GAD GRACE (Gender Responsive Advocacy to Change and Enable) for healthier living

The Extension Project entitled “GAD GRACE (Gender-Responsive Advocacy to Change and Enable) for healthier living” is an extension project of the Office of Gender and Development, together with the Office of the Guidance Services of CHMSC Binalbagan. The extension program aims to achieve an enormous impact on the lives of women in Purok Tinago, Brgy. Anahaw, Hinigaran Negros Occidental through the trainings and awareness programs to be conducted by its team members. This extension project is a part of the goal of GAD and promoting the GREEN Community. The recipients of this project are the women and their children. 

The extension project aims to construct a semi-concrete training hall and provide Gender Responsive Activities to Change and Enable the Community for healthier living. The semi concrete training hall is one of the requests of the 4H AIYFAWA based on the results of the Need Assessment conducted by the Program Team members. The project’s activities will include training and seminars on Values formation (Spiritual activities), Guidance & Counselling, Parenting (Responsible parenthood), Teenage pregnancy, Wellness, Health & Sanitation, and Gender & Development.

The extension project is anchored upon the following SDGs: SDG 3 which aims to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all ages; specifically, SDG 3.7 which aims to ensure that all have access to family planning, information and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and programmes; SDG 5 which aims to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls; and SDG 10 which aims to reduce inequality by empowering and promoting the social, economic and political inclusion of all.