World Faiths Development Dialogue International
For The Development Of A Regional Interfaith Platform For Family Planning
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Amount$800,000
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Program
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Date Awarded10/12/2017
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Term24.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Program
Strategies
Overview
This project builds on a previous grant to the World Faiths Development Dialogue at Georgetown University to engage high-level faith leaders in Senegal in increasing family planning use. Working with the Senegalese government, World Faiths Development Dialogue and a Senegalese association, the Cadre des Religieux pour la Santé et le Développement (CRSD), have formed an interreligious group to support family planning. During this phase of the project, World Faiths Development Dialogue and CRSD will expand activities into Guinea, responding to expressed interest from Guinea’s Ministry of Health.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/wfdd
Address
3307 M Street, Washington, DC, 20007, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for strengthening of religious groups to promote family planning in Francophone West Africa
This grant to World Faiths Development Dialogue (WFDD) will support its work with religious groups in Guinea and Niger to strengthen their capacity to work as development actors in the field of family planning. Through engagement, training, and technical assistance, WFDD partners deeply with religious leaders to empower them to share information about family planning with communities, schools, and health care providers. This grant is aligned with the Global Reproductive Equity strategy. (Strategy: Global Reproductive Equity)
for the development of an interfaith platform for family planning in Senegal
World Faiths Development Dialogue at Georgetown University is committed to the idea that faith communities represent strong preexisting networks that can play a vital role in global development. Building on previously funded work, this grant will support the organization to engage high-level faith leaders in Senegal in collaboration with the government to increase family planning use. In this second phase, World Faiths Development Dialogue will establish an inter-religious council as a platform for collaboration between the government and Senegal’s religious community.
for the development of an interfaith platform for family planning in Senegal
The World Faiths Development Dialogue (WFDD) at Georgetown University is committed to the idea that faith communities represent strong pre-existing networks that can play a vital role in international development. This grant would support WFDD to build upon the Foundation-funded assessment in Senegal, completed earlier this year by the Center for Interfaith Action on Global Poverty. WFDD plans to convene high-level faith leaders, government decision-makers and development partners to broker a consensus on specific approaches (such as a national inter-religious council) to implement the government’s action plan to rapidly increase family planning services. This program would also build a faith-based community toolkit on family planning and reproductive health, which is expected to be endorsed and adopted by Senegal’s faith leaders.