet el Taraad village, there was a cooperation with the national center for motherhood &childhood in organizing public meetings for women as well as for youth about combating FGM. These meeting took place in schools and public youth centers.

The youth (males &females) formed small groups to discuss the issue of FGM with their colleagues in the university; also they developed awareness massages to eliminate this practice among their families.

2- In soul, there was a cooperation with the health unit to facilitate the pregnancy following up and vaccination for their local targeted women.

Another cooperation with three public schools (Nazlet torgom primary school, Zat el fasl El wahed for girls school and the Islamic girls school) to provide awareness about combating FGM, swain flu and women rights occured three times.

3- In el promble, there was a cooperation with the local public hospital in organizing 2 seminars about combating FGM; the field workers paid home visits with health workers from the hospital.

4- In El wadie, there was a cooperation with the local governmental unit to facilitate the process of having election cards in order to have a political role to select their representative persons.

5- In bahteam, there was a cooperation with two public schools (el refaei primary school, Ali moubark primary school). The field workers organized two campaigns to raise awareness about swain flu.

6- In Ezbet yakoub, there was a cooperation with the local public hospital of tansa to provide blood analysis for their campaigns to combat the anemia diseases.

Another cooperation with abou baker el sedeek public school to provide general health awareness for the students.

Some achievements of the project for the year 2009:

*The participation of anti-FGM team members in the different activities has increased.

*Domestic violence decreased among the participants as a result of family education classes in the target communities.

*87 couples of young people practiced the pre-marriage examination & analysis due to raising awareness through the various activities of the project.

*2 campaigns for combating exiuories worms were held in soul community.

*4 campaigns for combating head lice were held in el peromble, Oskor and ezbet yaakoub.

*16 health campaigns about swain flu (H1N1) were held in cooperation with local churches in the communities.

*The field workers became more skillful and creative in developing the activities' after having exchange of experiences with the field workers of the previous project( funded by NCA &BLESS) .

*the field workers designed monthly magazines about various health issues in Nazlet aser and El shorafa.

*In El fabrica, the field workers developed a questioner about the issue of FGM, they targeted a sample of 160 persons from priests, local leaders and local people, the results came with:

1. 135 persons against FGM.

2. 20 persons agree to practice FGM.

3. 5 persons steal hesitating.

*In Beni-suief, the project facilitated and provided financial support for 31 families to have access for potable water in cooperation with the local governmental unit.

*the program produced 7 brochures about combating FGM, Family planning, Breast Cancer, women reproductive rights, common health problems of babies, osteoporosis and breast feeding, to be distributed for the local people in the communities.

Narrative report for a project of combating FGM and improving women reproductive health in 25 communities in EL-Kaloubia, EL-Gizza &EL-Menia governorates :

Goals	Objectives	Activities	Activities undertaken
Goal 1: To change the community’s perception & attitudes towards the practice of FGM in the 25 target communities.	1) By the end of the year 2009, a trained team would have become more capable of leading the efforts to eliminate the practice of FGM in each community.	§ Selection of field workers and supervisors.	50 field workers and 4 supervisors were selected.
		§ Basic training course for the field workers and supervisors.	A basic training course (about 80 hours) was held in BLESS training center, attended by 50-field worker & 4 supervisors.
		§ Workshops for anti FGM teams.	2 workshops were held attended by 110 field workers and volunteers.
		§ Specialized training courses for key persons.	One Specialized training course was held in July attended by 50 filed workers & 48 volunteers.
		§ Regular meetings for field workers	11 Regular meetings for field workers were held.
	2) By the end of the year 2009, the small-scaled resource centers on reproductive health and combating FGM would have been established.	§ 12 small-scaled resource centers on reproductive health and combating FGM would have been established	-12 small-scaled resource centers on reproductive health and combating FGM were established in eshnine,barmasha, kofada,nezlet asr,sharouna, tahet el taraad,adad sharouna,el katawi,elproumble,soul, elwedi and el shourafa. -The resource centers have a good equipments& furniture (25 chair, desk, computer set, whiteboard, wooden unit for books…..etc. -The various activities of the project took place in these resource centers.
Goals	Objectives	Activities	Activities undertaken
	3) By the end of the year 2009, at least 50% of girls (in the age 7-12 years old) in each community would not have undergone FGM.	§ Field research to study the various aspects of FGM practice.	A preliminary study was done by the filed workers in each community.
		§ Home visits.	An average of 1200 home visits was paid in each community.
		§ Seminars.	3 seminars/2 planed ones were held in each community attended by an average of 180 persons each.
		§ Sessions on combating FGM in Church women meetings.	4 Sessions/ 2 planed ones were held attended by approximately 130 women each.
		§ Family education classes for youth before marriage.	2classes/2planed ones were held in each community attended by 15 persons each.

