A few words about
What We Do
Our goal is
To ensure that women are empowered and their rights respected enabling them participate fully in the decision-making processes at all levels.
We work towards ensuring a life free from inequality and discrimination for every woman.
Gender base violence and trafficking
Gender based violence is one of West Point Women’s signature programs. We work to: prevent cases of gender-based violence; identify, protect and provide care—including room and board—for survivors; pursue the prosecution of perpetrators; and provide psychosocial support and counselling. In addition, we conduct events, outreach, media advocacy and lectures on GBV in the classroom to educate women on their rights and the effects and dangers of GBV, while creating awareness on GBV and Female Genital Mutilation in the community as serious issues that affect women and girls. WPWHDO has also been involved in Advocacy that unveiled issues around FGM and trafficking through monitoring and reporting.
education programs
85% of the population of West Point is illiterate, and dependency on men is one of the root causes of violence against women, especially in the Township of West Point. WPWHDO provides literacy education to grassroot women and girls to improve their status and to help them take control of their own finances to reduce GBV. WPWHDO also provides scholarships and learning materials for adult women, adolescent girls and children.
Reproductive Health/Adolescent Girls and Child Welfare:
WPWHDO educate women and girls on proper family planning and how to access medical treatment; educates and mentors young girls for development; traces and links lost, wayward and abandoned children to their rightful parents/guardians while providing temporary and permanent care to them.
Health and Sanitation/Environmental Management.
on how to take care of their drinking water and good hygiene practices. Some of the areas that we focused are: the use of latrines, washing of hands, proper waste management and disposal methods in the community in order to combat diarrhea and other water borne diseases.