VISION
RISE sees itself as a catalyst within a very dynamic process of development, where rural
families, households and/or rural communities, as the primary actors, can improve their living
standards through efforts of their own.
MISSION
To facilitate the emergence of new community-based institutions and/or strengthening
of existing grassroots-based organisations, through which the poor can promote their
socio-economic development.
AIMS
- To promote community development at grassroots level by embarking on activities that aim
at awareness raising, organisational building and grassroots-based institutional support;
- to mobilise communities for action through activities such as participatory action research;
- to facilitate the establishment of rural and/or urban based people's participatory
institutions among the indigenous, marginalised Namibians; and
- to create and expand community-based credit unions, consumer societies, and/or
marketing co-operatives.
ACTIVITIES
- Facilitation of conservancy formation and development;
- savings and credit association formation;
- small stock farming; and
- promoting rights and democracy.
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