Goals	Objectives	Activities	Activities undertaken
Goal 1: To change the community’s perception & attitudes towards the practice of FGM in the 25 target communities.	1) By the end of the year 2009, a trained team would have become more capable of leading the efforts to eliminate the practice of FGM in each community.	§ Selection of field workers and supervisors.	50 field workers and 4 supervisors were selected.
		§ Basic training course for the field workers and supervisors.	A basic training course (about 80 hours) was held in BLESS training center, attended by 50-field worker & 4 supervisors.
		§ Workshops for anti FGM teams.	2 workshops were held attended by 110 field workers and volunteers.
		§ Specialized training courses for key persons.	One Specialized training course was held in July attended by 50 filed workers & 48 volunteers.
		§ Regular meetings for field workers	11 Regular meetings for field workers were held.
	2) By the end of the year 2009, the small-scaled resource centers on reproductive health and combating FGM would have been established.	§ 12 small-scaled resource centers on reproductive health and combating FGM would have been established	-12 small-scaled resource centers on reproductive health and combating FGM were established in eshnine,barmasha, kofada,nezlet asr,sharouna, tahet el taraad,adad sharouna,el katawi,elproumble,soul, elwedi and el shourafa. -The resource centers have a good equipments& furniture (25 chair, desk, computer set, whiteboard, wooden unit for books…..etc. -The various activities of the project took place in these resource centers.
Goals	Objectives	Activities	Activities undertaken
	3) By the end of the year 2009, at least 50% of girls (in the age 7-12 years old) in each community would not have undergone FGM.	§ Field research to study the various aspects of FGM practice.	A preliminary study was done by the filed workers in each community.
		§ Home visits.	An average of 1200 home visits was paid in each community.
		§ Seminars.	3 seminars/2 planed ones were held in each community attended by an average of 180 persons each.
		§ Sessions on combating FGM in Church women meetings.	4 Sessions/ 2 planed ones were held attended by approximately 130 women each.
		§ Family education classes for youth before marriage.	2classes/2planed ones were held in each community attended by 15 persons each.

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The Narrative report of the project for combating FGM for the Year 2010

General information

Brief Update on Recent Events and Trends:

· 36 persons (field workers & volunteers) have been participated effectively in the refresher-training course in August, which helped them to be more knowledgeable & active in their daily work.

· The participation of anti-FGM team members in the different activities has increased effectively.

· 2 campaigns about hepatitis C targeted 150 persons, were held in Atfeeh village, 85 persons were infected.

· A campaigns about hepatitis C targeted 53 persons, were held in Abo Far village, 8 persons were infected.

· 2 campaigns about combating head lice were held in Abuo far and Maidom communities.

The following table illustrates the number of families who stopped FGM practice in the target communities as they became more aware of the hazards of FGM practice.

Village\community	The target Number of families	The no. of families who stopped the practice FGM
Saft-Maidoom	150	143
Maidom	150	123
Atfieeh wa EL-dair	150	148
EL-Kobabat	150	150
Abo-Faar	150	147
Manshiat Abd- EL-Said	150	138
EL-Fahmiaa	150	135
EL-Akwaaz	150	110
EL-Shorafaa	150	112
EL-Mounibe	150	110

Networking with GOs & NGOs:

1- BLESS participated with Better life association to form a national coalition against FGM to invite other national NGOs who are interested & working on the issue of FGM aiming to protect every Egyptian girl from practicing FGM as a form of violence against women.

2- In El mounibe community, there was a cooperation with the local school in organizing 2 seminars about combating FGM.

3- In El konaiassa community, there was a cooperation with the local counsel to facilitate the process of having election cards in order to share in the political life.

4- In Atfeeh Village, there was a cooperation with the local public hospital of Atfeeh to provide analysis for 25 persons in ------- campaign.

Also cooperation with the local school in organizing a seminar about combating FGM attended by 1200 student.

5-In El Abou-Far Village, there was a cooperation with the local health unit which belonged to Health ministry to provide contraceptive tools of family planning for the target women.

General Objective:

To change the community’s perception & attitude towards the practice of FGM.

the periodical narrative report of the project for combating FGM in 10 communities in El-Giza&BeniSuif

for the period 1-1 till 30-9- 2010

The following table clarifies the narrative report for the period from 1-1 until 30-9-2010:

Goal 1:

To change the community’s perception & attitudes towards the practice of FGM

Objectives	Planned activities	Activities undertaken
1- By the end of the year 2010, a committed and well trained team would have become self directed in leading the efforts to eliminate the practice of FGM in each community.	· Refresher training course for field workers	· One refresher training course was held\one planed for field workers and supervisors.
	· Regular meetings for field workers	· 12 Regular meetings for field workers were held\ 12 ones planed to build the capacity of the filed workers as well as the supervisors.
	· Workshops for anti FGM teams.	· 4 Workshops were held\ 4 ones planed for anti FGM teams attended by 40 persons each.
2- By the end of the year 2010, at least 50 girls in each community would not have undergone FGM.	· Home visits.	· An average of 950 home visits was held in each community.
	· Seminars.	· 3 seminars were held \2 ones planed on combating FGM in each community attended by approximately 140 persons each.
	· Sessions on combating FGM in various church meetings.	· 12 Sessions on combating FGM were held\10 ones planed in women & youth meetings in each community.
	· Sessions on FGM in literacy classes.	· 3 Session on combating FGM were held\2 ones planed attended by an average of 18 learners each.
	· trips	· 20 trips were held\20 ones planed for the young girls in the target communities.

Goal 2:

Improving women reproductive health in the target communities.

Objectives	Planned activities	Activities undertaken
1-By the end of the year 2010, the target communities' awareness would have been raised regarding women reproductive health issue.	· Home visits.	· An average of 950 home visits was held in each community.
	· Seminars.	· 2 seminars on Family planning were held \2 ones planed in each community attended by approximately 130 persons each.
	· Sessions on improving women reproductive health in various church meetings.	· 4 Sessions on improving women reproductive health were held\0 ones planed in women & youth meetings in each community.
	· Sessions on improving women reproductive health in literacy classes.	· One Session on improving women reproductive health was held\0 ones planed attended by an average of 18 learners each.
2-By the end of the year 2010, the target families (150families) would follow methods of family planning.	· Home visits.	· An average of 950 home visits was held in each community.
	· Networking with GOs & NGOs.	· 112 women from the target families followed methods of family planning in cooperation with local public health unit in the target communities.

II. The root causes of FGM in the Egyptian Society:

IV. BLESS efforts in combating FGM:

² At National Level :

÷ By being part of national civil coalition for advocating against FGM (FGM Task Force) ,

÷ BLESS participated with the Ministry of Health in training 560 priests and Sheikhs across the country on “reproductive health and gender issues”.

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