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Partner

SOFT
Date of creation : 1998
Activity : SOFT, founded after the first Chechnya war (1994/1996), was initially dedicated to the rehabilitation of schools and testimony actions. The association limited its activities once the situation became stabilised, until a new war triggered massive needs once again. SOFT was therefore “reactivated” in the perspective of responding to needs identified by local partners. Since 2006, SOFT has focused on support and development of local NGOs: - Support to business creation and development: with the technical support of Soft, the local NGO RELIANCE opened a pasta production workshop and a bakery shop for widows, and a gymnasium for disabled youngsters. - Support to LARAM who has taken over the activities of the Women Centre initially created and run by Care Canada in Grozny that would have closed its doors. - Support to fund raising and project engineering (negotiations with international donors)
City : PARIS
Country : France

Promote the social and economic self-sufficiency and empowerment of vulnerable women in Chechnya

NGO Partnership
/ 2009

Field	Training
Country	Russia
City	Chechenia, Grozny
Beneficiaries	Single women, widows, disabled women, former prisoners, victims of spousal violence.
Number of beneficiaries	Between 200 and 500

Context

The Project

Purposes

The purpose of the project “Grozny, a Centre, Women, a Future” supported by the PPR Foundation is to empower vulnerable women and women victims of violence in Chechenia by promoting access to vocational training, employment and psychosocial activities. The Laram Center also aims at raising awareness on violence against women among the Chechen society.

Activities

- Short-term training sessions at the Laram Centre (managed by women) in hairdressing, accounting, sewing, manicure/pedicure, reconstruction, IT, to be duplicated locally;
- Job kit: initiation module in management for the creation of small businesses, project selection committee, distribution of an information kit, monitoring by the Centre manager;
- Legal and psychological counselling;
- Awareness actions in prisons on women's rights.