OBJECTIVES & TARGET GROUPS

ITD Project in Saida.

OBJECTIVES

The ITinerary for Development (ITD) is a project implemented by Fondation Saradar (FS) and funded by the Canadian Fund for Social Development (CFSD)/Oxfam-Québec/the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). The ITD project was jointly created by FS and the CFSD-Oxfam Québec to cater IT services to extremely marginalized rural communities in the South and the Bekaa regions. The gender issue, disabilities as well as youth involvement are at the core of this initiative.

The Project main objective remains to bridge the digital divide by reducing the E-illiteracy. It seeks to disseminate new IT skills and knowledge to traditionally marginalized social groups; and to develop and to strengthen the IT performance of micro and small enterprises (MSEs).

TARGET GROUPS

The ITD projects reached a wide range of beneficiaries targeting equally men and women, boys, and girls, including physically handicapped, blind people, juvenile delinquents, drug addicts displaced communities, rural areas, etc. Criteria of selection of target group

■ Traditionally marginalised and vulnerable social categories: girls/women; displaced; youth; children, juvenile delinquents, etc. ■ Handicapped & blind ■ MSEs workers ■ Peripheral and rural populations ■ War affected regions (suffering from socio-economic recession)

Criteria of selection for TOT sessions

■ Some locations have been selected to host MSE & TOT courses due to the size of the village/town because of the size of their population, such as: Saida, Maghdouché, Jezzine, Zahlé.

Involvement & participation of beneficiaries

■ Beneficiaries participate in mobilization of participants ■ Training curriculum designed to support the communities socio-economic activities in the regions ■ Training contents catered to respond to local needs as assessed by municipalities, grass-root NGOs, youth clubs, etc. ■ Female participation was very high not only in the enrolment rate but also in the number of graduated persons: Examples: in Saida, amongst total 104 participants, 67 are female (74%). As for Total graduates 88, 66 are female (75%). In Maghdouché, amongst the total 110 trainees, 83 are female. Amongst the total 99 graduates, 74% are female.

 

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                    TRAINING PROGRAMME & CALENDAR

The IT training curriculum catered by the SITP caravan is designed to respond to priorities in the targeted areas and populations to support communities’ socio-economic activities in the regions. The IT training programme seeks to meet local needs that are identified and assessed by municipalities, grass-root NGOs, youth clubs, schools, including associations concerned with persons with disabilities, etc.
The training programme scheduled 3 activities: 1) E-Literacy courses dedicated to computer illiterate people; 2) MSE courses designed to empower MSE IT capacities; 3) Training of the Trainer courses developed to create a pool of local human resources to disseminate IT skills to others.

Sessions for physically handicapped persons through the ‘Accessibility Programme” were included in the ITD project.

A special training course the “Adaptive Technology Programme” dedicated to the blind and visually impaired was delivered in one location.

Training Calendar:
The ITD is an 11-month project that started in February 2008. The training activity was scheduled from March to December. The SITP Caravan implemented the ITD programme according to set semester, which was followed by another 6-month calendar in 4 new villages in the Bekaa region.

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                    LOCAL INTERVENTION & COOPERATION

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                    ITD IN FIGURES

1. PARTICIPATION

NGO-VILLAGE	Grp	Hrs	Wks	Days	Wom.	%	Men	%	Total	Grad.	Wom.	%	Men	%
Saida	12	171	4	23	67	74	24	26	104	88	66	75	22	25
Maghdoucheh	16	243	4	24	83	75	27	25	110	99	74	75	25	25
Qrayyeh	16	216	4	23	39	47	44	53	83	79	38	48	41	52
Roum	16	216	4	24	54	50	53	50	107	88	46	52	42	48
Jezzine	17	225	4	24	68	53	60	47	128	112	63	56	49	44
Jeb Jennine	16	216	4	24	87	70	37	30	124	119	86	72	33	28
Zahleh	18	252	4	24	118	85	21	15	139	135	116	86	19	14
Baalbeck	20	270	4	24	96	66	34	34	96	93	60	65	33	35
Houla	4	54	4	24	13	42	18	58	31	31	13	42	18	58
Aytaroun	5	67	1	5	21	54	18	46	39	39	21	54	18	35
TOTAL	139	1931	37	219	646	-	336	-	961	883	583	-	300	-

