WSCF AFRICA REGION

WSCF AFRICA REGION PROGRAMME 2010

1. AFRICA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING

The Africa Executive Committee Meeting meets at least once every year to follow up the decisions of the ARC and to be exposed to the work (opportunities and challenges) of the Regional Office. The members of the Executive Committee will meet to review the 4 year (2009 – 2012) strategic plan of the region.

2. OFFICERS AND STAFF MEETING

The next Officers and Staff meeting is scheduled to be held in February 2010 in Geneva. This is a great opportunity for Staff and Officers to meet and revisit our common mission and goals and to strategically plan and implement the Inter-Regional Leadership trainings

3. WORLD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING

The World Executive Committee meeting will be hosted by Europe Region and will be held from the 14th – 17th February 2010. The mandate of the Exco is to fulfill the mandate of the General Assembly, to ensure inter-regional programs that are in are keeping with the needs and priorities of the Federation.

4. BIBLE STUDY AND THEOLOGY

As a Christian organization, the spiritual growth of our members is backbone of our ministry. Each year, the region is producing a Daily Scripture Reading (DSR) which is disseminated to our members with the aim to strengthen our faith and discipleship according to Holy Scripture.
WSCF Africa Region will also prepare and disseminate a theological reflection on the theme of the Federation for the year 2010 which is Climate Justice.
The Universal Day of Prayer for Student will be celebrated in February 2010 and will be prepare by the Africa Region.

5. LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND WORK CAMP

The Federation has always endeavored to pursuit of bringing up-responsible young leaders through effective training and exposure programs. This is viewed both to serve the organization as well as, as can be seen, to lead and enable others to grow. Towards this end therefore, several actions have been undertaken and what remains is the specific follow up. The proposed program comes with that focus - to develop thematic and specific leadership training program.
The program shall strive to achieve the goal of development of self-supporting process of leadership formation among SCMs with a main focus of raising levels of professionalism and accountability.

6. CLIMATE JUSTICE TRAINING

The Intergovernmental panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has estimated in their report 2001, that by 2050, a combination of rising sea levels, erosion and agricultural damage due to climate change could make 150 million people environmental refugees. This could be one of the worst humanitarian disasters. With more climate refugees, the struggle for survival with the very little resources available will roll back the fight against poverty. The consequences of the climate change will be more dramatic in the near future if measures are not taken. The bushfire which is claiming life of nearly 80 people in Australia is also said among other factors due to the global warming.
WSCF Africa in its action toward Energy Justice intends to address this serious problem. Our intervention will target global solutions and immediate actions. Advocacy will be carried at the global level and will target the Kyoto Protocol which is the international framework for limiting the emissions of greenhouse gases in wealthy countries.

7. GENDER AND FEMALE STUDENT COMMISSION PROGRAM

WSCF, through the national movements, should act to empower women and should advocate for the elimination of inequalities between men and women. Advocacy and campaign should include:
Establishing mechanisms for women’s equal participation and equitable representation at all levels of the political process and public life in each community and society.
Promoting the fulfillment and women’s potential through education, skill development and employment, giving paramount importance to the elimination of poverty, illiteracy and health issues among women.

8. SCALING UP HIV AND AIDS PREVENTION, CARE AND SUPPORT

We intend through this project to:
• Identify among our members HIV and AIDS Positive
• Financially support 4 to 5 members by helping them to initiate an income generating activities.
We aimed to move one step forward after trainings to scale-up care and support of our members

9. MOVEMENT BUILDING

We aimed through this program to support and to strengthen the national movement. We are planning to visit the following movements: Sierra Leone SCM, Liberia SCM and Senegal SCM. We are also planning to have a face to face meeting with some contact points in Gabon, Congo Brazzaville, Central African Republic and Botswana.

10. COMMUNICATION

The region will continue publishing its Electronic newsletter and continue to update the website. In addition the region will avail the annual report 2009 in both French and English