MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA Y ASISTENCIA SOCIAL Total population: 6.9 millions Population growth: 2% annual Population density: 321 hab/km2 Adolescents: 1.4 mill (20.6%) www.mspas.gob.sv MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA Y ASISTENCIA SOCIAL Interagency Program for the Empowerment of rural adolescents girls in El Salvador (2003-2006) Funding for PIEMA: US $ 2,180.000 Donor: Fund T. Turner Tallies: Ministries of health, education, MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA Y ASISTENCIA SOCIAL agriculture and NGO´s Direct beneficiaries: Adolescent girls between 10 and 19 years Indirect beneficiaries: Adolescent males, parents, leaders, technical personnel of the participant institutions www.mspas.gob.sv MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA Y ASISTENCIA SOCIAL Territorial location SN FCO. MENÉ MENÉNDEZ TACUBA TONACATEPEQUE EL PAISNAL NEJAPA TECOLUCA APASTEPEQUE MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA Y ASISTENCIA SOCIAL ACAJUTLA IZALCO SN PABLO TACACHICO TEPECOYO www.mspas.gob.sv JIQUILISCO PTO. EL TRIUNFO MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA Y ASISTENCIA SOCIAL Expected results Local institutions and community organizations strengthened in the prevention and attention of the gender violence: social campaigns, psychological attention, artistic days, informative material. Promotion and strengthened MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA Y ASISTENCIA SOCIAL of adolescent girls and organizational processes at local level in PIEMA municipalities. Intersectorial tables strengthened that promote the participation and empowerment of adolescent girls: elaboration and execution of plans, qualification of physical spaces. www.mspas.gob.sv MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA Y ASISTENCIA SOCIAL Achievements Vocational development of rural Adolescent girls for the generation of economic revenues 11 micro companies directed by 120 adolescent women whom work in the MINISTERIO DE SALUDbenefited PÚBLICA Y ASISTENCIA SOCIAL municipalities, generating employment and improving the economic entrance: micro agricultural, cattle companies, bakery and agro industries. Organization and strengthened adolescent girls in managerial skills. of Design of the institutional strategy of the CENTA for the rural youth's attention with emphasis in the adolescent girls www.mspas.gob.sv MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA Y ASISTENCIA SOCIAL MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA Y ASISTENCIA SOCIAL www.mspas.gob.sv MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA Y ASISTENCIA SOCIAL 13 integrated adolescents health units are in operation Training workshops for health staff in leadership and SRH: MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA Y ASISTENCIA SOCIAL MSPAS, NGO´s, CENTA and municipalities offices. 48,034 adolescents received integral attention in the differentiated Services of the Ministry of health. Informative, educational and audiovisual material in SRH reproduced and diffused. www.mspas.gob.sv La Bata lla contr a las y el VIH ITS -SIDA MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA Y ASISTENCIA SOCIAL • Campaign of Information, Education and Communication in shr MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA Y ASISTENCIA SOCIAL diffused: Contest, radio 1º Pri novelizes, among others. ze • Parents and adolescents qualified in Education in SRH. • Adolescents qualified Education in SRH. www.mspas.gob.sv Unida d Apast Salud epequ e in 3º prize Unidad Salud Nejapa 2º prize Unidad Sa Pablo T lud Sn acachic o MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA Y ASISTENCIA SOCIAL Adolescentes beneficiados Of me part and on behalf of my partners I thank that they have benefitted to the community the Anonal, since we live adolescents and young that want to overcome us or to learn an occupation. “It is important to learn on hidroponic orchards, since we learn how to sow, and the families of the communities obtain fresh and nutritious vegetables” MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA Y ASISTENCIA SOCIAL This has been a wonderful opportunity to improve the conditions of my life. I have acquired many skills that will help me grow and contribute to my society www.mspas.gob.sv Alejandro Huezo Cantón el Anonal. Nejapa. Beneficiary adolescent Bakery Sara Vázquez Mejía t a i l i c e en Ana C y adolesc ards ficiar Bene ponic orch Hidro MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA Y ASISTENCIA SOCIAL Lesson learned • The importance of the leadership on behalf of the Ministry of Health through the Unit of Adolescents on the topic of adolescents, that whom contribute to strengthen the answers to the necessities of health of this populational group. MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA Y ASISTENCIA SOCIAL • So that the initiatives like this are viable and of permanency in the long term should be looked for the Inclusion and commitment of the local Government and of the Government's institutions • The feasibility of sharing funds among the participant agencies for the development of activities of promotion of the health •The interagency effort is a complex exercise, however it has been a means to optimize the resources and to integrate the interventions and the impact. www.mspas.gob.sv MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA Y ASISTENCIA SOCIAL