People’s empowerment and their ability to actively participate and drive change is strongly influenced by their individual assets (such as land, housing, livestock, savings) and capabilities of all types: human (such as good health and education), social (such as social belonging, a sense of identity, leadership relations) and psychological (self-esteem, self-confidence, the ability to imagine and aspire to a better future). Also important are people’s collective assets and capabilities, such as voice, organization, representation and identity.
Social Empowerment Program aims to develop capacities, sense of autonomy, and self-confidence, and expose the potential of individuals (children, youth, women, and social leaders) to change social relationships and the institutions and discourses that exclude people and keep them away from decision-making in their communities.