2. AGE BREAK

Age Break	5-18		19-30		31-40		41-50		51-60		60+		U.D		TOTAL
Gender	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M
1. Saida
E-Literacy	4	3	18	5	7	4	6	5	2	2	1	2	15	9	83
MSE/TOT	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	9
2. Maghdoucheh
E-Literacy	11	7	27	5	22	7	10	2	5	1	1	2	-	1	101
MSE/TOT	-	-	3	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
3. Qrayyeh
E-Literacy	19	30	6	5	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	13	8	83
4. Roum
E-Literacy	31	36	11	2	4	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	1	3	92
5. Jezzine
E-Literacy	38	50	9	1	4	1	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	107
MSE/TOT	2	1	4	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	10
6. Jeb Jennine
E-Literacy	29	16	20	2	22	6	7	2	2	3	-	1	8	5	123
7. Zahleh
E-Literacy	1	2	29	4	19	1	6	2	1	-	-	-	42	12	119
MSE/TOT	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	9
8. Baalbeck
E-Literacy	11	12	25	2	12	5	4	3	2	2	-	-	12	9	99
9. Aytaroun (Phx)
E-Literacy	22	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	40
10. Houla (Phx)
E-Literacy	7	11	5	2	-	2	1	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	31
TOTAL	176	186	163	29	97	27	38	17	12	10	3	6	100	50	914

3. GRAND TOTAL PROFILE

Location	Saida		Magh-doucheh		Qrayyeh		Roum		Jezzine		Jeb Jennine		Zahleh		Baalbeck		Aytaroun		Houla		TOTAL
Gender	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M
Occupation
School Student	4	3	12	6	19	30	31	36	39	50	29	16	-	-	10	11	22	18	7	11	354
College Student	4	1	5	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	5	-	1	-	3	2	-	-	2	-	26
Housewife	2	-	11	-	-	-	2	-	4	-	1	-	1	-	4	-	-	-	1	-	26
Public Servant	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
Municipality staff	-	4	2	2	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	13
Hairdresser	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Policeman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Ministry of culture	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Lawyer	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Anesthetist	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Midwife	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Pharmacist	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Dentist	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Management	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
Marketing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	1	3	7
Social assistant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Director	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	4
Employee	-	4	6	3	-	1	-	-	1	-	5	2	3	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	28
Accountant	2	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	8
Teacher	-	-	11	1	1	-	2	-	2	-	18	2	6	1	10	2	-	-	-	-	56
Nurse	3	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
Voluntary	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5
Technician	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Decorator	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Cashier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
Cook	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Farmer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Carpenter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2
Worker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2
Liberal profession	-	1	-	3	-	-	-	1	-	-	4	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	8
Retired	1	2	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	8
Unemployed	5	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	11
Undetermined	30	12	23	6	18	11	8	4	6	2	19	6	77	16	35	11	-	-	-	-	284
TOTAL	53	30	76	25	40	43	47	45	54	53	88	35	98	21	66	33	22	18	13	18	878

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                    INTERVIEWS & COMMENTS

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                    CASE STUDY

“Pâtisserie Kanaan” a very well-known pastry shop located in downtown Saida encouraged its employees to enroll in the ITD project-SITP Caravan stationed in front of the municipality of Saida (the first ITD project venue) from March to April 2008. The owner even advised its married male members to invite their wives to participate in the training sessions.
A young female employee in her mid-twenties working at the pastry shop registered in the E-Literacy and MSE programme. She was very excited by the opportunity given to her to acquire IT skills in her neighbourhood, next door to her working place.
When she was asked why she was so enthusiastic about this project, she revealed that she never thought she would have the chance to access technology education because of the financial constraints and her full time job. Encouraged by her employer, she did not hesitate to enroll in the IT sessions. As an employee in a MSE, she was aspiring to improve her situation and to acquire more knowledge that could lead her to improve her job conditions or future career. She admitted being very happy and proud to have achieved the beginners level and to have been selected for the MSE course.

The demand for IT courses was so high that the municipality of Saida was overwhelmed with application forms. The seating capacity could not accommodate the scheduled number of candidates for a period of one month that was planned for this location.

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