ABOUT THE PROGRAM.

Program title: A healthy living for a healthy young generation

A health living for a healthy young generation is a youth-led social empowerment project that seeks to support young people (aged 13-24yrs) on sexual reproductive healthy and rights. It integrates promotion and access of Youth Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) and prevention of Gender Based Violence among young people while further seeking to empower young people to demand for and fulfill their rights in a participatory and inclusive manner that also recognizes and actively engages with CSOs, key public sector agencies at various levels as well as relevant community-level actors. This program was implemented in 6 districts of Kampala, Wakiso, Rubirizi, Kasese, Nwoya and Buikwe in Uganda.

Project’s overall objective.

To contribute to a healthy youth population, free from violence and empowered in an inclusive society that promotes state accountability, and to contribute to a healthy youth population, free from violence and empowered in an inclusive civil society that promotes state accountability.

To achieve this, the program works towards three specific objectives;

• Reduction in Sexual Reproductive Health related risks and gender-based violence among adolescents/youth (girls and boys) aged 13-24.
• Increased capacities of local social support systems to promote SRH and Rights and as well as respond to GBV among the young people

Outcome indicator:

To contribute to a healthy youth population, free from violence and empowered in an inclusive civil society that promotes state accountability