PROJECT INFORMATION | |
Name of Project | Happy Health and Safe project |
Period | 5 years |
Name of Partner | Southern Africa SRHR Trust Malawi (SAT) |
Goal of Project: | 1. Increase capacity of young people on YFHS, SRH and Governance
2. Reduce HIV new cases among young people 3. Promote adherence on HIV/TB and reduce default rate 4. Increase number of young people accessing HIV and SRH services at community level 5. Reduce teen and child marriages |
Strategies (Approaches) | Advocacy
Interface meetings Community Score card for change to identify challenges and possible solutions Community awareness and service provision (Outreach) Data collection and documentation of best practices Referral system |
Location | Lilongwe TA Tsabango |
Results of the Project | Reached out to 2921 young men and women with contraceptives
Lobby 10 primary Schools and 3 health facilities to capture data using my health trucker 5321 young women and men accessed HIV and Family services through Community outreach Established 1 teen club at Kang’oma Health Facility with 32 members Identified 17 GBV cased and refereed them to Victim Support unit Reached out to 64 Local leaders with governance and human rights information Increased school enrolments and pass rate at Kang’oma Primary school from 2652 to 3178 Trained 20 young peer educators of Modern Contraceptives, HIV and SRHR Trained 40 guardians on Positive living to support teens living with HIV Reached 7,846 people with SRH information using radio programs and jingles Reduced absenteeism rate at Kang’oma primary from 7-10 a week to 3 – 5 Mobilized 287 girls and boys to return to school Reached out to 3 support groups with HIV adherence messages in total 156 women and men Established 21 SRH youth clubs 9 in schools and 12 in communities
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Impact of the Project | Improve access to YFHS and SRH information
Increased turn up of young people to access HTS and family planning services Increased collaboration between ministry of education and Health through Quartley review meetings Increased knowledge of human rights among community members through interface meetings and community awareness Reduced cased of teen pregnancies and child marriages in the area
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How many people were reached | 2921 young men and women with contraceptives
5321 young women and men of ages 10-24yrs with SRH information and services 64 local and religious leaders with Human rights information and health Train 20 young people on peer education |