What is International NGO ViVID?
International NGO ViVID is a Japanese non-governmental organization, which was founded in February, 2020. We work in Africa, with a vision guided by our principles, to assist in community development. We follow the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This includes 17 goals with 169 targets that all United Nations Member States have agreed to work towards achieving by the year 2030. Within the 169 targets of the SDGs, our organization aims to achieve targets 17.16 and 17.17.
What is SDGs 17.16 and 17.17?
17.16 Enhance the global partnership for sustainable development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the sustainable development goals in all countries, in particular developing countries .
17.17 Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships (UNDP, 2019)
What social issues we are tackling?
Generally speaking, the social issues that the rural villages in Africa have do not originate from a single cause, but from multiple factors, such as follows:
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famine/poverty
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water/nutrition issues
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poor education
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bad sanitation
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bad health care/social welfare
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gender inequality
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unsustainable agriculture
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environment problems
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energy issues
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etc.
Each community has different social issues so that we always try to find solutions to fit in the community with people living there.
What is One Team Approach?
Through One Team Approach, we partner up stakeholders who have been solving social problems in different regions, and development fields, with various skills and experiences, and we will all work together multilaterally and strategically for community development as “One Team”.