Wayuu Community

Wayuu EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (WEDEP)

The Objectives Include:

• •Support Youth through education and scholarship to pursue their studies and women in income generating activities e.g businesses etc.
• •Advocacy and human rights awareness and gender especially against gender-based violence and female genital mutilation (FGM).
• •Engage the community in cultural identity and participate in cultural activities at home and abroad and also to protect community cultural sites and shrines and conservation of environment for future generation.
• •Educate the community on their health and sanitation particularly on Covid 19, HIV pandemic and other diseases and to advocate for quality sexual and reproductive health services tailored to the needs of this community.

Though wayuu Education Fund (WEF) used to cater for tertiary colleges and universities, wayuu Education and Development Programme will focus more in addressing challenges including education through objectives set above. The wayuu Education Fund helped the youth of this community more than 200 applicants benefited from it.