Beyond Borders Inc.

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“Beyond borders helps people build movements to liberate themselves from oppression and isolation. In haiti and the united states, we are bringing people together for just and lasting change. The organization is currently commited to helping build the following 5 movements: to 1) end child slavery, 2) guarantee universal access to quality primary education, 3) prevent violence against women and girls, 4) promote economic justice and sustainable livelihoods, and 5) bring oppressed and privileged people together to work for their mutual liberation.”

“Urban model community initiative: despite the ever-increasingly deteriorating situation in haiti over the past year, the urban mci team has been able to continue implementing programming, especially urban lagonav neighborhoods, with documented success and impact. In fy2022, in addition to continuing the programming in two previously-engaged neighborhoods, bb expanded its urban child protection movement-building work into two new urban neighborhoods on lagonav island with an estimated beneficiary population of 11,000 people (for a total of 4 participating urban neighborhoods.) full year-one activities of the child protection were rolled out, including: social mapping and child welfare surveys, child rights training through a variety of methodologies such as education is a conversation (esk), ti rankont sekt (trs), open space sessions, community rallies and door-to-door campaigns; community-based child protection groups creation and strengthening, and advocacy actions. Programming in port au prince continued through activities carried out through eight survivor of restavk network branches that carried out various awareness-raising, advocacy and protection intervention activities. Technical support also continued with long-term partner partenariat pour le dveloppement local (pdl) in the north of the country.”

“Rural model community initiative: the movement to end child slavery on lagonav is increasingly visible, vibrant and active. As more people from all sectors of society become activists and communities become united in a desire to see an end to violence, more cases of alleged abuse and exploitation are exposed. Government actors continue to take leading roles as duty-bearers, working together with local activists and community leaders. Not only more people in leadership positions participating movement activities are having a higher visibility-level in communities. Widespread mobilization and renewed commitment from education stakeholders to improve both quality of and access to education for all children is inspiring. Bb partner matnwa community learning center (mclc) continues to work with networked schools in learning and applying new methods/approaches for non-violent, participatory classroom management and instruction in creole. Branches of the ansagale communal education platform are playing key roles in mobilized communities. Platform members demonstrated increased motivation, coordination, collaboration this year, with each branch establishing action-plans; many are also working with other community groups to address specific issues and challenges. After several years of challenges and set-backs, the nine communities on lagonav working through the sasa methodology to prevent violence against women and girls successfully graduated from the program. Celebration ceremonies were held recognizing and honoring the commitment and achievements of the community activists, and renew their commitments to continue the work forward. Partnerships with mclc and asosyasyon animat ak peyizan lagonav (aaplag) continued promoting food security and sustainable livelihoods. Families participating in cohort 5 of the family graduation program continued to grow their economic assets, construct and/or repair their homes and latrines, build financial stability through savings accounts, and establish plans to foster an economically-secure future. Schools and families increased their access to water with rainwater harvesting systems which facilitated the planting of school and home gardens that yielded small harvests.”

“Rethinking power program (movement to end violence against women and girls, vawg): through its rethinking power program, beyond borders mobilizes communities to drive social change processes to prevent violence against women and girls (vawg) using the sasa together and power to girls methodologies and the safe and capable resource pack for preventing vawg with disabilities. Activities within the rethinking power program are implemented on in communities in the southeast department through direct implementation and, and at a national level through technical support and advocacy. In fy2022, bb rolled out a new implementation cycle of sasa together (new version of sasa), power to girls with safe and capable in 2 new communities january 2022, and in leogane (west department) through partnership with fondasyon toya. Sixty-six new community activities were selected and trained, as were 83 community leaders and school personnel. Sixteen girls' groups with more than 400 girls were created with volunteer mentors trained and supported. Translation and adaptation of sasa together into haitian creole began as well as the process of revising existing power to girls materials. The development of a new complementary "girls' economic power resource pack" also began in fy2022. Advocacy and feminist movement building through technical support to national and international partners continued through various levels of training, workshops, webinars and technical support visits. Community-level sustainability was largely supported by the continued efforts of the trained community activists and local groups, whose actions continue to catalyze positive social norms change as well as influence the policy and practices of local institutions and governments. Two community advocacy committees of trained activists were supported by bb to gain legal status as new organizations for vawg prevention. Bb conducted the movement capacity assessment tool (mcat), adapted and translated into creole for haiti, to assess the movement to prevent vawg. An external impact research evaluation was completed in fy2022 by partner global women's institute which, revealing that communities that completed programming in may 2021 in the southeast are exhibiting positive, lasting change for women and girls, and women and girls with disabilities (e.g., the level of partner physical and sexual violence reported by women and girls was cut in half over course of the program in the intervention communities).”

