FOOTSTEPS PROJECT
The second phase of footsteps has just ended with a new set of young girls been trained on leadership roles.
About You
Contact Information
Title
mr
First name
Gerald
Last name
Forsuh
Your job title
volunteer
Name of your organization
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Organization type
NGO
Annual budget/currency
38,620,760
Location
Project Street Address
RYAN WHITE HOUSE MILE ONE ROAD UP STATION
Project City
BAMENDA
Project Province/State
NORTH WEST REGION
Project Postal/Zip Code
P O BOX 51
Project Country
Cameroon
Your idea
Choose your sport: (check all that apply)
Fitness
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What approach does your initiative incorporate?
Other
Year the initiative began (yyyy)
2008
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Plot your innovation within the discovery framework:
Barrier
Girls internalize cultural stereotypes
Insight
Let girls lead
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Name Your Project
FOOTSTEPS PROJECT
Describe Your Idea
The second phase of footsteps has just ended with a new set of young girls been trained on leadership roles.
Innovation
What is your signature innovation, your new idea, in one sentence?
The second phase of footsteps has just ended with a new set of young girls been trained on leadership roles.
How many people does your innovation serve or plan to serve? Exactly who will benefit?
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our project is targeting 100 young girls between the ages of 15 to 20 and 40 have already attended the first and second phases of the trainings and are now attending fourt nights follow up meetings.
Do you have any existing partnerships? If so, please list and describe.
Partnership with the British council Cameroon that is providing funds for the project.
In which sector do these partners work? (Check all that apply)
How do you implement your innovation and apply it to the challenge/problem you are addressing?
lThrough organisation of workshops for young girls
Impact
Provide one sentence describing your impact/intended impact
yOUNG GIRLS TAKE UP LEADERSHIP ROLES WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
What does impact/success look like? Please list any tangible measures of the impact of your innovation
A NETWORK OF YOUNG GIRLS WHO BE CREATED,WHICH WILL SOLICI FOR LEADERSHIP POSITIONS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
Is there a chance that your project could change policy (within an institution or government)?
NO
Aside from financial sustainability, how do you plan to grow the initiative or expand your intended impact?
GO OUT OF THE NORT WEST REGION TO OTHER REGIONS IN THE COUNTRY AND TRAIN MORE YOUNG GIRLS.
This Entry is about (Issues)
Sustainability
How is your initiative financed (or how do you expect your initiative will be financed)?
Funding from the British Council
Financing source
Annual budget
3,413,760cfa francs
Annual revenue generated
non profit making
Number of staff (full-time, part-time, volunteers)
3 volunteers involved
What are the main barriers to financing your initiative, and how do you plan to address these barriers?
fundind is insufficient and so we are applying to fundind organisations
What are the major challenges with regards to partnerships?
sometimes funds come in late
The Story
What stage is your project?
Ongoing project .
What was the motivation or defining moment that led to create this innovation? Tell us the story.
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Please tell us about the social innovator behind this initiative
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18 – 22
 | 165 weeks agosian Bentley said: Hi, Yop This sounds like a very worth while project… A lot of schemes are good at getting women to participate in sport, and later ... about this Competition Entry. - read more > |
| 170 weeks agoGemma Hillier said: Hey This project caught my eye as I was invloved in a similar project in Nigeria called dreams and teams. We went over there from ... about this Competition Entry. - read more > |
| 170 weeks agoGerald Forsuh said: Hi RENATA Tanks for the question.Well during the first phase of FOOTSTEPS,we trained 20 young girls 18 to 20.The girls are recruited ... about this Competition Entry. - read more > |
| 170 weeks agoRenata Affonso said: Hello Yop! Can you tell us which sports activities the girls are involved? Can you tell us how many girls did you reach in the ... about this Competition Entry. - read more > |
| 171 weeks agoGerald Forsuh submitted this idea. |
