A few words about
What We Do
Our intervention
The Public Health Approach
Public Health is the engagement of societies in disease interventions among populations.
The founder of Rose Foundation, is a Master of Public Health graduate from Boston University, School of Public Health. It was during her time as a student at BUSPH, that she learned that domestic violence is preventable as many other public health problems are.
Since the 1980’s, domestic violence has rightful been recognized as a public health issue, a departure from the traditional thinking of it being just a human rights issue. The outcomes of domestic violence affect individuals health, whether it is in non-fatal injuries, mental health or social wellbeing and at a societal level a loss of investments and a huge health expenditure.
By using the primary approach, RF emphasizes on collective action of different sectors such as health, social services, judiciary, education, and religion, to prevent and alleviate domestic violence.
The primary approaches that RF uses are: early childhood and family-based approaches, school-based approaches, community-based prevention and public information and awareness campaigns.
RF targets risk factors that are aimed at achieving gender equality, non-violent community environments, changing social norms, (e.g. wife-beating), reducing exposure to harsh punishment of children and promoting healthy child development, poverty reduction among women, and building skills for healthy relationships. These are key strategies for reductions in intimate-partner violence.
Activities And Priorities
Annual activities: Save the Family Fun day, Domestic Violence Awareness Walk, Social Education and Outreach, Speaking Engagements, Religious
Leaders Training , Teen Dating Violence Training Early Childhood and Parental skills.
Some of the risk factors that we have successfully targeted in our prevention work are: cultural and social norms that are supportive of traditional and retrogressive thinking that causes intimate partner violence; endemic poverty; economic stress and unemployment; communities that condone domestic violence and have weak sanctions; dysfunctional and unhealthy relationships characterized by inequality, power imbalance and marital conflict; witnessing or being a victim of violence as a child. Our prevention activities are tailored to address these factors.
We target growth
We take a holistic approach to primary prevention by integrating work based on risk factors of domestic violence, but at the same time pay special attention to each risk factor. In addition to our programs, we provide agencies with consultancy work and provide referrals to victims/survivors to agencies that deal with the comprehensive supportive services of counselling, police and legal services.
Activities And Priorities
forums
- Screening of The De-Feet Domestic Violence documentary to elicit discussions and solutions concerning domestic violence.
Awareness
- Save the Family Fun Day
- Awareness walk
- Luncheon Fundraiser
- Virtual Fundraiser
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
- Informal Settlements Community Support Group
- Project skills training for women
Some of the risk factors that we have successfully targeted in our prevention work are:
- Cultural and social norms that are supportive of traditional and retrogressive thinking that causes intimate partner violence;
- Endemic poverty; economic stress and unemployment;
- Communities that condone domestic violence and have weak sanctions;
- Dysfunctional and unhealthy relationships characterized by inequality, power imbalance and marital conflict;
- Witnessing or being a victim of violence as a child. Our prevention activities are tailored to address these factors.
We target growth
We take a holistic approach to primary prevention by integrating work based on risk factors of domestic violence, but at the same time pay special attention to each risk factor. In addition to our programs, we provide agencies with consultancy work and provide referrals to victims/survivors to agencies that deal with the comprehensive supportive services of counselling, police and legal services.
