Lobbying/Advocacy

The mission of NGO ASSEJA which is "to work for the social and economic integration of children and youths in difficulties and support/training for the underprivileged populations" and its vision of urban development which consists in "Having cities where a majority of the social problems are solved and where actors are involved thanks to the networks and operational partnerships created between them", requires that actions of lobbying and advocacy be developed, since the establishment of partnerships for development and the promotion of the rights of the weak and amelioration of their living conditions is acquired through actions of lobbying and advocacy.

Axes of intervention

• The promotion of the rights of the child

• The fight against child maltreatment and trafficking

• The fight against the abuses and the sexual exploitation of children

• The promotion of human rights

• The fight against drugs

• The involvement of the youths in development

• The involvement of the populations in the management of the decentralized local communities

• The access to funding

• The access of the poor to markets

• The fight against the HIV and assisting HIV infected or affected persons

• Social housing

Target groups

• Technical and Financial partners

• Governmental authorities (ministries, provincial and divisional delegations);

• Parliamentarians

• Municipal authorities (urban Communities and councils)

• Traditional authorities

• Religious communities

• Forces of law and order

• Financial establishments;

• The population (parents and children);

• Underprivileged neighbourhoods.