Outcome 1: Enhanced awareness and understanding of human rights, the role of and access to the Office Performance Indicator: Increased understanding and acceptance of the values of human rights in Samoa. Continue - Raising Awareness on National Public Inquiry into Family Violence Report Findings & Recommendations The bulk of the Human Rights work for this year was continuing (from last year) the implementation of the 2 year Rollout Plan of raising awareness of the National Public Inquiry into Family Violence Report in Samoa 2018 and to encourage stakeholders and community to implement recommendations of the Report. The following are some of the activities/programs in the Roll Out Plan that was implementing during this year. Establishing Village Family Safety Committees- Pilot Project One of the main activities under the Rollout Plan is implementing Recommendation 20 of the Inquiry Report which encourages the Village Fonos to establish Village Family Safety Committees aimed at mainly to prevent family violence. This recommendation was also noted in the MCWSD Family Safety Report 2017. The two reports recognized that Village Fono has a critical role to play in the early prevention of family violence, they are expressly responsible for "promoting social cohesion and harmony" within Samoan villages.3 In order to meet its responsibility to maintain social cohesion and harmony in villages, Recommendation 20 of the 2018 Inquiry Report advises Village Fono to establish a credible mechanism for preventing family violence that ensures regular and ongoing programs are conducted.4 And so the Office this year took the initiative to begin implementing this recommendation through a Pilot Project. The Pilot Project has 4 Phases being: 1) Mapping and Development Stage, 2) Capacity Building and Development of Work plans, 3) Implementation Stage and 4) Follow-Up and Reporting. Phase 1 is completed. The Office did a mapping exercise to determine which villages should trial the project. The villages were selected with the assistance of MWCSD based on the following criteria:   size and population of the village (small compared to a big village); villages with and without existing bylaws (written or verbal) which addresses family violence Further to the above criteria these villages also participated in the National Inquiry community consultations held in 2017. Six (6) villages selected were Lalovi Mulifanua, Lotopue and Vaiee in Upolu, and the villages of Asau, Saleia and Taga in Savaii. The Office met with Village Councils of the selected villages to raise awareness of the 3 Section 5 (2) (g) of the Village Fono Act 1990 See pg 17 of the National Public Inquiry into Family Violence in Samoa 2018, https://ombudsman.gov.ws/wpcontent/uploads/2019/01/2018_-SHRR-2018-National-Public-Inquiry-into-Family-Violence_-English.pdf 4 Office of the Ombusman/NHRI Samoa Annual Report 2019/20 20