“Sustaining livelihoods initiative expenses: 82,360, including grants of: 46,157 transforming the mission model expenses: 69,789, including grants of: 0 earthquake response expenses: 158,188, including grants of: 158,188”

“Fiscal year 2022: overview during the fiscal year ending june 30, 2022, beyond borders' complementary programming and work with local partners reached some of haiti's most vulnerable people in urban and rural communities in haiti's southeast, west, and central departments of haiti. Beyond borders employs 54 staff (haiti and north america) and operates programming out of three haiti-based offices in jacmel, port-au-prince, and on the island of la gonve, haiti. North american staff are located in several us states and in canada. The on-going gang warfare in haiti, which has contributed to the internal displacement of at thousands (not counting those who have fled the country), is one of the largest contributing factors of the protracted crises that haiti continues to experience. It has inhibited in-country and inter-country travel- travel to or through port au prince (pap) was extremely difficult, and at times impossible. Movement between lagonav island and the mainland was restricted to planes only (rather than road and by boat due to elevated risks related to road travel). Increasing insecurity also directly contributed to resource shortages and disrupted various commodities' supply chains, including that of livestock for lagonav program participants. These disruptions and/or frequent lack of resources in the supply chain directly affected the timeline of project activities. Even as haitians continue to experience the residual effects of a country still in the throes of an unprecedented period of protracted crises, beyond borders' social movement-building efforts continue to positively shift mindsets and change attitudes against some of the deeply-rooted social injustices that violate the rights of haiti's most vulnerable. Bb staff, partners, program participants and network members continued to work, and regularly factor in risk-mitigation measures as needed (weekly, daily, and at times, hourly) to conduct programming and other related activities. Urban model community initiative movement to end child domestic servitude (restavk): despite the ever- increasingly deteriorating situation in haiti over the past year, the urban mci team has been able to continue implementing programming, especially urban lagonav neighborhoods, with documented success and impact. In fy2022, in addition to continuing the programming in two previously-engaged neighborhoods, bb expanded its urban child protection movement-building work into two new urban neighborhoods on lagonav island with an estimated beneficiary population of 11,000 people (for a total of 4 participating urban neighborhoods.) urban social mapping exercises along with child welfare surveys were conducted in each new neighborhood; social mapping was conducted with 623 households (and other community resources and entities) and 568 households participated in the child welfare survey. Specifically, from the child welfare survey: 87.5% of the 568 respondents were heads of household; 1,065 children were living in households of respondents; 53.2% of respondents had 1-3 children in the home; 88% of respondents reported using violence as a form of discipline; 15% of children from respondent households are living outside of the home, either in a restavk situation or at risk of entering a restavk situation; and 34% of the children living in respondent households are not the biological children of the head of household and/or come from an outside community (which means the children are potentially already living in a restavk situation or are at risk of entering a restavk situation). The latter is of considerable concern and requires a special strategy together with the local authorities that will be explored in fy2022. Education is a conversation (esk) child rights programming was launched with the training of 10 new dialogue group facilitators and 22 esk child rights dialogue groups. One hundred and ninety-one people (147 women) successfully completed and graduated from the esk child rights d”

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